Program offers practical support, resources, and connection for widows navigating life after loss, including: - Memorial Gifts: Provides memorial gift boxes to newly widowed individuals. Each box includes a $50 gift card, a floating lantern with a Sharpie marker for writing a message, a handwritten card, lotion, a notebook, protein bars, and warm socks. A QR code is included for private access to online resources. - Resource Network: Offers a vetted directory of trusted service providers, including financial advisors and home service professionals. Many offer free or discounted support. Widows can register using their zip code to filter and access relevant local resources. Website content is tailored based on registration responses, offering targeted resources such as parenting support or solo living advice. ?- The Widow's Compass: Provides an interactive checklist to help manage post-loss tasks. The tool includes links, reminders, and tips designed to prevent costly errors and support informed decision-making. - TWC Connect: Offers opportunities for personal connection through one-on-one matches, small groups, and quarterly gatherings. Events may feature guest speakers and are designed to encourage community and peer support. - TWC Work Days: Provides seasonal volunteer assistance with yardwork three times per year. Spring and fall focus on cleanup; summer is dedicated to weeding. Volunteers may include students, widows, or community members offering practical help and support.

- Case managers and attorneys specialize in mediation, negotiation, and education. Advocate on behalf of patients experiencing the following issues: Access to care, job retention, and debt crisis - Offers assistance to patients with specific issues they are facing with their insurer, employer or creditor regarding insurance, job retention, or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis of life-threatening or debilitating diseases. - Provides an education resource library to browse on a variety of topics such as health insurance concerns, diseases, and tips

Provides information on autism, signs, safety facts, wandering, bullying prevention, local chapters, and resources including: - Downloadable tool kits - Free online webinars on topics affecting individuals with autism and their families - Local support groups

Offers free prevention education for school 9th grade classes and community groups.

Provides the following classes, presentations, and workshops: - Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: One-hour class for middle and high school students that talks about what anxiety and stress are and where they come from. Youth will practice coping strategies for stress as well as learn the difference between positive and negative coping strategies. Learn the warning signs of an anxiety disorder and where to go for help. - Breaking Down Barriers to Brain Health: This is a one-hour class for middle school students that discusses mental health, mental illnesses, suicide prevention, and how to break down the barriers people face to getting mental health care. Students will learn the warning signs of mental illness and suicide and what they can do to help themselves or a friend. This class is designed to be interactive and developmentally appropriate for middle school aged students. - Belonging, Why it Matters: Understand why belonging matters, and how it impacts both physical and mental health. Learn the role in fostering the culture of belonging. Understand the warning signs and resources for poor mental health. This class is for employees, supervisors, organizational leaders, owners, board members, and human resource professionals. - Dealing with Difficult Interactions: Learn the signs and symptoms of mental illnesses, along with tips and strategies that can be used in dealing with difficult interactions, to manage the situation and yourself. - Good Mental Health in the Workplace: Five Things You Can Do: Five things individuals can do to create a workplace that values good mental health. Participants will learn how to promote good mental health (including dealing with stress), the common symptoms of a mental illness, how attitudes and language impact people with mental illnesses, and accommodations for a mental illness. This class is for employees, supervisors, organizational leaders, owners, board members, and human resource professionals. - Introduction to Trauma and a Trauma-Informed Approach: One-hour overview of trauma, its impacts on the brain, and the guiding principles of a trauma-informed approach. Trauma has long been described as a unique and personal outcome of adverse events or experiences, but exposure is more widespread in the communities than ever before. For those living with a mental illness or substance use disorder, exposure is even more common. Communities and employers can build awareness and take action to create trauma-informed and responsive spaces where people feel safe and valued. - Minding Your Mental Health (EMPLOYER class only): Understand how and why current events have impacted people's mental health, learn how to manage expectations and stress to navigate changes to the workplace, learn the common symptoms of mental illness, and learn steps employees can take to promote good mental health. - Ending the Silence: This is a 50-minute class intended for high school students. To learn about mental illnesses and the signs and symptoms. Learn a personal story of a young adult who is doing well in recovery. Students receive resources to get help for themselves or for a friend and information on how to end the silence around mental illness in their school. - BACK TO SCHOOL ANXIETY: Learn about the signs that your child might be feeling anxious about going back to school, and what parents and caregivers can do before, during, and after school to help ease their child's back-to-school anxiety. Click here for currently scheduled public classes. - EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN YOUTH: Workshop designed to help parents, guardians, and foster parents learn early warning signs of mental illnesses and trauma, gain an understanding of the impact of mental Illnesses and trauma on children and youth, and learn strategies to support children who live with an illness. Suicide warning signs and resources are also covered. - HELPING KIDS COPE: Tips for Supporting Good Family Mental Health: One-hour class that talks about the developmental responses youth may have to stress. Discuss five mental health tips for families and resources in the community. Click here for currently scheduled public classes. - MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS PLANNING FOR FAMILIES: Learn the symptoms that can lead to a crisis, steps to take, de-escalation techniques, and the role of county crisis teams. Develop a crisis plan for a child and family. This class is for parents or caregivers of children. - MENTAL ILLNESS AND POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS: Mental Illness and Post-Secondary Success is a two-hour class for parents, post-secondary institutions, students, and others supporting a person who is preparing for or engaged in academic life beyond high school. Learn about available supports, academic strategies, school and community resources, and helpful accommodations and modifications for qualifying students. ADA guidance for students with disabilities is also covered. - TRANSITIONS: Learn how to help teens or young adults access resources to succeed in school, employment, and independent living. Understand the rights young adults gain when they reach 18 and how to help guide them if they are not ready for total independence. This 1.5 hour class is for parents or caregivers of youth or young adults. - TRAUMA REACTIONS AND POST TRAUMATIC GROWTH IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH: 1.5 hour presentation, learn how to identify traumatic experiences in a child's life, understand trauma reactions and foster healing and growth in children and youth who have experienced trauma. - OVERCOMING LONELINESS: Strategies for Helping People with Mental Illnesses: Professionals will learn about the impact of loneliness and how no one goes through a serious illness by themselves. Will also learn the importance of engaging family members, promoting connections to others, and identify strategies to meaningfully engage family members and friends in a person's life. This class is open to all mental health practitioners and professionals.

