Information, resources, and referral office to help people through difficult times. Staff provide an immediate assessment of emergency needs and offer resources to help deal with homelessness, chemical dependency, domestic abuse, unemployment, gambling addictions, mental health problems, and help with public assistance. - Free telephone line, mailboxes for people who are homeless, hygiene items, and household goods - 7 bus passes for general public daily; usually gone by 9:10 am. Can be accessed twice per month and an intake form must be filled out. Provides gas vouchers and bus passes for work-related transportation: - For gas vouchers: MUST have valid driver's license, proof of insurance, and proof of employment. Can only be accessed once per year. - For bus pass: MUST have ID and proof of employment. Value of bus pass is $25 and can only be accessed once per year. Safe Bay is located in the parking lot and offers individuals and families living in cars and vans a place to rest without fear of crime, harassment, or being moved along by law enforcement or private security guards. Individuals and families can access showers, breakfast and housing navigation services provided by Daminao Center.

Family shelter information and locations for Hennepin County funded shelters. Families with children in need of shelter must contact the Hennepin County Shelter Hotline during regular hours. If needing a shelter afterhours, families can contact Greater Twin Cities United Way 211 for information about a family shelter in Hennepin County.

Increases access to medical services by traveling from site to site to bring services where it is convenient for individuals facing homelessness. Services include: - Chemical health assessment and referrals - Chiropractic services - Medical services include primary care, transportation assistance, and community resource assistance and referral - Nutrition services include assessment and referral, education, consultation, advocacy - Mental health diagnosis and treatment services - Optical including vision screening and eyeglasses - Pharmaceutical services - Physical therapy - Public health nursing services include outreach and assessment, maternal/child health and family planning, child and teen checkups, and TB case management Donations of unopened medicine, inhalers, and supplies are gratefully accepted. Must be delivered to the project.

Increases access to medical services by traveling from site to site to bring services where it is convenient for individuals facing homelessness. Services include: - Chemical health assessment and referrals - Chiropractic services - Medical services include primary care, transportation assistance, and community resource assistance and referral - Nutrition services include assessment and referral, education, consultation, advocacy - Mental health diagnosis and treatment services - Optical including vision screening and eyeglasses - Pharmaceutical services - Physical therapy - Public health nursing services include outreach and assessment, maternal/child health and family planning, child and teen checkups, and TB case management Donations of unopened medicine, inhalers, and supplies are gratefully accepted. Must be delivered to the project.

Funding for a simple piece of equipment, a uniform or tools in order to start a job. Bus Fare for individuals that have a job opportunity in place and have been offered employment or are starting a new job. Assistance up to one month of employment for bus fare.

Agriculture: Works directly with the beginning farmers and build relations between them, local, and regional markets Asset Building: Assists individuals to achieve long-term economic goals through asset building. Helps establish finacial literacy, identifying edication and training programs. Assists in developing budgets and savings plans for home buyers. Emergency Housing Services: Assists immigrants and refugees to secure affordable, safe rental housing. Participants in this program are assisted with housing placement, a small short-term rental subsidy (based on income eligibility) and intensive case management to help families overcome barriers to self-sufficiency and obtain sustainable housing. Homeownership Counseling: Provides one-on-one counseling and group education workshops to educate individuals on the home buying process and determine whether they are ready for homeownership. Individual counseling sessions include housing needs assessment, financial assessment, credit review, and implementation of an action plan to reach each participant's housing goals. Refugee IDA Program: An one-to-one match program to help refugees save money towards either college, car, home and owning their business. The program provides access to financial trainings, workshops, resources. Southeast Asian Farmers Education: Helps Hmong, Burmese, Karen, and Bhutanese farmers learn how to best grow their farm businesses. Program provides the resources, training, and technical assistance to help beginning and seasoned farmers to improve their income. Small Business Loans: Offers a variety of loansto economically disadvantaged clients from the immigrant and refugee communities who are intrested in starting or expanding a business. The program is designed to help start and/or expand micro-enterprises and transition towards the economic independence, business development, job creation, and community revitalization.

- GED and high school diploma assistance - Academic skills assistance

Hennepin County Health Care for the Homeless nurse practitioners operate a clinic offering basic health care services. Clinic staff can make referrals for respite care when necessary to support a client's recovery from an illness or medical condition.

Project Home: Engages homeless individuals, youth, and families to help them become stable and self-sufficient. This assistance ranges from outreach to offering permanent supportive housing. Those in the program receive assistance with: - Outreach and engagement - Location of stable housing - Mental health services - Intensive case management and coordination of community services - Benefit assistance - Health screenings and medical care - Employment and training - Parenting skills and children's services Youngdahl: A facility providing permanent housing to homeless individuals residing in Dodge, Steele, or Waseca County. The 16-unit building is designed to assist adults with a mental illness who are experiencing barriers to securing stable housing for themselves. Offers residents a variety of services, including: - Case management - Budgeting/resident council - Independent living skills Supportive Housing: Works with individuals that are long-term homeless with severe mental illness along with clients that are at risk of becoming homeless. Services include: - Assisting clients with obtaining a housing subsidy - Assisting clients in obtaining housing of their choosing - Assisting in maintaining stable housing - Connecting clients with needed support services - Outreach and engagement services

- Individuals can obtain a community voice mail number with a 651 area code, to use on job applications, housing applications, and stay in touch with friends and family. Individuals will be able to retrieve messages from any touch tone phone. - Offers assistance to apply for the Lifeline cellphone program. Eligible participants will receive a free monthly phone plan which includes 1,000 minutes of talk, 500 units of text, and 100 MB of data.

