- Coordinates statewide planning process for member programs and system practitioners - Facilitates discussion to identify and address program needs and evaluate services to domestic violence victims and their families - Preventive education to initiate change in government agencies and community organizations - Promotes public policy through legislation, administrative agencies, and appellate courts to address domestic violence issues and promote systematic change; legislative monitoring on issues of interest to battered women and children - Promotes statewide awareness through social media, traditional media and awareness campaigns including Clothesline Project, Femicide Reports, Live Free Without Violence, and Real Love Is... - Provides training and technical assistance to existing and emerging organizations serving battered women and their children; provides training and technical assistance to service providers and community organizations around domestic violence issues

Provides services to persons with Huntington's Disease and their families. Services include: - Clinical trials - DNA blood banking and pre-symptomatic testing available - Evaluates and treats patients for Huntington's disease - Genetic counseling - Individual and family supportive counseling - Occupational, physical and speech/language therapy - Social Services: Evaluates and assist with daily care planning, financial, residentials and referrals

Offer resources, referrals, and support, including: Financial - Access to free financial literacy materials and programs - Emergency funds assistance through various organizations - Personal financial counseling for service members - Tax assistance Home - Connect with local veteran and community resources for homelessness support - Home repair and maintenance assistance Health and well-being - Access to free drug and alcohol screening and classes for service members - Childcare assistance - Food insecurity support - Provide information on a wide range of military-friendly counseling services and resources, including free non-medical counseling - Tricare medical and dental insurance information Education - Connections with veteran services through Minnesota State schools - Information on grants and scholarships for current service members, spouses, and children - Military education benefits Career - Assistance in connecting with employment placement - Connect to Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) for employer/employee legal support and employer/employee recognition - Federal employment opportunities through USAJobs - Hiring resources through the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Minnesota National Guard full-time job opportunities

Retreat center for families and couples who are grieving from the loss of a child or have a child with a medically complex condition. Provides a peaceful environment to refresh the mind and spirit, to reflect on the past, renew strength for the present, build hope for the future, and connect with other families dealing with similar situations.

Advises and assists veterans and their dependents with the following: - Applying for health care enrollment for VAhealth care including primary medical care, medications, inpatient and outpatient care, chemical dependency, optometry, orthopedics, podiatry, audiology, and more - Burial benefits - Claims for compensation and pension - Employment - Housing including VA home loan, State Veterans Homes (long term care, board, and care), and homeless resources - Legal clinics - Recreational/discounts for veterans - Temporary financial assistance through State Soldiers and Assistance Programs (SSAP) including dental, optical, special needs education benefits, substance assistance, and war orphan benefits - Transportation to and from VA-authorized appointments for ambulatory veterans who do not have other means of transportation due to financial or medical hardship

A multi-service community-based facility offering a range of support services and resources to enhance skills, employability and long-term career mobility to traditionally under-served populations. Services include: - One-to-one assistance with resume, job search and entry-level placement needs - Job placement, retention and ongoing support services for program graduates - Career development, career awareness, career change counseling, career exploration, vocational assessment - Professional development designed specifically for currently-employed workers - A computer lab that provides self-directed technology usage, as well as more formal instruction - Sector-based classroom job skill programs in partnership with major employers in healthcare and banking - Work readiness training programs for individuals with criminal histories - Employment training and benefits eligibility and review for individuals with HIV/AIDS - Access to information about GED and post-secondary educational programs - Financial literacy coaching - Homebuyer education and pre/post purchase counseling

- Offers support and friendship to grieving parents who have lost a child of any age - Provides an opportunity to meet parents who are working through their own grief and can empathize with a bereaved family - Gives cognitive information about the grieving process through programs, speakers, and library - Quarterly newsletter to bereaved parents - Sibling group meeting for siblings age 16 and older to meet with siblings who have lost a brother or sister

- Classroom setting - Counseling for mental health and chemical use issues - Independent study night program - Work experience component

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 Office of Workforce Development offers support and opportunity for residents to obtain employment and achieve their career goals. Offers a range of employment and training services such as: Hennepin Pathways: A collaboration between regional employers, educators, and community partners offering education of multiple career paths to choose from. Graduates from a particular program are employed countywide in office administration, human services, and building operations. The program meets county hiring needs while also connecting job seekers with meaningful work, livable wages, benefits, and career growth. Job Development: Serves a diverse group of job seekers, including veterans, youth, and individuals with criminal background who have a wide range of skills, abilities, and experiences. Provides employment services to job seekers such as job training, employment, career assistance programs, and help unemployed and underemployed people find jobs. Visit website for more information about job fairs, hiring events, job resources, education and training, and community CareerForce centers. Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) Employment Services: Supports participants on MFIP as they transition from poverty to economic self-sufficiency to reduce the likelihood of returning to the program. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker, Adult, and Youth Programs: A federally funded program to increase jobseeker's access to employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market while matching employers with skilled workers to meet the demand of occupations and industries. Improve workforce quality, reduce public benefits dependency, and meet employer skill requirements. Each organization will have their own application process. Job seekers will typically go through a process such as: - Application, eligibility determination, and program enrollment - Formal and informal assessments (education level, interests, workforce skills, work history, etc.) - Development of an Individual Employment Plan: Determining service needs based on assessments (career and resume counseling, job search assistance, training/education services, etc.) - Retention Services: Ensuring individuals have the resources to maintain unsubsidized employment after exiting the program

The Minneapolis Women Veterans Comprehensive Health Center (WVCHC) is an interdisciplinary clinic designed to provide collaborative and comprehensive care for women veterans. Women Veterans Call Center: Provides women veterans, their families, and caregivers about VA services and resources. Call, chat, or text is available. Primary care includes: - Health evaluation and counseling, disease prevention, nutrition counseling, weight control, smoking cessation, and substance abuse counseling and treatment as well as gender-specific primary care, e.g., cervical cancer screens (pap smears), breast cancer screens (mammograms), birth control, preconception counseling, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, menopausal support (hormone replacement therapy). - Mental health includes evaluation and assistance for issues such as depression, mood, and anxiety disorders; intimate partner and domestic violence; sexual trauma; elder abuse or neglect; parenting and anger management; marital, caregiver, or family-related stress; and post-deployment adjustment or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). - Military Sexual Trauma (MST). Women-and men as well-may experience repeated sexual harassment or sexual assault during their military service. Special services are available to women who have experienced MST. VA provides free, confidential counseling, and treatment for mental and physical health conditions related to MST. Specialty Care includes: - Management and screening of chronic conditions includes heart disease, diabetes, cancer, glandular disorders, osteoporosis, and fibromyalgia as well as sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. - Reproductive health care includes maternity care, infertility evaluation, and limited treatment; sexual problems, tubal ligation, urinary incontinence, and others. VA is prohibited by legislative authority from providing abortion services. - Rehabilitation, homebound, and long-term care. VA referrals are given to those in need of rehabilitation therapies such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, exercise therapy, recreational therapy, and vocational therapy. Homebound and long-term care services are available as well, limited to those meeting specific requirements. Programs for Special Groups include: Special programs provide services for homeless women veterans, victims of domestic violence, and women veterans interested in education and training, employment assistance, and vocational rehabilitation.

Provide individual advocacy, coaching, and system navigation through statewide Help Desk to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and their families. Services include one-to-one assistance in accessing and receiving appropriate services in the areas of early intervention, family support, special education, county case management, health care, housing, employment, recreation, Medical Assistance, Social Security, residential services, PCA (personal care assistance), etc. NOTE: Staff do NOT provide legal advice

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

Provides a specialized communication therapy for children with autism; program teaches parents, caregivers, and educators specific techniques that will make learning to understand and use language more successful for each individual child. Programming includes: - Parent involved weekly therapy - Public workshops and parent classes - Stage Play acting classes through the Duluth Playhouse Children's Theater - Evaluation and consultation services - Professional consultation - Parent support group - limited childcare for registered children

Behavioral Intervention: Combines daily living skills, interpersonal skills, and behavioral management skills into an individualized plan to enable the child to function. Helps the child learn and apply appropriate skills in various living settings, for the child to remain living at home. Case Management: Helps locate necessary services, make referrals as needed, and monitor the delivery of the child's mental health services. May also assist the family with support services, such as respite care. Community-Based Services: Rehabilitative services for children and their families to address mental health and behavioral needs. Provides therapeutic support services are provided in the child's home, school, daycare, foster home, relative's home, or other indicated community setting. Crisis Intervention: 24-hour on-call services are available upon arrangement for crisis management Outpatient Services: Attachment & Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) Comprehensive behavioral assessments Developmental assessments Diagnostic assessments 'Incredible Years' model groups Individual, group, and family therapy Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Psychiatric evaluations and medication management Psychological evaluations Risk management assessments

Services: -Assistance for veterans -Scholarship at high school -Provide assistance for families -Meetings 2nd Thursday of the month at Township Hall - 7:00 pm

Provides a helpline that connects patients to resources in their community and offers information on patient services, support groups, social services, medical equipment, wigs and prostheses, transportation, lodging, financial programs and tobacco quitline.

- Individual counseling and psychotherapy - Group counseling - Marriage/couples counseling - Family counseling - Teens/adolescents - Children Counseling for a range of issues, including: - Addictions and substance abuse - Adjustment disorders - Anger management - Anxiety - Attachment disorders - Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) - Child abuse - Childhood behavioral - Christian counseling - Cognitive-behavioral training - Depression - Developmental issues - Divorce/separation issues - Drug and alcohol dependency - Eating disorders - Emotional regulation - Family therapy - Fetal alcohol syndrome - Gender/sexual identity - Grief - Learning disorders - Marriage counseling - Mood disorders - Parenting skills - Physical/sexual abuse - Play therapy - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Relationship conflicts - Sleep disorders - Stress management - Workplace conflicts Provides in-person and telehealth. Also offers mental health assessments, addiction/dependency evaluations, pre-surgery psychological evaluations and psychological testing.

Offers services to out-of-school and at risk youth. Provides high school dropout recovery, and attainment of recognized postsecondary credentials. These services include: ?- Career counseling ????- English as a Second Language classes - GED - Goal setting - Help with resumes, applications, and interviews - High school diploma - Job and life skills - Job placement - Paid work experience - Post high school education assistance - Reading and math skills - Referrals to other agencies - Tests to find interests and skills

Staff will: - Determine if people are eligible for health care and financial assistance programs. - Help people with past medical bills by working with community care programs, collection agencies, and medical providers to discuss reasonable payment plans. - Provide referrals to other agencies for concerns related to financial assistance, housing, food, employment, and disability issues as needed - Meet with individuals and families to apply for programs.

Team-based treatment focused on recovery; enrollees meet with mental health professionals, along with family, to create and discuss a treatment plan. Services may include: - Assistance obtaining community resources - Assistance with staying at/returning to employment/school - Benefits assistance including health insurance, food, and housing - Case management - Educating family and enrollee on condition - Identifying strengths - Learning coping skills - Medication counseling to reduce symptoms and prevent relapses

Designed to help families avoid placing a child outside the home through emphasis on prevention using the family's strengths; works with families to develop real life management skills and assist in keeping the child from being placed outside the home by providing: - Nutrition planning - Budgeting - Child care and discipline - Skills building Family issues could include: - Adolescent conflict - Parenting help - Emotional problems and concerns of parents and/or children - Abusive relationships, physical, sexual, and/or emotional - Child neglect - Behavioral problems of children and/or parents - Reunification of families when a child is returning from home placement Program provides: - Family therapy - Individual and marital therapy - Parent education and training - Community resource mobilization, referral, and development - Supportive counseling - Client and family advocacy - Crisis intervention - Comprehensive assessments and recommendation

Court related services: - Adaptive aids or special equipment - Adolescent life skills training - Family based services - Foster care - Placement - Licensing - Respite care - Case management - Public guardianship - Referrals to counseling - Transportation

ECFE is a parenting education program for all Minnesota families with children between the ages of birth to Kindergarten entrance. Learning opportunities through ECFE may occur in a variety of settings, such as the families' homes, district or community sites, and online parenting education and support. Programming and education services often include parents/caregivers and children but may just include parents/caregivers.

Provides air transportation to post 9/11 combat wounded and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes through a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots. Passengers are transported to and from the medical facility for the benefit of the service member, not the passengers. Passenger eligibility requires the service member to be undergoing continuing medical care, either hospitalized or as an outpatient. Passengers must be family or a very close personal friend of the service member.