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Provides free legal representation and advice to low income and other needy elderly. Case priorities for representation focus on problems that affect low income elderly. Callers who do not fit into priorities receive advice, or information and referral. Handles cases such as:
- Abusive debt collection practices
- Benefits: Food Stamps (SNAP), Medical Assistance (MA), Social Security Disability, Personal Care Assistance (PCA)
- Elder Abuse
- Health Care Directives
- Housing: Eviction, Subsidized Housing, Reasonable Accomodations of disabilities
- Nursing home issues (payment, conditions, and discharge)
- Utility Shut-off assistance
Provides free legal representation and advice to low income and other needy elderly. Case priorities for representation focus on problems that affect low income elderly. Callers who do not fit into priorities receive advice, or information and referral. Handles cases such as:
- Abusive debt collection practices
- Benefits: Food Stamps (SNAP), Medical Assistance (MA), Social Security Disability, Personal Care Assistance (PCA)
- Elder Abuse
- Health Care Directives
- Housing: Eviction, Subsidized Housing, Reasonable Accomodations of disabilities
- Nursing home issues (payment, conditions, and discharge)
- Utility Shut-off assistance
Categories
Nursing Facility Complaints
Low Income
Collection Complaints
Consumer Law
Utility Disconnection Protection
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Older Adults
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Provides employment and training services to workers laid off from their jobs due to no fault of their own often due to such factors as technological changes, investment strategies, and changes in consumption and competition. Services are tailored to meet the person's specific needs, including:
- Assisting with job search and placement services
- Helping with other services that support the person's career success
- Offering one-on-one sessions with a specialist to develop an employment plan
- Providing access to short-term training, if approved by the person's specialist
Provides employment and training services to workers laid off from their jobs due to no fault of their own often due to such factors as technological changes, investment strategies, and changes in consumption and competition. Services are tailored to meet the person's specific needs, including:
- Assisting with job search and placement services
- Helping with other services that support the person's career success
- Offering one-on-one sessions with a specialist to develop an employment plan
- Providing access to short-term training, if approved by the person's specialist
Categories
Displaced Worker Employment Programs
Displaced Workers
Laid Off Workers
Case management support to qualifying Eden Prairie and Chanhassen residents only. Intake and screening necessary. Financial assistance may include:
- Housing/Homelessness prevention support. Clients are expected to participate in goal planning for optimum results. This is a partnership program that is available to create stability to qualified individuals and families.
- Mortgage or rent assistance
- Utilities
- Car repairs
- Other support may be available
Case management support to qualifying Eden Prairie and Chanhassen residents only. Intake and screening necessary. Financial assistance may include:
- Housing/Homelessness prevention support. Clients are expected to participate in goal planning for optimum results. This is a partnership program that is available to create stability to qualified individuals and families.
- Mortgage or rent assistance
- Utilities
- Car repairs
- Other support may be available
Categories
Low Income
Electric Service Payment Assistance
At Risk for Homelessness
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Scholarships
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Provides information on child care assistance programs to help families pay for child care
Provides information on child care assistance programs to help families pay for child care
Categories
Child Care Expense Assistance Applications
Low Income
Direct Access allows an individual to go directly to a provider they choose to receive a comprehensive assessment and access care immediately.
Provides funding for eligible individuals seeking chemical dependency services is available through the Consolidated Chemical Dependency Treatment Fund. Chemical dependency assessment is available for eligible individuals and both voluntary and court-ordered individuals.
Possible referrals and arrangements made for primary treatment, extended care, halfway house and other services.
Direct Access allows an individual to go directly to a provider they choose to receive a comprehensive assessment and access care immediately.
Provides funding for eligible individuals seeking chemical dependency services is available through the Consolidated Chemical Dependency Treatment Fund. Chemical dependency assessment is available for eligible individuals and both voluntary and court-ordered individuals.
Possible referrals and arrangements made for primary treatment, extended care, halfway house and other services.
