Provides law enforcement for residents of Saint Peter Criminal investigation - Coordinating all investigations, crime scenes, and the prosecution of felony level crimes; - Investigation of all major crimes, misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, and vulnerable adult - Responsible for all law enforcement investigative activities and reporting Communications - Emergency and non-emergency telephone/radio calls Community Service - Animal Control: Assist residents with animal licensing and wild animal traping and relocating - Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections - Code enforcement: Responds to nuisance complaints including unregistered or inoperable vehicles, discarded furniture and appliances - Conducts residential "vacation" surveys - Public information: Bicycle education and enforcement Patrol - Enforcement of law and ordinances - Maintenance of order - Prevention, detection, and investigation of criminal acts within the city - Protection of life and property

Academic Wellness and Success Program: School-linked program designed to increase the availability of mental health services to children in pre-K - 12th grade of African descent who are uninsured or underinsured in their homes, schools, communities, and in the African American Child Wellness Institute offices through the use of face-to-face and telehealth platforms. Provides approximately 8-10 hours of direct mental health services including mental health screenings, diagnostic assessments, and psychotherapy treatment including individual, group, and family sessions through the use of cultural specific providers. Counseling, Outreach, and Public Education Campaign: Addresses COVID-19 prevention and vaccine hesitance within the African-American community. Services include a 24-hour Community Mental Health and COVID-19 hotline, individual, and group crisis counseling (within multi-family settings and outside of the home), individual and group outreach services, as well as brief educational or supportive contact, public education, assessment, and referral to community resources. Healing Circle, The: Provides a sacred space where community-based challenges are addressed in an orderly manner. Life and death issues such as COVID-19, community violence, and systemic racism are discussed. Provided in collaboration with the Conversations with Al McFarlane program which airs of KFAI Radio Station and is streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. Mura Moms: Pre-meditated pregnancy and motherhood project which provides alternative methods of engaging African American women in the process of examining how their stress, depression, anxiety, and substance use are harmful to their own well-being as well as that of their baby, and to allow them to learn culturally appropriate stress reduction techniques and coping mechanisms in supportive environments. Overall goal is to improve birth outcomes among low-income African American women struggling with chemical use and/or mental health issues. To accomplish this, both parents are invited to develop knowledge, partnerships, skills, and behaviors that promote wellness, safety, and respect in their homes and in the community. Provides intensive support including intake, education, mentorship, and wellness coaching services to up to 15 women per class. Project Mura: Pre-meditated parenting BootCamp which provides three intensive BootCamp trainings annually for parents who are raising uninsured or underinsured children of African descent ages 0 - 18. Services include diagnostic interviews, individual psychotherapy, family therapy, group therapy, crisis intervention, and other services. Clinicians provide cultural consultations and care coordination services with other mental health providers, schools, medical personnel (such as nurses, primary care providers, personal care attendants, pediatricians, and psychiatrists) as well as other entities such as religious and social service organizations to provide multi-systemic support. Individual wellness coaches facilitate the development of family wellness plans for each program participant.

- After-hours for emergency food. Also, refers to the Housing Resource Line for shelter resources and housing information. - Crisis intervention for mental health crises by phone and face-to-face including psychiatric crisis intervention, outreach services, short-term crisis counseling, emergency psychiatric hospitalization, after-hours adult protection, child endangerment reporting, and after-hours child protection reporting - Diversion from out-of-home placement - Mental health crisis assessment is completed within 90 days or less to find out what option is available to the individual. One option might include case management, as choices may vary depending on the assessment. - Public speaking regarding mental health crisis - Parent-child conflict resolution

A group of community members and professionals who meet quarterly to discuss issues facing older adults and offer information about resources for older adults

Provides a broad range of counseling, referral, and other services to help veterans, service members, and their families in a non-medical setting. - Bereavement counseling - Community engagement (provides education on the Veteran community and military culture, and builds referral networks to expand support for Veterans, service members, and their families) - Couples and family counseling - Group counseling - Individual counseling for spouses, children, and significant others - Intimate partner violence support - Military sexual trauma counseling - One-on-one counseling for issues including PTSD, depression, grief, anger, or trauma - Referral services to appropriate resources in the community, including addiction and substance use, homelessness, suicide prevention, and veteran connections - Significant others support group - Telehealth - Transitional counseling - Workshops and classes (Veterans recreational groups)

A group of community members and professionals who meet quarterly to discuss issues facing older adults and offer information about resources for older adults

