Provides critical services to help seniors navigate their health, economic, and social needs. Helps older adults, families, and caregivers make the best care decisions to meet unique needs and goals. Case management, including comprehensive service coordination and advocacy for individuals receiving waiver services. The Family Case Management Program provides case management for families in the White Bear Lake or North Saint Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale school districts.

Families with children from ages birth - kindergarten who are having social, emotional or behavioral difficulties and/or are experiencing environmental stressors. The program is designed to strengthen parent-child relationships while supporting children's functioning in social and emotional development Behavioral Services include: - A therapeutic preschool classroom for children - Intensive combination of in-home family therapy - Periodic parent groups

Intensive home-based services to children and families when children have: - Risk of out of home placement - Significant emotional/behavioral disturbance - The need for more restrictive services

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 - Connecting families with county and community-based services - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

Provides help 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 program is a voluntary, early intervention program that focuses on a family's strengths and needs through support systems. 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 program is a voluntary, early intervention program that focuses on a family's strengths and needs through support systems. 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, in-home parenting education, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services - Connect families with county and community-based services - Family circle meetings and support - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

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, support, and therapeutic services - Connecting families with county and community-based services - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

- Home visiting program for first or second-time parents who are experiencing significant stressors and anticipating the challenges of parenting - Provides developmental guidance, emotional support, parent-child therapy services, and referrals to community resources

Scattered-site and site-based housing for families with children who are coming directly from a shelter. Housing services include: - Housing navigation assistance: Provides housing search assistance, contacts and recruits landlords, assists households with completing applications - Rent payment and move-in assistance: Provides financial assistance such as rent subsidy, security deposit, or application fees to move into permanent housing - Limited transportation - Case management and services: Provides services and supports, including services such as assessing barriers to housing stability, making referrals and connections to community resources, partnering for housing stability ??

The program is a voluntary, early intervention program that focuses on a family's strengths and needs through support systems. 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, support, and therapeutic services - Connecting families with county and community-based services - Family circle meetings and support - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

The program is a voluntary, early intervention program that focuses on a family's strengths and needs through support systems. 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, in-home parenting education, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services - Connect families with county and community-based services - Family circle meetings and support - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

Family Based Services (FBS) is a voluntary program designed to help place responsibility and confidence in families who are experiencing some difficulties. FBS is available if a child is at risk of out-of-home placement, or is returning home from a placement FBS are: - Free of charge - Time-limited (3-6 months) - Provided in your home - Flexible and available during unconventional hours The FBS program was developed to create a sense of hope, trust and motivation in the family to assist them in coping with life's challenges FBS always involves a Social Worker and can include a FBS Provider, a FBS Therapist or any combination of the three The team approach provides: - Support - Accessibility - Variety The Social Worker will: - Establish family strengths, needs and goals - Develop a Family Service plan - Clarify ideas and expectations - Provide in-home counseling - Teach problem solving skills The Social Worker takes the lead in demonstrating respect for everyone's roles, skills and needs The Social Worker and the family may decide to include a FBS Provider as part of the team Under the Social Worker's direction, the FBS Provider works intensively with the family in several areas: - Parenting - Communication skills - Home management - Budgeting skills The FBS Provider offers: - Support - Encouragement - Practical advice for every day living This team member helps reinforce the family's progress, links the family to the community and helps create a feeling of trust between all team members The Social Worker and the family may determine that the FBS Therapist should be part of the team The therapist could focus on: - Individuals or entire family - Specific problem areas (depression, abuse, etc) - Crisis intervention/prevention - Counseling and guidance The FBS Therapist helps the family understand and cope with issues by exploring their personal feelings and thoughts When the FBS Program has been successfully completed, the family will have learned to cope, will have it's basic needs met and will have a more harmonious family life

Helps stabilize families by providing resources and services such as parenting and life skills, prevention and reunification, and housing. ?- Family Spirit Home Visiting Program: Provides an early childhood home visiting program designed specifically for American Indian communities, and is being implemented through a partnership with the Division of Indian Work. - Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Collaborative: Provides advocacy services and intensive case monitoring to in-state Minnesota Native families who are involved in Child Protection. - Life Skills Parenting and The Family Support Program: Partners with Hennepin County to improve outcomes for Native families by providing family counseling, parenting support, life skills training, appropriate referrals, and education in child development and cultural values. - Section 8 Supportive Housing: Provides long-term housing for families who have experienced chronic homelessness. Tenants must demonstrate a commitment to sobriety and agree to MIWRC's zero tolerance policy for onsite substance use, gang affiliation, and/or interpersonal violence.

Provides help 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

Provides help 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

Job-seekers are encouraged to meet with an employment specialist who will assist in building an effective resume. Northstar Computer Training: builds basic skills needed to perform tasks on computers and online. Individuals who pass will be given a Northstar Digital Literacy Certificate. Culinary Arts Training: is a 10-week training program which teaches technical kitchen operating and management skills required to achieve the industry "ServSafe" credential.

Voluntary early intervention program that provides a comprehensive assessment of families' needs and strengths to assist with making decisions about what services or community resources are accessible. Short-term help may be available to families with concerns regarding: - Basic needs (food, clothing, and housing) - Child care - Financial needs (budgeting and financial assistance) - Family health (medical care, mental, and chemical health services) - Parenting - Transportation Referrals are often made to community support services such as child development screening services, food shelves, free or low-cost clothing programs, free health clinics, mental health services, and parenting support classes.

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. Families can receive assistance once every 15 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. Emergency assistance provides short-term, one-time assistance for households in a financial crisis because of fire, flood, storm, illness, accident, theft, utility shut-off, eviction, foreclosure, moving expense, or other emergency need.

Specialized and Whole Family Foster Care: Offers emergency, short-term, long-term, and whole-family foster services. Provides an intensive treatment program in a foster care environment for youth with specialized treatment needs. Provides support for at-risk parents. Skilled foster parents work with families to teach parenting skills through modeling parenting techniques, setting examples and providing education.

The program is a voluntary, early intervention program that focuses on a family's strengths and needs through support systems. 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, in-home parenting education, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services - Connect families with county and community-based services - Family circle meetings and support - Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

Voluntary services to families experiencing unusual family stresses around parent/child conflicts. The situation may require out of home placement of a child if the family has used all available resources (counseling, relatives, and friends etc.). A case manager may be assigned to arrange services for the family to prevent placement.

Provides short-term help to parents in order help access resources that support parenting and family stability. Works with the family to address safety, housing, transportation, educational and therapeutic needs.

The program is a voluntary, early intervention program that focuses on a family's strengths and needs through support systems. 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 Kathleen Blatz Family Recovery Program offers support and an alternative to families involved in abuse, neglect and dependency cases where identified parental substance addiction is the primary factor. The Recovery Specialists offers support while monitoring clients on their pathway to recovery. Recovery Specialists serve as a liaison between the client, child protection case manager, treatment case manager and probation officer if appropriate. There is a unique blend of mentoring and monitoring