Categories
Substance Use Disorder Referrals
Low Income
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Expense Assistance
Central Intake/Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
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 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 grants being sanctioned or reduced. In addition:
- Child support will be pursued in those situations where one or both parents are absent
- A women 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 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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 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 grants being sanctioned or reduced. In addition:
- Child support will be pursued in those situations where one or both parents are absent
- A women 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 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Categories
TANF Applications
Kinship Caregivers
Pregnant Individuals
Low Income
Primarily offers market rate but also has some apartments available as Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 residences. Senior apartment complexes are located throughout the state of Minnesota. Senior independent living sites may feature the following amenities:
- 24 hour on site staff
- Activities
- Community and guest room
- Elevator and laundry facilities
- ER system throughout building
- Dogs under twenty pounds and cats welcome
- Off street parking
- Park within one mile
- Requires a security deposit
- Secured building
- Service coordination
- Water and heat included in rent
Primarily offers market rate but also has some apartments available as Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 residences. Senior apartment complexes are located throughout the state of Minnesota. Senior independent living sites may feature the following amenities:
- 24 hour on site staff
- Activities
- Community and guest room
- Elevator and laundry facilities
- ER system throughout building
- Dogs under twenty pounds and cats welcome
- Off street parking
- Park within one mile
- Requires a security deposit
- Secured building
- Service coordination
- Water and heat included in rent
Categories
Independent Living Communities/Complexes
Older Adults
Low Income/Subsidized Private Rental Housing
Low Income
- Provides referrals to openings, helps in applying for employment, services for job seekers and employers, classes on various aspects of job searches, and resources for special groups. Specific assistance includes resume assistance, interviewing skill development, employment counseling, software classes, and computers with Internet access to help find jobs. Available at Minnesota CareerForce Locations throughout the state. Specific services may vary by location. Some locations have specialized services for youth and young adults (ages 14 - 24) and older adults (age 55 and older).
- Networking groups for those looking for work available at some CareerForce Locations. Call or visit website for times and locations.
- Provides referrals to openings, helps in applying for employment, services for job seekers and employers, classes on various aspects of job searches, and resources for special groups. Specific assistance includes resume assistance, interviewing skill development, employment counseling, software classes, and computers with Internet access to help find jobs. Available at Minnesota CareerForce Locations throughout the state. Specific services may vary by location. Some locations have specialized services for youth and young adults (ages 14 - 24) and older adults (age 55 and older).
- Networking groups for those looking for work available at some CareerForce Locations. Call or visit website for times and locations.
Categories
Older Adults
Young Adults
Employment/Retirement Related Support Groups
Unemployed Individuals
Adolescents
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Computer Literacy Training Programs
- Provides referrals to openings, helps in applying for employment, services for job seekers and employers, classes on various aspects of job searches, and resources for special groups. Specific assistance includes resume assistance, interviewing skill development, employment counseling, software classes, and computers with Internet access to help find jobs. Available at Minnesota CareerForce Locations throughout the state. Specific services may vary by location. Some locations have specialized services for youth and young adults (ages 14 - 24) and older adults (age 55 and older).
- Networking groups for those looking for work available at some CareerForce Locations. Call or visit website for times and locations.
- Provides referrals to openings, helps in applying for employment, services for job seekers and employers, classes on various aspects of job searches, and resources for special groups. Specific assistance includes resume assistance, interviewing skill development, employment counseling, software classes, and computers with Internet access to help find jobs. Available at Minnesota CareerForce Locations throughout the state. Specific services may vary by location. Some locations have specialized services for youth and young adults (ages 14 - 24) and older adults (age 55 and older).
- Networking groups for those looking for work available at some CareerForce Locations. Call or visit website for times and locations.
Categories
Older Adults
Young Adults
Employment/Retirement Related Support Groups
Unemployed Individuals
Adolescents
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Pays for child care for low income families. Includes Minnesota Family Investment Program Child Care; Transition Year Child Care for a full year after Minnesota Family Investment Program case are closed and Basic Sliding Fee Child Care.
Pays for child care for low income families. Includes Minnesota Family Investment Program Child Care; Transition Year Child Care for a full year after Minnesota Family Investment Program case are closed and Basic Sliding Fee Child Care.
Categories
Middle Income
Child Care Expense Assistance Applications
Low Income
Provides employment and training services to workers laid off from their jobs due to no fault of their own often due to such factors as technological changes, investment strategies, and changes in consumption and competition. Services are tailored to meet the person's specific needs, including:
- Assisting with job search and placement services
- Helping with other services that support the person's career success
- Offering one-on-one sessions with a specialist to develop an employment plan
- Providing access to short-term training, if approved by the person's specialist
Provides employment and training services to workers laid off from their jobs due to no fault of their own often due to such factors as technological changes, investment strategies, and changes in consumption and competition. Services are tailored to meet the person's specific needs, including:
- Assisting with job search and placement services
- Helping with other services that support the person's career success
- Offering one-on-one sessions with a specialist to develop an employment plan
- Providing access to short-term training, if approved by the person's specialist
Categories
Displaced Worker Employment Programs
Displaced Workers
Laid Off Workers
Provides low cost psychotherapy for individuals and couples including:
- Anxiety and stress
- Communication concerns
- Depression and sadness
- Grief and loss
- Issues with sex and sexuality
- Life transitions
- Parenting concerns
- Relationship struggles
- School and work problems
- Trauma
Provides low cost psychotherapy for individuals and couples including:
- Anxiety and stress
- Communication concerns
- Depression and sadness
- Grief and loss
- Issues with sex and sexuality
- Life transitions
- Parenting concerns
- Relationship struggles
- School and work problems
- Trauma
Categories
Parent Counseling
Conjoint Counseling
Psychodynamic Therapy
Depression
Stress Management
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Sexuality Counseling
Individual Counseling
Employment Transition Counseling
Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
Low Income
Do you struggle with the complex and often convoluted language of tax returns? Do you want to understand how to enhance your tax time experience? Available for seniors over 55 and those with low to moderate income, this service allows participants to maximize the benefits of both income tax returns and property taxes.