Information about brain injury and related services, including: - Annual professional conference - Bi-Annual Brain Injury Support Conference (BISC) - Community awareness and injury prevention activities - Educational materials - Professional Development - Telephone information and referral - Workshops and trainings

Crime Victim Justice Unit: - Advises crime victims of their rights and monitors the enforcement of those rights - Assists victims who believe they have been treated unfairly in the criminal justice system - Provides information about available financial resources, including the Emergency Fund, the Auto Theft Impound Fund, and the Reimbursement Program - Provides information about the investigation and prosecution process - Provides victims with information and referral to local victim advocates and services - Provides written materials on crime victim rights and issues Victim Information and Notification Everyday - VINE: - Automated telephone notification system providing crime victims with an offender's custody status and location, criminal charge information, sentence expiration date, and referral information for law enforcement and victim services provider organizations. Service is available 24 hours a day. ?- Automated information and notification system that notifies registered users upon a change in an offender's status. Victims can be notified by automated phone message, email, or text message. ?

- AA Literature Bookstore - Maintains directories of all AA meetings - Provides informational speakers about Alcoholics Anonymous to groups and organizations

Provides education and resources to older adults to help them: - Avoid and report scams - Increase financial literacy - Make wise purchasing decisions Provides a free 20 minute educational video called "Be Wise, Be Informed, Be Empowered". Also provides companion pamphlets for community groups. Available to provide a presentation with the video and handout pamphlets, and lead a group discussion.

Works with the national office to provide the following services: - Accredits and finances 113 Cystic Fibrosis (CF) care centers nationwide, which provide high-quality, specialized care for those with CF; these centers provide comprehensive diagnosis and treatment as well as professional medical education and training - Advocates for increased funding from government sources and encourages the development and federal approval of drugs to treat CF - Created the innovative Therapeutics Development Program, which provides matching funds to biotechnology companies to stimulate the development of new therapeutics for people with CF - Funding network of 10 CF research centers at leading universities and medical schools throughout the United States - Maintains a website at www.cff.org which provides information on a variety of subjects relating to CF, including updates on CF research, public policy issues, ways to get involved, and general information - Provides a variety of grants to scientists to conduct CF research - Publishes brochures and fact sheets on CF information - Raises funds for research and treatment by holding a variety of local events throughout the year ?- Supports extensive clinical trials to test new drug therapies

- Acute care - Cervical and colorectal cancer screening - Child and teen check-ups - Chronic disease management - Contraceptive management - COVID-19 vaccinations - Health and nutrition education, including bilingual health education materials - Immunizations - Limited prenatal care - Pregnancy screening - Referrals and care coordination - Sexually transmitted disease screening - Sports physicals - Well baby check-ups - Women's health

- Internet, telephone, and face-to-face support groups follow the AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) 12-Step program to help people recover from dependency on tobacco - Provides online educational materials, literature, pamphlets, books, and a newsletter. Information and assistance available on how to start a meeting.

