A referral service for Japan-related resources and information, available through a database, library, and staff located at the office. - Tsushin: Monthly newsletter with articles or events and activities of interest to members, and a calendar of Japan-related cultural, business, educational, and public affairs programs and events. - Community outreach programs include a cultural program for schools known as "Japan in a Suitcase" and a dance and music program known as "Minnesota Bon Odori Project". JASM organizes the J-Quiz: Upper Midwest High School Japanese Language and Culture Competition. - Programs for members, both private and corporate, bring people together to celebrate Japan related events and promote understanding of Japan through cultural, business, and educational programming.

Offers Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS) for Southeast Asians, Latinos and Somalis suffering from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression or other mental illnesses. Services include: - Advocacy for daily living problems - Adult mental health case management (Rule 79) - Crisis intervention - Psychiatric services including diagnostic assessments and treatment - Service to refugee and immigrant victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse - Supportive counseling for individuals and families - Support groups

Program includes three houses (9 single occupancy bedrooms) in the Lincoln Park neighborhood for individuals and families committed to pursuing long-term housing solutions. Participants should require little supervision, seeking to establish financial stability, develop goals and actively work to maintain housing. Focuses on those who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color. Additionally, emphasizes on fathers and father-figures facing challenges not only in securing housing, but also in overcoming obstacles related to parenting.

Outreach and support for the Black, Indigenous, or People of Color entrepreneur includes entrepreneurial technical assistance, access to capital, a peer network support system, referrals, advocacy, and business coaching services.

Programs providing assistance to non-English speaking Korean elderly in the areas of welfare benefits and case management for housing, job placement, and transportation

- Provides advocacy services for Korean women in domestic violence, victims of human trafficking, and related issues surrounding domestic violence - Counseling services for gambling, domestic abuse, parenting, chemical dependency, and anger management issues

Health and safety, emergency preparedness and civic engagement information available to those with limited English proficiency during both emergency and non-emergency times. Includes information on seasonal flu, disease prevention, home safety, et cetera. TPT NOW TV: Available to watch via broadcast on channel 2.5 and via livestream at tpt.org/tptnowtv, where you will find live updates on health, safety, weather, and emergency information in multiple languages 24/7. During a state emergency, emergency instructions will be broadcast in four languages live. TPT Web: Updated regularly with health, safety, and emergency resources available in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, and some other languages Print and video resources in many languages available in addition to the TPT phone information. Videos available online concerning health, emergency preparedness and civic engagement. DVDs of each season of TPT TV available for purchase.

- Provides advocacy services for Korean women in domestic violence, victims of human trafficking, and related issues surrounding domestic violence - Counseling services for gambling, domestic abuse, parenting, chemical dependency, and anger management issues

- Case and care management services for elders who live in the MPHA Cedar complex and are at-risk for nursing home placement - Services provided in Korean and English

Works with families to ensure that agency decisions, acts, rules, programs, procedures and other policies are in compliance with the laws that protect children of color in the Minnesota child protection system. The types of problems dealt with include: - Child protection matters such as child out-of-home placement or foster care issues - Failure to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act or the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act - Social service issues such as delays in service provision, lack of service provision, or failure to provide interpreters during intake, investigations, meetings, court appearances, etc. - Unjust or discriminatory treatment by child protection services - Accepts complaints on child protection and investigates active child protection and CHIPS cases to ensure state and federal child protection and child placement laws are followed.

Education, counseling, and respite services for caregivers

Services and programming available to member participants: - Academic tutoring - Personal, academic and career coaching and advising - Training and development to succeed in college and the corporate sector - Up to four years paid summer internships with local corporations

Helps unemployed and underemployed refugees and immigrants find employment through credentialed training, paired with individualized career planning, work readiness, job search placement, and retention services. - Bilingual supportive services - Employment information including job banks, job fairs, and individualized job search and placement - Job interview training - Job training including classroom and on-the-job - Resume preparation assistance - Soft skills training, Certified Nursing Assistant, and manufacturing skills training - Wage subsidy initiative for MFIP participants - Welfare to work programs

Education, counseling, and respite services for caregivers

- Nihonjinkai: is a volunteer group that supports Japanese individuals and families who live in Minnesota and make connections with people who love Japanese culture. Main activities include delivering Obento to elders who request it, visiting elder Japanese in nursing homes, publishing the "Minnesota Nihonjinkai Dayori" newsletter, and more. Monthly group meetings include a potluck and a craft party. - Japanese Speaking Club: offers informal Japanese conversation for native and non-native speakers. - Mondale Scholarship: offers annual financial grants to Minnesota undergraduate students accepted to academic programs in Japan. - J-Quiz: provides an academic competition for high school students enrolled in Japanese language classes. - Minnesota Bon Odori: dance and musical program that teaches traditional Japanese festival dance to schools and organizations. - Corporate Roundtable: business meeting series that presents discussions on key topics of interest to people involved in business between Japan and Minnesota.

- Page Educational Grants: Awards annually renewable grants in the amount of $2500 - $3500 to Minnesota students of color who attend colleges, universities, and technical schools within the state of Minnesota. Students who accept financial aid from the Foundation are required to return to their communities and perform annual Service-to-Children projects with younger children of color. - Service-to-Children Program: While attending college, Page Scholars perform volunteer service that brings them into contact with students of color in grades K - 8. Each Page Scholar is required to volunteer at least 50 hours during the academic year - roughly 2 hours a week during the school year. The purpose of the service requirement is to present each Page Scholar as a mentor and role model to children of color before the younger students have decided (or have been convinced) that education is not important. - Page Connections: The program recruits volunteer adult mentors to partner with its Page Scholars. These adults support the Scholars in a variety of ways, particularly with completing their service-to-children projects. Senior Mentors create an important link between the Foundation and Scholars. Application online.

- Counseling and support for new immigrants - Employment referral and assistance - English as a Second Language and citizenship classes - Forms and applications assistance for Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicare, Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare; securing public housing; child care assistance; WIC; Head Start programs - Health counseling and education - Home care services contracted with Medica; provides homemaking and PCA services to seniors and disabled - Parenting skills counseling - Senior program offering socialization and activities as well as seminars on health, immigration, and social services every other month - Translation services - Transportation assistance for health appointments, benefits appointments, and school - Youth programs

The Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans was created by the Minnesota legislature to ensure that Asians in Minnesota are more fully incorporated into the governmental and policy-making process; that they have better access to state government services; that the talent and resources of the Asian-Pacific Community be used and promoted when appropriate, and to assist others in their contact with Asian Community. Services include: - Advocacy - Advisory - Culture diversity issues/training - Economic development - Education - Research No direct services provided

- Business plan review - Business consulting services - Access to financing and loan packaging - Access to corporate and government contract opportunities