Support and advocacy services for persons who have been sexually abused or assaulted include community education, speaking to groups on related topics, crisis intervention, legal and medical advocacy, supportive counseling for survivors and their loved ones, and support groups.

Provides information for resources including: - Housing information, referrals, and advocacy - HousingLink resources: Housing Referral Service registration on-line, hList, directories - Financial empowerment courses - Transitional, permanent housing, and rapid re-housing services

Provides short-term, solution focused therapy for couples, families, groups and individuals on an outpatient basis. There are multiple sites in the metropolitan and surrounding areas. Counseling services provided include: - Adolescent/youth counseling - Adjustment disorders counseling - Anxiety disorders counseling - Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder counseling - Bereavement/grief counseling - Chronic mental illness counseling - Conduct disorders counseling - Crime victim counseling - Disaster counseling - Dissociative disorders counseling - Divorce counseling - Employment transition/retirement counseling - Gender identity counseling - Impulse control counseling - Marriage counseling - Mental health evaluation including clinical evaluation and psychological testing - Mood disorders counseling - Psychiatric disorder counseling - Sexual assault counseling for adults and children - Sexual offender counseling - Sexual orientation counseling - Sexuality counseling - Therapies including art, music and recreation therapy - Workplace issues counseling

Community based mental health program specializing in recovery from sexual trauma, sexual abuse, and assault for adults and adolescents. Services provided by licensed mental health professionals, professional volunteers and supervised graduate students with training and education in sexual victimization. Clients address histories of single occurrences of abuse or assault to long term victimization. Recovery is based on the client's needs. Issues addressed include: - Relationships - Grief and loss - Symptom relief from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, anxiety, etc. resulting from sexual trauma

Outpatient mental health facility providing couples, family, group, and individual counseling including: - Adolescent/youth counseling - Anger management - Anxiety disorders counseling and group therapy - Bereavement/grief counseling - Cultural transition counseling - Depression counseling - Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT-IOP) offered at Minneapolis, West Metro, and West Saint Paul locations - Eating disorders counseling including anorexia and bulimia - Family violence counseling - Gambling counseling - Geriatric counseling - Marriage counseling - Medication assessment and management - Phobias counseling - Post-abortion counseling - Psychiatry - Psychological testing and evaluation - Sexual assault counseling - Sexuality issues/sexual addictions counseling - Suboxone treatment for Opioid use disorder and addiction available in Minneapolis and West Metro Telehealth services available

Drop-in center for youth who are homeless, youth in crisis or sexually exploited youth offering individual advocacy and case management, and referrals to a network of services which are designed to achieve self-sufficiency, connectedness and self-empowerment. YouthLink houses the Youth Opportunity Center, a collaboration of agencies providing services to young people in one location. Partner agencies provide services that include housing stability, health and wellness, crisis/basic needs/drop-in, education, and employment. Services include: - Access to computers, phones, and mail - Community resource referrals to shelter and housing - Basic needs services: Hot meals and bag lunches, clothing closet, showers, laundry, and connections to emergency shelters. Assists with connecting youth to Hennepin County support services. - Financial assistance to obtain vital documentation including social security card, birth certificate, and/or state ID. Application assistance is available for food stamps and Medical Assistance. - Job search and employment assistance and education assistance and resources - FHPAP application assistance only for eligible youth in Hennepin County seeking rent assistance. FHPAP does not provide direct assistance. Hennepin County is responsible for determining eligibility and distributing rent assistance funds. - On-site health clinic and health care support including referrals to mental health and substance abuse services - Street Outreach Program: Caseworkers go out into the community, locate homeless youth and inform them of services that are available to them. May provide the youth with clothing, safe sex information and resources, bus cards, etc.

Provides an advocate/support person for the rape or sexual assault victim and their families; this includes victims of partner rape, acquaintance rape, date rape, stranger rape, gang rape, ritualistic rape, or any form of sexual assault. Also addresses sexual harassment and hostile work environment issues. Provides support through services: - Books and resources - Crisis counseling and intervention - Crisis line - Information and referral - Legal/court/law enforcement advocacy - Medical advocacy - Orders for Protection or Harassment Restraining Order assistance - Reparations (financial assistance for crime-related costs)

Provides support services for victims of domestic and sexual violence, elder abuse, and human trafficking. Services include: - Community advocates - Domestic violence safety planning and response - Hotline for information and referral - Housing (emergency/short-term, including domestic violence shelter) - Safety planning - Sexual assault/rape crisis response - Support groups and talking circles - Traditional healing and referrals - Transportation assistance locally - Transportation assistance including bus fare for relocation

Advocacy services by skilled volunteers who provide a lifeline for victims and their families in need of safe housing, orders for protection, financial assistance, documentation of injuries, and individual safety planning. Program includes: - Community and professional education - Domestic abuse support groups - Individual appointments - Legal advocacy

Provides investigation and intervention services on behalf of vulnerable adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or are in immediate danger of abuse. Types of abuse may be physical, emotional, sexual abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect, or abandonment. Services include: - Taking reports and investigating abuse and/or maltreatment - Removal of the individual to safer surroundings - Services necessary to remove the conditions which have created a threat of life NOTE: Complaints, questions, or concerns involving incidents in facilities licensed by the Health Department, such as hospitals, nursing homes, boarding care homes, supervised living facilities, assisted living, and home health agencies can be referred to the Minnesota Board on Aging Ombudsman for Long-Term Care.