An informal drop-in center providing: - Advocacy for residents who are unable to show documentation of an address or photo ID - Breakfast meals, coffee, and snacks - Community room for events, recreation, and relaxation - Day shelter - Form assistance when applying for SSI applications or appeals and finding housing and applying for housing - Health and wellness clinic for health screenings and health care provider referrals - Laundry facilities, internet access, local phone use, and voicemail services - Lockers for shelter residents to use for storage - Referral to community resources - Showers

Free, on-site mental health care is provided by licensed mental health professionals to emergency shelter guests and program residents. Services include: - Individual therapy - Group therapy - Canine-assisted therapy A medical team from Minnesota Community Care provides basic healthcare including prescriptions to participants in the Mental Health Clinic.

Partners with area organizations to meet health care and wellness needs of underserved people including immigrants, homeless, destitute, disabled, and uninsured/underinsured. Primary care clinic providing culturally- and linguistically-appropriate health care including: - Allergy and Immunology - Adult and child immunizations; travel immunizations; flu vaccinations - Behavioral Health - Cardiology - Child and Teen Check-Ups - Endocrinology - Family Practice - Geriatrics - Immigration Exams - Internal Medicine - Laboratory - Pediatrics - Radiology (full digital X-ray) - Research and Education - Screenings - Travel Clinic/Hajj and Umra - Women's Health

Provides scattered-site subsidized housing for individuals who have experienced long-term homelessness

- Hennepin County Social Worker available to provide information and referral for housing, mental, physical and chemical health, shelter, state, federal and local programs. 9 am - 11:30 am Tuesday - Thursday - Hennepin County financial assistance eligibility screening, 9 am - 11:30 am Friday - Open Access: provides voicemail access 9 am - 12 noon Monday and lifeline (free cell phone) registration 10 am - 12 noon Tuesday - Representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs are available to discuss benefits eligibility with veterans. 8:30 am - 10:30 am Thursday - SNAP assistance 8 am - 3 pm Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday

Works with individuals sleeping outside or in substandard places and assists them to get into permanent housing. Provides a non-emergency response to homeless concerns in public settings with a mobile outreach team able to visit individuals in the community. Can help address immediate basic needs for safety and survival outside with items such as food, personal grooming supplies, outdoor gear, clothing, and shelter referrals. Low income and individuals experiencing homelessness can pick up a free Handbook of the Streets from 9 am - 4 pm Monday - Friday or download the PDF from the website.

Temporary emergency lodging for individuals and families who are homeless including: - Dinner - Sleeping accommodations - Light breakfast - Lunch - Showers - Guests must be assessed by the GRACE House Director or supervisor prior to acceptance at GRACE House - Guests will not be accepted after 8 pm - Overnight accommodations may be needed until assessment can be done - Day services available for registered guests - To volunteer please contact Grace House at (218)326-2790. Volunteer training is held the 2nd Monday of each month at 5:30 pm

Medical services including: - Acupuncture - Chiropractic services - Foot clinic - General medical care - Mental health diagnosis and treatment services - Optical including vision screening

Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program provides case management and short-term rent payment assistance.

Scattered site transitional housing units: - Rent is 30 percent of the household's income - Transitional housing services are provided for up to 24 months NOTE: Families and individuals must get a pre-screen through United Way 211 to access this program. The pre-screen information is provided to Saint Louis County Housing Assessment Team - SLCHAT.

Services/activities include: - Homeless resource center - Storage lockers available for use for 30 days - Monday - Saturday coffee available until 1 pm - Breakfast and lunch - Showers: available on a first come basis - Laundry: for individuals staying in shelter; available on a first come basis

Program provides the skills and support people with disabilities or barriers to employment need to succeed in the workplace and match them up with the right job. Situational Assessment - a short-term work experience designed to help individuals explore their vocational aptitudes and determine the types of support services that will be needed in the workplace. - Centered-based employment - Paid work at the main facility. Offers various jobs including donation processing, janitorial services, stocking, retail sales, office work, and shipping. Works with individuals in identifying a job within the facility that is well-matched to their skills and interests - Community based employment - Provides paid work in the community to individuals that need ongoing support to maintain their employment. These jobs are often on crews and may include janitorial, lawn-work, and snow removal - Supported employment - Provides employment with local community employers. Workers who are hired for community jobs continue to receive training and support from Goodwill Vocational Services team members, and are paid by the hiring company. Area employers may include Super One Foods, Olive Garden, Bernick's Pepsi, Minnesota Power, Grandma's Restaurant, TJ Maxx, Aerostich, Sain. Lukes, Duluth Grill, and WalMart.

Free, on-site mental health care is provided by licensed mental health professionals to emergency shelter guests and program residents. Services include: - Individual therapy - Group therapy - Canine-assisted therapy A medical team from Minnesota Community Care provides basic healthcare including prescriptions to participants in the Mental Health Clinic.

A joint project of Legal Aid Society, HOME Line and Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services. Provides legal advice for tenants whose landlords are going through foreclosure and may be facing eviction. Can also provide legal representation to the tenants in court regarding the foreclosure and possible eviction.