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AARP Volunteer Tax Preparers assist income tax returns from February to April 15th on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Additionally, they go over property taxes or renter's rebates from June through August on the second Monday of each month from 9:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m., no appointment is needed. Call the Center at (218) 751-8836 for more information.
Do you struggle with the complex and often convoluted language of tax returns? Do you want to understand how to enhance your tax time experience? Available for seniors over 55 and those with low to moderate income, this service allows participants to maximize the benefits of both income tax returns and property taxes.
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AARP Volunteer Tax Preparers assist income tax returns from February to April 15th on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Additionally, they go over property taxes or renter's rebates from June through August on the second Monday of each month from 9:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m., no appointment is needed. Call the Center at (218) 751-8836 for more information.
Categories
Low Income
State Income Tax Information
Older Adults
Rent Rebate/Tax Credit Information
General Federal Income Tax Information
Provides assistance with paying child care costs for children up to age 12 and for children with special needs up to age 14. Child care costs may be paid for families while parents work, look for work or attend school. Family size, family income and participation in authorized activities, as well as available funding are considerations in determining the amount of the assistance.
Provides assistance with paying child care costs for children up to age 12 and for children with special needs up to age 14. Child care costs may be paid for families while parents work, look for work or attend school. Family size, family income and participation in authorized activities, as well as available funding are considerations in determining the amount of the assistance.
Categories
Low Income
Child Care Expense Assistance Applications
Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Adults must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help.
Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Adults must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help.
Categories
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Low Income
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Water Service Payment Assistance
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Services include job counseling and career planning; job training and retraining, including basic computer skills, classroom training and on-the-job training
Services include job counseling and career planning; job training and retraining, including basic computer skills, classroom training and on-the-job training
Categories
Displaced Workers
Computer Literacy Training Programs
On the Job Training
Prevocational Training
Career Counseling
Provides legal advice and/or representation in cases involving:
- Denial of relocation benefits based on government displacement and non-return of security deposits
- Discrimination
- Eviction (Unlawful Detainer)
- Illegal lockouts and utility terminations by landlords
- Maintenance and repairs in rental housing
- Mortgage foreclosures and cancellations of contracts for deed
- Public and subsidized housing admissions and terminations
Provides legal advice and/or representation in cases involving:
- Denial of relocation benefits based on government displacement and non-return of security deposits
- Discrimination
- Eviction (Unlawful Detainer)
- Illegal lockouts and utility terminations by landlords
- Maintenance and repairs in rental housing
- Mortgage foreclosures and cancellations of contracts for deed
- Public and subsidized housing admissions and terminations
Categories
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Low Income
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Provides legal advice and/or representation in cases involving:
- Denial of relocation benefits based on government displacement and non-return of security deposits
- Discrimination
- Eviction (Unlawful Detainer)
- Illegal lockouts and utility terminations by landlords
- Maintenance and repairs in rental housing
- Mortgage foreclosures and cancellations of contracts for deed
- Public and subsidized housing admissions and terminations
Provides legal advice and/or representation in cases involving:
- Denial of relocation benefits based on government displacement and non-return of security deposits
- Discrimination
- Eviction (Unlawful Detainer)
- Illegal lockouts and utility terminations by landlords
- Maintenance and repairs in rental housing
- Mortgage foreclosures and cancellations of contracts for deed
- Public and subsidized housing admissions and terminations
Categories
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Low Income
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
A federal assistance program that helps pay for the medical care and nursing home care of individuals who cannot pay for their care. The medical services that may be paid for by Medical Assistance (MA) include:
- Chemical dependency care
- Eyecare
- Hospital care
- Mental health treatment
- Nursing home care
- Physician care
- Prescriptions
- Routine dental care
- Reimbursement for medical transportation and other health care access services is available
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NOTE: Individuals may be eligible only for MA or they may also be eligible for one of the cash assistance programs, EMA, and/or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) services. Those who receive cash through MFIP or MSA will, with few exceptions, also receive MA. MA is different from Medicare. People with disabilities who work, even if they're over the income or asset limits of MA, may still qualify for a program called Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD).
A federal assistance program that helps pay for the medical care and nursing home care of individuals who cannot pay for their care. The medical services that may be paid for by Medical Assistance (MA) include:
- Chemical dependency care
- Eyecare
- Hospital care
- Mental health treatment
- Nursing home care
- Physician care
- Prescriptions
- Routine dental care
- Reimbursement for medical transportation and other health care access services is available
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NOTE: Individuals may be eligible only for MA or they may also be eligible for one of the cash assistance programs, EMA, and/or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) services. Those who receive cash through MFIP or MSA will, with few exceptions, also receive MA. MA is different from Medicare. People with disabilities who work, even if they're over the income or asset limits of MA, may still qualify for a program called Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD).
