- Case Management: Southeast Minnesota Regional Navigator works with domestic minor sex trafficking victims - Community Groups: Staff assist community members with organizing groups to raise awareness, advocate for resources, and provide education and prevention - Consultation: Professionals working with sexually exploited youth or trafficking victims can get advice, referrals, and other assistance - Outreach: Staff and volunteers help with spreading the word about sex trafficking, Safe Harbor, and services - Prevention: Provides sex trafficking prevention programs - Protocol Development: As a part of the Safe Harbor Program model, protocols have been issued by the state. Staff help agencies adapt and implement these protocols. - Training: Staff offer training specialized for professionals by discipline or to community groups

Counseling, support group referrals, volunteer outreach, and education services for individuals and families experiencing loss or grief from death, separation, or a related tragedy.

- Advocacy and outreach on elder services - Congregate meals for dine-in and home delivery of meals - Educational conferences - Elder activities - Elder/Disabled Energy Program (electric and gas service payment assistance) - Information and referrals - Social nutrition

Provides help to at-risk families to avoid future incidents of child maltreatment and to enhance child and family well-being, including: - Comprehensive assessments, early intervention, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services - Connect families with county and community-based services - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

Health Education and Promotion Programs attempt to maintain and improve the health of our county's residents through many types of programs such as: Group Programs about health concerns such as: - Nutrition - Healthy lifestyles - Hypertension - Smoking - AIDS, etc - Health Related Programs for schools and youth organizations - Assistance and direction with the formation of needed support groups - Diabetes Education is provided by one of our staff nurses who is a certified diabetes educator - Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Screening, education and referral for on-site groups and work places - AIDS information and support, call the AIDS Hotline at (800)248- AIDS - For local education and/or promotion, call County Health at (218)283-7070 - Up to date health information and audiovisual materials are available free of charge to individuals, community groups, schools - Public Awareness of Health Resources throughout the county through publicity, programs and health information - What's Up? Family, Health and Community radio broadcast provides important information concerning our community Health. Listen to KGHS Radio Wednesday afternoons & Saturday mornings - Labor and Delivery class training is provided through the Rainy Lake Medical Center Hospital Campus - The Maternal and Child Health Special Project seeks to reduce infant mortality and disability and to improve the health of the mothers and babies. Home visits are made to pregnant women and mothers and infants by a skilled maternal and child health nurse. Education and support services to reduce maternal risk-taking behaviors and improve parenting skills are provided through individual counseling, group education, prepared childbirth classes, special classes for students on healthy lifestyles, and the distribution of printed materials and newsletters - Family Planning Services are available at Koochiching Family Planning Clinic

- Advocacy and outreach on elder services - Congregate meals for dine-in and home delivery of meals - Educational conferences - Elder activities - Elder/Disabled Energy Program (electric and gas service payment assistance) - Information and referrals - Social nutrition

Once enrolled in the Parent Support Outreach Program help is provided to at-risk families to avoid future incidents of child maltreatment and to enhance child and family well-being, including: - Comprehensive assessments, early intervention, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services - Connect families with county and community-based services - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

Provides information on available resources and how to access the following: - Advocacy - Area senior resource fair - Assistance accessing resources and programs - Assistance with making choices about housing - Assistance with Medicare enrollment, Medicare plan choices and Medicare problems - Help with completing applications - Help with completing Health Care Directives - Help with completing Power of Attorney forms - Information about area resources for seniors including financial assistance programs - Medicare program education - Senior housing tours - Service coordination - Support groups

Provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach and application assistance. SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps, is designed to assist low income individuals in accessing nutritious food from grocery retail outlets, as well as farmers markets. The goal is to help people make an informed decision about what hunger resources are available to them to ensure an overall successful transition from poverty to self-suffiency.

- Home visits to pregnant women to instruct on healthy pregnancy behaviors and preparation for labor and delivery - Home visits to families with newborns and children; instruction on child growth, development, parenting, and child care - Education, support, and referrals for pregnant women with substance use disorder. A nurse, social worker, and a chemical dependency counselor work together to provide intensive home-based case management services to support healthy substance-free pregnancies and lifestyles.

Operates a 24-hour support line staffed by trained advocates. Offers services such as: - Accompany and support in making a police report and/or sexual assault forensic exam at North Shore Health Hospital - Confidential advocacy and emotional support - Emergency short-term safe housing for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault - Free and confidential support for adults and youth ages 13 years and up who can access services without a parent's permission or knowledge - Legal advocacy including obtaining a Harassment Restraining Order (HRO) or Order for Protection (OFP) - Survivor support groups - Referral to additional resources and a lending library NOTE: Advocates are not mandated reporters and cannot provide legal advice