Plans quarterly projects to raise awareness of issues in the foster care system and advocates for youth currently in care. Purpose is to be a voice for former foster youth, promote and educate about the foster care system, and work for positive change. Focuses on: - Advocacy: Youth meet with legislators, judges, attorneys and social workers to address needs and wants of youth in care - Collaboration: Youth meet with other Youth Leadership Councils from around the state to discuss and plan ways to make a change in systems and provide greater community awareness - Community Development: Youth plan community events to celebrate foster youth and raise awareness of the foster care system and what life is like as a youth in care - Leadership: Youth meet weekly to dscuss and plan projects and upcoming events related to foster care awareness and advocacy

Provides information and resources to individuals who are interested in starting a business. Services include: - Consultations with the Small Business Assistance Office to help individuals understand or have questions about starting a business. Monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month for small business owners. - Information about considerations when starting a business, organizing the business, structure, forming partnerships, differences of business entities, business licenses, permits, business tax liabilities, and filing documents with the Secretary of State - MN Reservist and Veteran Business Loan Program: Provides business loans to companies that are affected when certain employees are called to active duty and individual veterans who have returned from active duty and want to start their own business. Types of loans include business loans and startup business loans. Terms include one-time, interest-free loans of $ 5,000 to $20,000, with 54 months of no repayment for the first 18 months and equal monthly payments over the remaining 36 months. More information can be found online at https://mn.gov/deed/business/financing-business/deed-programs/reservists/. - Small Business Development Center offices are located throughout the state to provide professional expertise and guidance to help clients manage their businesses - Tips on a business plan overview, basic accounting principles, business finance basics, types of business insurance, hiring employees, protecting intellectual property, and business management basics

Provide support to those who have been affected by domestic violence or sexual assault. Services may include: - 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: Provides a hotline for advocacy, resources, and shelter for all victims of violence. The hotline provides information and safety planning to support victims. - Advocacy: Legal advocates can help victims navigate and explain the legal system in criminal and civil protective order cases. Helps victims work with local police, city, and county attorneys to advocate on the victim's behalf. Assist in filing Orders for Protection and Harassment Restraining Orders. Attend court hearings with victims to provide information and support and more. - Emergency Shelter: A 24-hour domestic violence and sexual violence emergency shelter within Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, and Pine counties. The Black Dog Hill Shelter provides secure emergency shelter and access to basic needs to survivors and children. Basic needs include meals, toiletries, clothing, linens, diapers, laundry facilities, and access to a food shelf. - Intervention: Offers a Batterers Intervention Program to those interested and/or court-ordered to participate in a psycho-educational group led by trained professional facilitators. Participants learn to identify abusive behaviors and are taught to react to situations non-abusively and communicate with their partner. - Support Groups: Provides support groups to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through empowerment, conversations, and activities. Meetings are held in-person and virtual and times will vary by county office.

Provides education, training, and practical resources to support individuals and organizations in offering respectful, nonjudgmental guidance around pregnancy, reproductive health, parenting, and adoption. Offerings include: - Online Resource Information: Comprehensive guidance and information on pregnancy, reproductive health, alternative options, parenting, and adoption, accessible through the website. - Resource Materials: Printed and downloadable tools such as The Pregnancy Options Workbook and the All-Options Toolkit, offering practical tips, strategies, and guidance for organizations and individuals. - Workshops and Training: Pregnancy Options: Workshops and other trainings for healthcare and social service providers, advocates, educators, counselors, doulas, and anyone interested in supporting pregnant people with respect and without bias. Trainings are currently offered online.

- Diversity trainings to increase the understanding of Islam for non-Muslims and Muslims in the community, tailored to the needs of employers, schools, media professionals, public service agencies, and government - Free brief advice legal clinics are scheduled occasionally, providing discrimination assistance - Free pocket guides for employers, health care providers, educators, and law enforcement/correctional institutions

Resource center assists with the following services: - Advocacy: Includes areas of housing, civil and human rights, employment, transportation, and others. The Center advocates for state, local, and federal legislation. - Aging in Place Program: Offers accessible modification assistance, ramp installation, and accessibility assessments for homes and businesses for safe access and increased independence. - Assistive Technology Network: Assists individuals in the process of obtaining assistive technology devices. - Homemaking Services: Assists individuals in managing household activities including housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, and shopping. - Independent living skills training - Information and Referral: Provides up-to-date disability information and referrals to various agencies and individuals within the region. - On-Demand Lending Library: Program will purchase the requested device and the individual can use it for as long as needed; the program retains ownership of the item. Eligibility requirements: first come, first served basis; funds are limited. - Peer Mentoring: Assists individuals living with a disability to identify goals and create a unique plan to achieve those goals. Matches interested consumers with a peer mentor who provides support, problem-solving solutions, social skills, etc. - Public Education: Provides information, resources, and materials on accessibility guides, ADA, disability laws, etc. - Respite Care Services: Provides short-term in-home care and support when the primary caregiver or family members need to be absent from the home. - Systems Advocacy: Works to implement changes where needed at a broader systemic level. - Transition/Relocation Services: Assists individuals living with a disability in transitioning from nursing facilities and other institutions into community settings, with the goal of preventing institutionalization.