Categories
Medicaid Appeals/Complaints
Medicaid Applications
Low Income
Educational Program - Programs provided by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs to help with business skills, connections, and potential growth, including workshops and training. For current programs, click here
Loans and Advising - Loans with no-cost advising. Loans offered:
- City of Cook Economic Recovery Fund: Loan for local business in the city of Cook who are recovering from the summer 2024 flood
- Gap Financing: Loan covers the "gap" between various sources of funding and the total cost of the project. Used for commercial real estate projects, such as mortgage or major renovation and has more flexibility than traditional lenders
- Healthy Food Fund: Specialized loan for local food retailers and producers that helps with replacing dated equipment, investing in technology, expanding business, purchasing inventory, hiring staff, updating building, purchasing new or existing store, and more
- SBA Microloan: Start up loan for working capital, inventory, or equipment purchase
- Working Capital Loan: Loan provides access to cash for various projects and investments such as marketing campaigns, purchased inventory, upgrade equipment, or expand business operation.
Educational Program - Programs provided by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs to help with business skills, connections, and potential growth, including workshops and training. For current programs, click here
Loans and Advising - Loans with no-cost advising. Loans offered:
- City of Cook Economic Recovery Fund: Loan for local business in the city of Cook who are recovering from the summer 2024 flood
- Gap Financing: Loan covers the "gap" between various sources of funding and the total cost of the project. Used for commercial real estate projects, such as mortgage or major renovation and has more flexibility than traditional lenders
- Healthy Food Fund: Specialized loan for local food retailers and producers that helps with replacing dated equipment, investing in technology, expanding business, purchasing inventory, hiring staff, updating building, purchasing new or existing store, and more
- SBA Microloan: Start up loan for working capital, inventory, or equipment purchase
- Working Capital Loan: Loan provides access to cash for various projects and investments such as marketing campaigns, purchased inventory, upgrade equipment, or expand business operation.
Categories
Job Situation
Business Issues
Small Business Development
Workshops/Symposiums
Business Financing
Organizational Planning and Development Support
Provides loans, loan guarantees, and grants to individuals and families in order to buy, build, or repair affordable homes located in rural Minnesota. Eligibility for the loans and grants are based on income and varies according to the average median income for each area.
The Single-Family Housing Program includes:
- Non-profit entities to provide new homes or repair homes
- Purchasing or building a new single-family home with no money down for homebuyers
- Refinancing the current mortgage under certain qualifying circumstances
- Repairing the current home for homeowners
Provides loans, loan guarantees, and grants to individuals and families in order to buy, build, or repair affordable homes located in rural Minnesota. Eligibility for the loans and grants are based on income and varies according to the average median income for each area.
The Single-Family Housing Program includes:
- Non-profit entities to provide new homes or repair homes
- Purchasing or building a new single-family home with no money down for homebuyers
- Refinancing the current mortgage under certain qualifying circumstances
- Repairing the current home for homeowners
Categories
Low Income
Home Rehabilitation Grants
Rural Residents
Home Rehabilitation Loans
USDA Rural Home Purchase Loan Programs
Assists in the form of labor and supplies for people who need to install weather stripping, insulation, or other approved materials for reducing energy consumption or protecting their home from the elements
Assists in the form of labor and supplies for people who need to install weather stripping, insulation, or other approved materials for reducing energy consumption or protecting their home from the elements
Categories
Low Income
Weatherization Programs
Provides general information on child care assistance programs to help families pay for child care for children up to age 12 and for children with special needs up to age 14. Child care costs may be paid for families while parents work, look for work, or attend school.
Provides general information on child care assistance programs to help families pay for child care for children up to age 12 and for children with special needs up to age 14. Child care costs may be paid for families while parents work, look for work, or attend school.
Categories
Child Care Expense Assistance Applications
Low Income
Provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach and application assistance. SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps, is designed to assist low income individuals in accessing nutritious food from grocery retail outlets, as well as farmers markets. The goal is to help people make an informed decision about what hunger resources are available to them to ensure an overall successful transition from poverty to self-suffiency.
Provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach and application assistance. SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps, is designed to assist low income individuals in accessing nutritious food from grocery retail outlets, as well as farmers markets. The goal is to help people make an informed decision about what hunger resources are available to them to ensure an overall successful transition from poverty to self-suffiency.
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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Older Adults
Low Income
Outreach Programs
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
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 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 grants 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 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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 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 grants 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 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Categories
Low Income
TANF Applications
Pregnant Individuals
Kinship Caregivers