Provides a variety of individual, group, and organizational training to help educate and raise awareness about various topics. Services include: - Community awareness opportunities to provide information at community events, public spaces, and resource fairs - Educational presentations to fit the needs of community partners regarding abuse, body safety, domestic violence, exploitation, healthy relationships, human trafficking, and sexual violence - Professional training topics on child abuse, domestic violence, roles of an advocate, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and victims' rights

Provides speakers to groups about battered women and related topics including: - Barriers battered women face in escaping violence - Battering and church response - Cultural facilitators of domestic violence - Effects of violence on children - How the medical community can better serve victims - Primary prevention of domestic violence

Provides a variety of individual, group, and organizational training to help educate and raise awareness about various topics. Services include: - Community awareness opportunities to provide information at community events, public spaces, and resource fairs - Educational presentations to fit the needs of community partners regarding abuse, body safety, domestic violence, exploitation, healthy relationships, human trafficking, and sexual violence - Professional training topics on child abuse, domestic violence, roles of an advocate, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and victims' rights

- Serves persons interacting with, or those dealing with, AD/HD - Free email newsletter - Speakers bureau - Monthly meetings - CHADD National offers a membership that includes magazines, fact sheets, online experts, and more

Provides public speaking opportunities for schools, churches, and community organizations to educate and promote awareness of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and homelessness within the community.

Provides therapy, crisis services, and education to victims of sexual assault and teens through a range of services: - Telephone crisis response - Short-term counseling - Responds to local hospital emergency rooms - Legal advocacy - Safe at Home application assistance for address confidentiality - Support group for individuals who have experienced sexual abuse designed to help people begin to recover from the effects of trauma and to help them find ways to grow, flourish and enjoy healthy relationships and happier lives. Individuals receive support from peers and advocates. Individuals learn about dynamics and the culture surrounding sexual violence, common reactions and feelings, as well as coping skills that may aid in the healing process. - Works with victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation - Workshops and Education: Offers community education speakers on a range of topics such as bullying, cyberbullying, sexting, healthy relationships, impact of domestic violence on child witnesses, media violence, sexual assault awareness and prevention, and teen dating violence

Engaging the community through educational topics surrounding relationship abuse and trauma. Training events for up to 50 participants can be held at the Center for Family Peace, or trainers can educate in other locations by request. Customized options are available depending on the request. Popular topics include: - Relationship abuse in the workplace - Relationship abuse 101 - Creating a trauma-sensitive environment - Effects of relationship abuse on children - Effective parenting - Healthy relationships - History of Annamarie's and service/volunteer opportunities - Teen dating violence

Provides free and confidential services to those affected by domestic violence, sexual violence, human trafficking/exploitation, and high-risk youth in Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, and Yellow Medicine counties. Confidential services: - Accompaniment to court - Assistance with petitioning for an Order for Protection or Harassment Restraining Order - Community education - Crisis line - Emergency transportation, and/or assistance - Information, referrals, and resources - Temporary emergency safe housing - Systems coordination - Support group - Youth Programs: Provides youth the ability to teach and learn from their peers about confidence, communication, safety, and life skills. Emergency assistance includes, but is not limited to, the following expenses: - Crime Scene cleanup - Grant funds are used to meet crime victims' emergency needs when available - Purchase and installation of necessary home security devices - Reimbursement of towing and storage fees incurred due to impoundment of a recovered stolen vehicle - Replacement of necessary property that was lost, damaged or stolen as a result of a crime - Transportation to locations related to the victim's needs as a victim, such as medical and criminal justice facilities - Victim reimbursement for reasonable travel and living expenses incurred due to a change in venue Victims of crime have also received funding through the program for items such as repairing a broken door, installing new locks, and replacing clothing or bedding taken as evidence. Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program - FHPAP may be available through pre-screening.

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

Services are victim-centered, which means individuals will guide their own process, make their own decisions, and have staff provide information, support, and referrals. Services include: - Advocacy: Assistance in obtaining Emergency Protective Orders, Permanent Restraining Orders, Stalking/Harassment Orders, Temporary Restraining Orders, housing, community services, and medical appointments - Confidentiality - Community education and professional training - Crisis line - Emergency Services: Transportation to medical facilities, law enforcement, safe housing, etc. - Individual and group support - Prevention and/or Rapid Rehousing: Services provided by the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program - FHPAP - Safety planning

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.

Classes, seminars, discussion groups, as well as various programs and special events

The Sexual Assault Program provides public education to promote awareness and prevention, offering various youth and community educational sessions tailored to fit the needs of classrooms, workplaces, organizations, or gatherings. Programs include (but are not limited to): Bridges for Teens - Bullying and Cyber-Bullying: Program teaches children about bullying behaviors, what a child can do to stay safe from bullying, and how to respond to bullying as a bystander while building empathy for others, and reinforces the importance of having respect for others. (3rd - 5th Grade) - Empower Me: Program through the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center and the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center provides children with personal safety information, empowers them to say "NO" if someone makes them feel uncomfortable, helps them to recognize warning signals (instincts) when something doesn't feel safe, and explores different emotions. This program is best suited for ECFE, Headstart, and preschoolers through 2nd grade students. Also including Talking about Touches with Peggy Porcupine, an interactive coloring book. - Now Matters Later... Think B4 U Send: Program partners with the St. Louis County Attorney's office to inform teens about the legal consequences of sexting, cyberbullying, revenge porn, and internet crimes in Minnesota. - Sexual Harassment and Bullying Presentations: Presentations equips young teens with knowledge about sexual harassment as they might experience including in-person bullying, cyber harassment and safe social networking. Providing safety options and tools and will increase students' awareness of bystander responsibility. (6th-8th Grade)

- Preschool programs (creative, recreational, and socialization) for children ages 3 - 5 including basketball, ballet dancing instruction, jazz dancing instruction, track and field, tennis, hiking, musical instrument instruction, and day camps - Youth programs for children ages 6 - 12 including field trips, playgrounds with birthday parties, classes, fishing, and special events - Teen programs for teens ages 13 - 17 such as field trips and special events - Adult sports providing recreational league play for basketball, boot hockey, broomball, flag football, sand volleyball, soccer, softball, volleyball, and wiffleball - Senior activities and recreational opportunities including bingo, craft projects, quilting group, book clubs, monthly potlucks and speakers, and field trips - Family programs available to help parents and children explore and have fun as a family - Banquet and meeting facilities available at Eagan Community Center - Group fitness classes, running track, gymnasium, and weight training available at Eagan Community Center - Ice hockey and public skating available at Eagan Civic Arena - Retreat center available at Moonshine Park 1317 Jurdy Road - Cartooning, ceramics, drawing, jewelry making, painting, and sculpting classes at Eagan Art House - Fitness facility at Eagan Community Center - Accepts passport applications - Dog park at Thresher Fields Park 3200 Brochert Lane features open spaces and lake access. The area is fenced in and includes a separate area for smaller dogs. - Adapted therapeutic sports programs for children ages 6 - 13 with autism and physical disabilities - Cascade Bay Water Park - Safety camp for children with information about fire safety, fire prevention, personal safety, and how to play it safe in everyday situations. Other day camps also available. - Walking program

Provides a variety of individual, group, and organizational training to help educate and raise awareness about various topics. Services include: - Community awareness opportunities to provide information at community events, public spaces, and resource fairs - Educational presentations to fit the needs of community partners regarding abuse, body safety, domestic violence, exploitation, healthy relationships, human trafficking, and sexual violence - Professional training topics on child abuse, domestic violence, roles of an advocate, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and victims' rights

Provides lead education, outreach, and blood lead screening. Services include: - Baby Safe at Home: Provides free home visits to identify lead hazards in the home; qualifying households will be provided with safety items that protect babies from household hazards - Community outreach, presentations on preventing childhood lead poisoning for both children and adult audiences - Healthy Homes: Help identify and take care of safety and health hazards in the home - Screening for lead in the blood by qualified medical professionals for children under 6 and pregnant individuals at some events - Free home visits to identify lead hazards in the home. A community educator will visit the home to identify lead hazards and assist the family in applying for a lead abatement grant.

- Distribution depot for sales of Al-Anon/Alateen literature - Group location and information - Public information and institutional work - Speakers for groups - Website listing of meeting information

- 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.

Offers personal finance education, self-paced online course, and online tools, including: - Budget calculators - Credit basics - Community forum - Personal finance presentations - Saving money guides

Provides speakers on various legal issues including: - Child protection - Child support - Criminal justice system - Drug prosecution - Elder abuse - Gang prosecution - Juvenile offenders - Major economic crime - Mental health commitments - Sexual assault - Victims rights

- 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.

Provides a variety of individual, group, and organizational training to help educate and raise awareness about various topics. Services include: - Community awareness opportunities to provide information at community events, public spaces, and resource fairs - Educational presentations to fit the needs of community partners regarding abuse, body safety, domestic violence, exploitation, healthy relationships, human trafficking, and sexual violence - Professional training topics on child abuse, domestic violence, roles of an advocate, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and victims' rights

Consultation to businesses and industry in planning health and wellness programs for employees. Provide education and presentations on health and wellness topics to the community. Educational Programs that focus on: - Disease prevention (handwashing) - Mental health - Nutrition - Obesity reduction - Physical activity - Substance use - Youth tobacco prevention Speaker available to community groups, industry, and schools on health topics