Provides the following supportive services: - Adopt-a-Grandparent - Assisted Transportation - age 60 and older - Chore services - Eldercare - Family Caregiver - Friendly visits and phone calls - Furniture for Families - Grocery shopping - Home accessibility accessories installed - grab bars - Household goods - Lawn mowing, leaf raking, snow shoveling - Light housekeeping - Living with Memory Loss (for those who are living with memory loss) - Medical appointments - Medical equipment - Minor home repairs - Necessary errands - Parkinson's - Seasonal yard work - Support for seniors to remain living at home as long as possible - Volunteer opportunities - Youth mission work

The program is a voluntary, early intervention program that focuses on a family's strengths and needs through support systems. Once enrolled in the Parent Support Outreach Program, help is provided to at-risk families to avoid future incidents of child maltreatment and to enhance child and family well-being, including: - Comprehensive assessments, early intervention, in-home parenting education, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services - Connect families with county and community-based services - Family circle meetings and support - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

Project Home: Engages homeless individuals, youth, and families to help them become stable and self-sufficient. This assistance ranges from outreach to offering permanent supportive housing. Those in the program receive assistance with: - Outreach and engagement - Location of stable housing - Mental health services - Intensive case management and coordination of community services - Benefit assistance - Health screenings and medical care - Employment and training - Parenting skills and children's services Youngdahl: A facility providing permanent housing to homeless individuals residing in Dodge, Steele, or Waseca County. The 16-unit building is designed to assist adults with a mental illness who are experiencing barriers to securing stable housing for themselves. Offers residents a variety of services, including: - Case management - Budgeting/resident council - Independent living skills Supportive Housing: Works with individuals that are long-term homeless with severe mental illness along with clients that are at risk of becoming homeless. Services include: - Assisting clients with obtaining a housing subsidy - Assisting clients in obtaining housing of their choosing - Assisting in maintaining stable housing - Connecting clients with needed support services - Outreach and engagement services

- Advocacy and outreach on elder services - Congregate meals for dine-in and home delivery of meals - Educational conferences - Elder activities - Elder/Disabled Energy Program (electric and gas service payment assistance) - Information and referrals - Social nutrition

- Program involving 13 counties in Northwestern Minnesota - Free to pregnant women and to children aged 1 - 5 - Prenatal care; promotes; not provided directly - Well-child exams; promotes - Immunizations - Education for communities on importance of preventive health measures - Newsletters - Telephone contacts - Public speaking by public health nurses

Urban outreach office for Red Lake Band Members Hosts community events and gatherings - Classes relating to Ojibwe language and culture Making regalia outfits Traditional drum and singing Employment assistance Enrollment assistance Housing, food, health, and education service referrals Making copies, sending faxes, internet access - Day bus pass Medical appointments Job search - Emergency gas cards Emergency medical appointments Funeral transportation

Clinicians are available to speak to community groups on specific mental health topics when requested

Provides support services and programs for sexually exploited adults, youth and their families, including: - Case Management - Court and legal advocacy; expungement legal clinics that help survivors remove legal barriers to employment, housing and/or higher education - Crisis line - Educational trainings and presentations - Individual and systems advocacy - LGBTQ+ specific services - Survivor Leadership support group; trafficking survivors lead group meetings and give a voice to the needs of longer-term survivors - Transitional housing - Youth prevention groups

Provides help to at-risk families to avoid future incidents of child maltreatment and to enhance child and family well-being, including: - Comprehensive assessments, early intervention, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services - Connect families with county and community-based services - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

Provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach and application assistance. SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps, is designed to assist low income individuals in accessing nutritious food from grocery retail outlets, as well as farmers markets. The goal is to help people make an informed decision about what hunger resources are available to them to ensure an overall successful transition from poverty to self-suffiency.

Works with individuals, communities, healthcare, schools, and worksites to help promote healthy living, learning, work and play. Promotes wellness and behaviors that prevent disease. Key principles: - Upstream: Focus on prevention, such as healthy eating rather than cancer or heart disease - Community Engagement: Share ownership of work through collaborations and partnerships - Health Equity: Aim for the highest level of health for all residents - Policy, System, and Environmental Change: Make healthy choices easy, safe, and affordable - Evidence-Based: Choose interventions that have been shown to work

The program is a voluntary, early intervention program that focuses on a family's strengths and needs through support systems. Once enrolled in the Parent Support Outreach Program, help is provided to at-risk families to avoid future incidents of child maltreatment and to enhance child and family well-being, including: - Comprehensive assessments, early intervention, in-home parenting education, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services - Connect families with county and community-based services - Family circle meetings and support - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

The program is a voluntary, early intervention program that focuses on a family's strengths and needs through support systems. Once enrolled in the Parent Support Outreach Program, help is provided to at-risk families to avoid future incidents of child maltreatment and to enhance child and family well-being, including: - Comprehensive assessments, early intervention, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services - Connect families with county and community-based services - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

The program is a voluntary, early intervention program that focuses on a family's strengths and needs through support systems. Once enrolled in the Parent Support Outreach Program, help is provided to at-risk families to avoid future incidents of child maltreatment and to enhance child and family well-being, including: - Comprehensive assessments, early intervention, in-home parenting education, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services - Connect families with county and community-based services - Family circle meetings and support - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs