Provides outreach services and support to families of young children and the adults that care for them, including licensed family child care providers, child care centers, and family friend and neighbor caregivers. Programs include: - Connecting to a childcare liaison to assist families with the process of securing child care that meets the family's needs, including county and enrollment forms - Resources, support, and training to family friends, and neighbors who are unlicensed caregivers to improve the quality of care provided to children - Car seat education, distribution, and installation for families with qualifying insurance. Car seat education classes are also provided in Somali and can be translated into other languages as needed. - Shared Services Alliances: Designed to work in partnership with Early Child Care programs to offer the services needed to improve long-term financial strength and manage capacity, along with the abilitiy to provide care and services.

An emergency housing assistance program for families with children enrolled in a pre-Kindergarten - 12th grade who are experiencing the following: - Lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence - Living in overcrowded conditions in their current housing - Paying more than 50 percent of their income for rent/mortgage The program provides financial assistance for rent, mortgage, homeowner's association dues, or utilities when available to keep families from losing housing and help those experiencing homelessness find housing.

Convenient access to mental health services for families of children with emotional and behavioral concerns. Therapists work collaboratively with teachers to address social, emotional or behavioral concerns that impact a child's academic and social success. Participating schools are located in Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, North Saint Paul and Shoreview. Bloomington: - Oak Grove Elementary - Valley View Elementary - Valley View Middle - Washburn Elementary - Westwood Elementary Eden Prairie: - Cedar Ridge Elementary - Central Middle - Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion - Eden Lake Elementary - Eden Prairie Childhood Center - Eden Prairie High - Forest Hills Elementary - Oak Point Elementary - Pathways (Cedar Ridge)/Capstone (EP High) - Prairie View Elementary Minneapolis: - Bethune Community School - Bryn Mawr Community School - Elizabeth Hall International Elementary - Jenny Lind Community School - Nellie Stone Johnson Community School - Seward Montessori School - Sheridan School Minnetonka, North Saint Paul and Shoreview: - Lionsgate Academy

Adult Rehabilitation Mental Health Services (ARMHS): Community - based support for adults with mental illness. ARMHS practitioners assist and provide support in multiple areas: - Budgeting and shopping skills - Community resources utilization and integration skills - Cooking and nutrition skills - Crisis assistance - Employment-related skills - Health care directives - Healthy lifestyle skills and practices - Household management skills - Interpersonal communication skills - Medication education and monitoring - Mental illness symptom management skills - Relapse prevention skills - Transportation skills - Transition to community living services Children's Therapeutic Services and Supports (CTSS):? Activities designated to promote skill development of both the child and the child's family in the use of age appropriate daily living skills, interpersonal and family relationships, and leisure and recreational services. Activities that assist the family to improve the family's understanding of normal child development and to use parenting skills that will help the child achieve the goals outlined by the family and service provider. Promotes family preservation and unification and promotes the family's integration with the community. In-Home Family Therapy:? Examples include resolving conflict, defining appropriate roles between family members, and establishing better communication

Cultivates a collaborative community that supports, values, and empowers youth: - Maintains a Community Resource Directory - Coordinates a network of free afterschool and summer programs for youth - Serves as a clearinghouse for local youth development programs - Provides tutors, mentors, and reading buddy volunteers for youth - Coordinates local Youth on Boards program

ECFE is a parenting education program for all Minnesota families with children between the ages of birth - 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. Weekly classes are in three parts: Learning Together in the Children's Classroom, Purposeful Play for Children, and Connecting with Others While Children Learn. ECFE works to strengthen families and engage the ability of all parents to provide an environment that supports the healthy development of their child. Services may include:? - Early childhood screening for children ages 3 - 5 - Home visits - Information on community resources - Parent discussion groups - Parent-child activities - Play and learn activities for children - Programs for non-English language learners - School readiness program for children ages 3 1/2 - 4 - Single parent program - Special events for the entire family

Licensed mental health professionals complete diagnostic assessments working to understand questions, concerns and worries as well as each child's strengths, challenges, and history. Washburn provides counseling, therapy and support for families available at all of their sites. This includes help with with common concerns such as: - Abuse and parent-child conflicts - Attention problems and acting-out behaviors - Depression and anxiety - Difficulty dealing with loss or family changes - School adjustment problems Quick Access Program: Provided in partnership with Medica. Supports children experiencing mild mental health challenges or situational life stressors. Provides a brief mental health assessment and access to clinical care for kids ages 5 - 17 who can benefit from short-term therapy intervention (up to 6 sessions). Aims to reduce the amount of wait time it takes for children and families to receive help with mild mental health challenges or situational life stressors. Available to families enrolled with Medica insurance. Services are not for children or families who have long-standing mental health concerns, a history of past mental health treatment and multiple diagnosis, or safety concerns.

Minor & Critical Home Repair - Home Preservation is an exterior home preservation program that provides painting, landscaping, and minor repair services for homeowners in need - Home Preservation helps low-income homeowners, impacted by age, disability, and family circumstances, who struggle to maintain the exterior of their homes - We use volunteers, sweat equity, and no interest loans to make repairs affordable, helping low-income homeowners continue to live independently and securely in their homes - Home Preservation is a supplement to our core building program. It enables us to serve more families and increase volunteer opportunities.

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. Works to strengthen families and engage the ability of all parents to provide an environment that supports the healthy development of their child. Current classes and events vary. Services may include: - Book and toy lending library - Dad and child programs - Early childhood screening for children ages 3 - 5 - Home visits - Information on community resources - Parent-child activities - Parent discussion groups and parent resources. Topics of discussion may include challenging behaviors, activities that support toddlers learning, parenting styles, setting limits, preventing power struggles, temper tantrums, sleep issues, behavior guidance, and other benefits for parents and their children. - Play and learn activities for children - Programs for non-English language learners - School readiness program for children ages 3 1/2 - 5. Science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) classes are offered. - Single parent program - Special events for the entire family - Workshops on specific topics

Step Ahead helps program family support opportunities and parenting classes including Love and Logic parent classes. For a complete list of class offerings, go to www.getlearning.org

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. The goal of the program is to strengthen families and help parents and children grow and develop within a circle of support. Parents and children participate in fun activities that encourage learning. Parents participate in discussions led by a parent educator while their children play, learn, and socialize with other children. Works to strengthen families and engage the ability of all parents to provide an environment that supports the healthy development of their child. Services may include: - Book and toy lending library - Early childhood screening for children ages 3 - 5 - Home visits - Information on community resources - Parent-child classes and activities - Parent discussion groups - Play and learn activities for children - Programs for non-English language learners - School readiness program for children ages 3 1/2 - 4 - Special events for the entire family - Workshops on specific topics

Convenient access to mental health services for families of children with emotional and behavioral concerns. Therapists work collaboratively with teachers to address social, emotional or behavioral concerns that impact a child's academic and social success. Participating schools are located in Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, North Saint Paul and Shoreview. Bloomington: - Oak Grove Elementary - Valley View Elementary - Valley View Middle - Washburn Elementary - Westwood Elementary Eden Prairie: - Cedar Ridge Elementary - Central Middle - Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion - Eden Lake Elementary - Eden Prairie Childhood Center - Eden Prairie High - Forest Hills Elementary - Oak Point Elementary - Pathways (Cedar Ridge)/Capstone (EP High) - Prairie View Elementary Minneapolis: - Bethune Community School - Bryn Mawr Community School - Elizabeth Hall International Elementary - Jenny Lind Community School - Nellie Stone Johnson Community School - Seward Montessori School - Sheridan School Minnetonka, North Saint Paul and Shoreview: - Lionsgate Academy

Offers long term child welfare for parents and their children, designed to empower families and provide a new pathway to achieving economic self-sufficiency. Families of Color With a Child Under 5 Years - Case management services that help provide opportunities for early childhood education - Connections to community resources - Family support and advocacy - Home visits Families With at Least 1 Child Under 10 Years - Participants are parents and their children who are experiencing complex challenges: Disproportionality, generational poverty, historical trauma, homelessness, domestic violence, susbstance abuse, mental illness, truancy, poor school outcomes, child welfare involvement, economic and employment instability, etc. - Access to stabilizing federal economic programs - Collaboration with Public Health - Comprehensive case management services - Early childhood/other educational supports - Early Intervention services - Home visits - Ongoing support and information regarding child development, housing, budgeting, parenting, goal setting and decision making - Workforce development resources First Time Parents 18 Years or Older - Families are enrolled during pregnancy through early infancy - Collaboration with Public Health for home visits - Monthly family activities - Ongoing support/information regarding healthy pregnancy, child development, housing, budgeting/finances, health care, child care, education/employment goals, parenting and decision making Pregnant and Parenting Teens Up to Age 18 - Pregnancy and parenting support program for adolescent moms, dads and their child - Collaboration with Public Health - Families receive support and information regarding parenting options, healthy pregnancy, child development, housing, budgeting/finances, child care, education/work goals and referrals to community resources - Home or community visits

- Provides car seat inspections - Provides convertible, forward facing with harness, low and high back booster car seats. Availability may fluctuate.

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. Works to strengthen families and engage the ability of all parents to provide an environment that supports the healthy development of their child. Services may include: - Book and toy lending library - Dad and child programs - Early childhood screening for children ages 3 - 5 - Home visits - Information on community resources - Parent-child activities - Parent discussion groups - Play and learn activities for children - Programs for non-English language learners - School readiness program for children ages 3 1/2 - 4 - Single parent program - Special events for the entire family - Workshops on specific topics

Provides case management services to families with children experiencing severe emotional disturbances. The program helps families identify and coordinate mental health services with community resources. Services include: - Case management - Collaborate with schools, day treatment facilities, and mental health service providers - Early identification and assessment - Emergency services and intervention - Family community support - Outpatient services - Professional home-based family treatment services - Therapeutic support of foster care - Treatment screening

- Administers federal and state child care subsidy programs - Joint program of Anoka County Social Services and ACCAP - Provides subsidies to help pay for families' child care costs

Minnesota's version of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). Statewide MFIP helps families work their way out of poverty by providing temporary cash and food benefits to eligible families. Statewide MFIP has a 60-month time limit, there are some limited exceptions and extensions to the time limit. Participants are required to follow certain work rules. Failure to meet work rules will result in their MFIP grant being sanctioned, or reduced. In addition: - Child support will be pursued in those situations where one or both parents are absent - A woman expecting a baby may receive assistance for herself during her pregnancy - Children who are being cared for by certain relatives may receive assistance NOTE: MFIP recipients may be eligible for Emergency Assistance, Child Care Assistance, Medical Assistance and/or SNAP.

Licensed mental health professionals complete diagnostic assessments working to understand questions, concerns and worries as well as each child's strengths, challenges, and history. Washburn provides counseling, therapy and support for families available at all of their sites. This includes help with with common concerns such as: - Abuse and parent-child conflicts - Attention problems and acting-out behaviors - Depression and anxiety - Difficulty dealing with loss or family changes - School adjustment problems Quick Access Program: Provided in partnership with Medica. Supports children experiencing mild mental health challenges or situational life stressors. Provides a brief mental health assessment and access to clinical care for kids ages 5 - 17 who can benefit from short-term therapy intervention (up to 6 sessions). Aims to reduce the amount of wait time it takes for children and families to receive help with mild mental health challenges or situational life stressors. Available to families enrolled with Medica insurance. Services are not for children or families who have long-standing mental health concerns, a history of past mental health treatment and multiple diagnosis, or safety concerns.

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. Works to strengthen families and engage the ability of all parents to provide an environment that supports the healthy development of their child. - Parent-child activities - Parent discussion groups - Play and learn activities for children - Home visits - Special events for the entire family - Information on community resources - Programs for non-English language learners - Workshops on specific topics - School readiness program for preschool children ages 3 1/2 - 4 - Early childhood screening for children ages 3 - 5 - Dad and child programs - Single parent program

Online public benefits screening tool that screens for 15 major public benefits for older Americans and families with children, and 250 private prescription assistance programs for people with limited incomes. Identifies benefits available, eligibility requirements, and how to apply for them locally.

The Family Home Visiting Program's goal is to prevent child abuse. Public Health Nurses provide home visits over an extended period to develop goals for the child(ren) and family, provide education on child development and home safety. The nurses also provide developmental screenings, environmental assessments and referrals to other community resources that may be beneficial for the family. This program also provides information about safe sleep for infants including specific guidelines for parents.

ECFE is a parenting education program for all Minnesota families with children between the ages of birth - 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. The Cambridge-Isanti Preschool's Focus of Learning is based on the Early Childhood Indicators of Progress from the Minnesota Department of Education. Various learning activities relate and expand on unit themes to maximize the learning experience of different learning areas in the lesson plan. Works to strengthen families and engage the ability of all parents to provide an environment that supports the healthy development of their child. Services may include: - Book and toy lending library - Dad and child programs - Early childhood screening for children ages 3 - 5 - Home visits - Information on community resources - Parent-child activities - Parent discussion groups - Play and learn activities for children - Programs for non-English language learners - School readiness program for children age 3 1/2 - 4 - Single parent program - Special events for the entire family - Workshops on specific topics

Offers mental health support for individuals with mood, anxiety, or trauma-related disorders who are considering pregnancy (preconception planning), currently pregnant, or parenting a child ages 0-5 years. HopeLine: a free mental health telephone support service. This is not a crisis line. Staff members will call back in 2 - 3 business days to provide mental health triage and connections to resources. Mother-Baby Connections: provides weekly group therapy and parenting support options that meet 1.5 hours per week. Visit website or call for information about current groups. Mother-Baby Day Hospital: a partial hospitalization program that provides group psychotherapy and medication evaluation & management 5 hours per day Monday - Thursday for 2 -4 weeks. This is considered a step down from inpatient hospitalization. Perinatal Outpatient Program (POP): provides group psychotherapy and psychoeducational (virtual and in-person) 3 days per week for 8 - 12 weeks. This program is an ideal fit for women who need more than weekly outpatient psychotherapy visits but do not meet partial hospital level of care.

Works to strengthen families and engage the ability of all parents to provide an environment that supports the healthy development of their child. Services may include: - Parent-child activities - Parent discussion groups - Play and learn activities for children - Home visits - Child development classes - Special events for the entire family - Book and toy lending library - Information on community resources - Programs for non-English language learners - Workshops on specific topics - School readiness program for children ages 3 1/2 - 4 - Early childhood screening for children ages 3 - 5 - Dad and child programs - Single parent program - Family learning