Provides: Information and referral, Active listening, Crisis intervention - Linkage service for several agencies after hours including Itasca County Health and Human Services, Itasca Medical Care, Essentia Health Itasca Hospice and Kootasca Community Action programs - Initial contact point for services such as American Red Cross, Salvation Army, AA, Alanon, Crisis Response Team and Habitat for Humanity

Provides pregnancy resources, including: - Center has videos, literature, cassette tapes, and speakers available upon request - Emergency baby food, formula, and diapers - Free pregnancy tests - Learn to Earn program: Participants attend classes, read books, and watch videos to earn points, which are then used to "purchase" items such as baby furniture and baby clothing. - Maternity and infant/child clothing, baby care books, and toys - Pro-life counseling services - Staffed by trained volunteers

- Injury prevention activities in these fields - workplace, home, traffic, youth, and seniors - Speakers and trainers, educational materials, videos, and literature on workplace safety training and consultation (OSHA compliance, effective safety programs, specific safety topics), workplace traffic safety training and consultation (driver safety, DOT compliance, fleet safety, etc.), childhood injury prevention consultants, and older adult injury prevention - Sponsors Minnesota Safety and Health Conference

The YCC Program, area students 15-18 years old will be in Deer River, MN for 2018.

Advocates will present on any of the following topics or provide materials for: - Community Involvement in Ending Domestic Violence - How to Actively Address Domestic Violence - Men's Use of Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships - Teen Dating Violence - The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children - Understanding Domestic Violence - Women's Use of Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships

Provides operation support and other resources to assist in achieving our common goal: keeping kids safe. - Free, statewide coalition of individuals and organizations committed to preventing unintentional injuries to children - Educational resources available. Topics include bicycle safety, child passenger safety, crosswalk/pedestrian safety, falls, fire, poison, drowning and others. ?- Some chapters hold bike helmet give-away and fittings, life jacket loaner programs, car seat inspection, concussion prevention in youth sports, and others. Visit website for chapter information.

Information and resources for veterans, individuals, family members, and professionals concerning post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). No direct clinical care or advice provided. - Fact sheets - Online courses - Reviews of best treatments for PTSD - Videos

12 step support group which helps people overcome problems with food. Support groups are run by participants. Services include: - Online locator tool to find a meeting throughout Minnesota - Face-to-face, online, telephone and non-real-time meeting options - Open meetings, closed meetings, special focus and special topic - Resources include a document library, guidelines, FAQs, podcasts and videos, and online bookstore

- Anonymous assistance for those wanting help with an alcohol problem - Books and pamphlets can be made available in over 30 languages - Directories of A.A. meetings and locations are available for $1.50 - Literature produced by A.A. is available for purchase - Provides information about the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Step Program - Speakers for meetings can be arranged - Temporary sponsors can be provided for newcomers or people getting out of a treatment center - Video and Audio recordings produced by A.A. are available for purchase

Provides information on Al-Anon and Alateen meetings throughout the United States and Canada and general information about the Al-Anon/Alateen recovery program to newcomers, professionals, and the media Electronic Al-Anon meetings are available on the Internet and via telephone and can be in email, chat, bulletin board, or telephone format

24 hour advocacy services available, 7 days per week Crisis Intervention O.F.P.'s provided by Shelter Advocate Assist with reparations applications General advocacy: information/referrals/resources Supportive one-on-one advocacy Victim's Rights Safety Planning Education Group Sessions (cycle of domestic abuse, dynamics of domestic violence, etc.) Transportation and accompaniment (business related meetings) Child care availability for meetings and in-house group sessions Talking Circles Cultural teaching circles Healthy living life skills sessions Sexual Abuse Educational Sessions Cultural healing, smudging, self care group support Provide "Evaluation of Services" form for residents Accompaniment to exams for sexual assault adult victims Follow-up advocacy available

Resource Center for information, reports, and maps about Metro Council and regional issues. Choose from 200 reports, publications, maps and fact sheets. Many are available on the website. Publications include: - Thrive MSP 2040 Plan - 2030 Regional Development Framework - Facts and Figures about the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area - Regional Census Data and Economic Profiles - Role of the Metro Council - Water Quality and Transportation Data and Plans Consumer publications include: - Annual report - Council member and committee information - Regional parks and other maps - Transit information (no schedules)

Specialized care programs for people with diabetes and their families, including: - Clinical research initiatives - Diabetes management clinics - Educational classes and materials