Provides support services for victims of domestic and sexual violence, elder abuse, and human trafficking. Services include: - Community advocates - Domestic violence safety planning and response - Hotline for information and referral - Housing (emergency/short-term, including domestic violence shelter) - Safety planning - Sexual assault/rape crisis response - Support groups and talking circles - Traditional healing and referrals - Transportation assistance locally - Transportation assistance including bus fare for relocation

Assistance for immigrant women who need help understanding and finding resources to adjust to life in Minnesota, including food and housing, daycare, employment, and legal advocacy.

Offers outpatient group and individual therapy and psychological assessment for male and female sexual offenders, incest offenders and families, and sexual abuse victims. Therapy is also available via Teletherapy. Specific programming includes: - Phase Program: Outpatient, family-centered program for the assessment and treatment of adolescent males and females who have behaved in sexually inappropriate or victimizing ways - Psycho-educational Classes: Time-limited classes for offenders who severely deny or minimize their offenses or who need information on appropriate sexual behavior - Supervised Visitation: Between parents and children who are not allowed unsupervised contact by order of the court. Specifically designed for sex offenders, but will provide service to others in need of supervised visitation. - Victim/Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Individual therapy sessions are available by appointment to explore the impact that sexual abuse has had on the lives of those who have been victimized. All types of sexual abuse will be addressed including past and present abuse from both within and outside of the hom. - Specialized treatment groups for elderly sex offenders, young adult offenders, noncontact offenders, non coercive "statutory rape" offenders, Spanish speaking offenders, and child pornography (typically internet) offenders - Outpatient support/therapy group for spouses or partners of sex offenders - Support and aftercare groups for offenders involved in sexual abuse or aberrant sexual behavior

Supervised visitation or exchanges of children of families separated due to domestic violence.

Financial compensation for victims of violent crimes to assist with medical expenses, mental health counseling and economic support. Funeral expenses for family in case of death of a crime victim up to a maximum of $6500. Also covers death or injury from some DWIs, hit and runs, and criminal vehicular operation.

CMSAC provides open support groups designed for survivors of sexual assault and sexual abuse. Groups are led by trained facilitators.

Confidential assistance: - Accompaniment during the court process - Focuses on shifting legal and protective responsibility away from victims of domestic violence to the criminal justice system and provides options and accountability for those who are abusive - Information and referral to legal, medical, and social service agencies - Provides immediate intervention and coordination with law enforcement to assist victims at times of crisis - Offers accompaniment through the justice system and strives to keep victims informed

Supervised visitation or exchanges of children of families separated due to domestic violence.

Provide support to those who have been affected by domestic violence or sexual assault. Services may include: - 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: Provides a hotline for advocacy, resources, and shelter for all victims of violence. The hotline provides information and safety planning to support victims. - Advocacy: Legal advocates can help victims navigate and explain the legal system in criminal and civil protective order cases. Helps victims work with local police, city, and county attorneys to advocate on the victim's behalf. Assist in filing Orders for Protection and Harassment Restraining Orders. Attend court hearings with victims to provide information and support and more. - Emergency Shelter: A 24-hour domestic violence and sexual violence emergency shelter within Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, and Pine counties. The Black Dog Hill Shelter provides secure emergency shelter and access to basic needs to survivors and children. Basic needs include meals, toiletries, clothing, linens, diapers, laundry facilities, and access to a food shelf. - Intervention: Offers a Batterers Intervention Program to those interested and/or court-ordered to participate in a psycho-educational group led by trained professional facilitators. Participants learn to identify abusive behaviors and are taught to react to situations non-abusively and communicate with their partner. - Support Groups: Provides support groups to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through empowerment, conversations, and activities. Meetings are held in-person and virtual and times will vary by county office.

Skills group program for youth who have been sexually abused and their non-offending parents. The group uses a whole family approach to healing. Program goals are to heal and strengthen youth who have experienced abuse so they can grow to their full potential; and their families so they can move forward to create a strong, safe environment for their children.

Provides safe harbor services to victims of sexual exploitation and human trafficking, including culturally specific, trauma informed care for Indigenous men and women before, during, and after periods of exploitation. These services include case management with a focus on using culture as a means for healing and access to additional Safe Harbor and sexual health resources.

Provides assistance, investigates, and/or intervenes on behalf of vulnerable adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger due to physical or emotional abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect, or abandonment. Services may include: - Authorization for medical treatment - Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse - Removal of the individual to safer surroundings - Services necessary to remove the conditions which have created a threat to life NOTE: Complaints, questions, or concerns involving incidents in facilities licensed by the Health Department - such as hospitals, nursing homes, boarding care homes, supervised living facilities, and assisted living and home health agencies - can be referred to the MN Office of Health Facility Complaints at (651)201-4201 or toll-free at (800)369-7994.

- Emergency shelter, food and clothing for abused individuals and their children - Advocacy, information and referral to community resources - Support groups and safety planning - Works with clients to have them board or foster pets while in shelter

Grant funds (when available) are used to meet the emergency needs of crime victims. Emergency assistance includes, but is not limited to, the following expenses: - Cleanup of a crime scene - Purchase and installation of necessary home security devices - Reimbursement for reasonable travel and living expenses that the victim incurred to attend court proceedings that were held at a location other than the place where the crime occurred due to the change in venue - Reimbursement of towing and storage fees incurred due to impoundment of a recovered stolen vehicle - Replacement of necessary property that was lost, damaged or stolen as a result of a crime - Transportation to locations related to the victim's needs as a victim, sch as medical facilities and facilities of the criminal justice system Victims of crime have also received funding through the program for items such as repairing a broken door, installing new locks, and replacing clothing or bedding taken as evidence.

Low-cost thrift store items with proceeds donated to community organizations, including clothing, household items, and furniture as available Unable to accept: - Microwaves - Televisions - Large appliances - Large furniture - Beds or mattresses