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

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 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

- Provides age and situation appropriate education and training covering an array of topics related to LGBTQ+ equity for community organizations, service providers, community groups, and community members. Can be provided in person or virtually. - Works with students, educators, youth service providers, advocates, pre-service teachers, educational leaders, community groups, and policymakers to support and create school environments that help humans to feel safe, respected, and valued.

Provides sexual health education and services, including free or low-cost STI and HIV testing, confidential one-on-one sex education/counseling with a provider and/or health educator, and birth control. Free condoms are available at all clinics.

Prevention: Promotes FASD awareness messaging and participates in community events to reach people of childbearing age in order to prevent alcohol use during pregnancy. Outreach to communities is also available. Proof Alliance FASD Diagnostic Clinic: FASD evaluation clinic allows clients to obtain an accurate assessment to determine the best supports for a person with FASD Support: Provides information and referrals to reliable support options for families. Proof Alliance provides education, phone support, and referrals, online resources, family camps, and teen programs. Training: Provides FASD training to medical providers, educators, legal professionals, social workers, caregivers, etc.

Provides services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, dating violence, elder abuse, trafficking, and general crime who are native and non-native women, men, and youth who live on or near the White Earth Reservation. Services provided include: - 24 hours/7 days a week crisis line support for victims - Assistance with orders for protection, harassment restraining orders, safety planning, victim impact statements, and applying for Minnesota reparations claims for survivors - Child advocacy center - Community outreach - Court, trial, and sentencing accompaniment and support - Direct services such as crisis intervention, advocacy, transportation, empowerment sessions, and information and referral of resources - Information on elder abuse, community outreach, and education - Safe harbor for youth who engage in prostitution - Shelter access and safe housing

Provides community education programs on domestic violence to agencies and other organizations who request them. Presentations can be provided to youth in schools, faith communities and in service groups.

14-week intensive outpatient program assisting adults in the implementation of recovery strategies for chemical health by applying recovery principles and integrating mental health services to establish and promote symptom management and recovery stabilization. Providing: - Comprehensive assessments - Crisis intervention available for clients as needed (for health conditions as well as mental health) - Diagnostic assessments ?- Dual recovery aftercare services ?- Family/significant other education on co-occurring disorders - Psycho-education on co-occurring disorders - Provides treatment services to those on medication assisted therapies ( Methadone, Suboxone, Buprenorphine) - Referrals to agencies - Specialized co-occurring psychotherapy groups - Tutors (interns or staff) provided for individuals seeking additional assistance - Weekly treatment plan reviews and case management coordination NOTE: Assessment is not required and can be provided for co-occurring disorders treatment.

Resource center providing information and resources, including: - A number of various loss mitigation programs and informational resources to assist FHA-insured homeowners facing financial hardship and whose mortgage is either in default or at risk of default. - Answers consumer questions about buying a home, qualifying for a mortgage, down payment assistance, buying HUD homes, refinancing, lien releases, obtaining a HUD-1 settlement statement, request for payoff amounts, or other issues associated with an FHA-insured mortgage - HUD handbooks, forms, and publications

- Educate people on importance of AEDs and early defibrillation - Support groups for survivors and their families - Work with legislators and others supporting placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public settings and development of early defibrillation programs

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 - Community education and professional training - Confidentiality - Crisis line - Emergency Services: Transportation to medical facilities, law enforcement, safe housing, etc. - Individual and group support - Safety planning

Provides confidential services including: - Chemical health assessments - Community event speakers for various topics related to mental health - Crisis appointments - Diagnostic assessments - Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) - Early childhood counseling services - Family counseling - Hypnotherapy - Individual counseling - Marriage/couples counseling - Play therapy - Premarital counseling Partners with outside providers for psychicatric medication neds and psychological testing. Areas of focus: - Aging related stressors - Anger management - Anxiety/worry/fears - Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD or ADHS) - Autism Spectrum Disorders - Bipolar Disorder - Chronic pain or illness - Communication problems - Cutting/self-harm behaviors - Depression - Divorce - Domestic abuse or violence - Eating Disorders - Emotional, sexual and physical abuse - Food addictions - Interpersonal conflict - Intimacy/sexual problems - Life transitions - Loss or grief - Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Parenting training/assistance - Personality Disorders - Problems with children and family - Relationship issues - Substance abuse - Trauma/PTSD