Security, home, and automation solutions: Arvig Offers: Burglar alarms, fire alarms, medical alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, flood and freeze alarms, closed circuit television, card access control systems and 24 hour full monitoring.
Other office contacts:
Big Fork: 218-743-3144
Cass Lake/Park Rapids/Walker: 218-330-4227
The White Earth Reservation Tribal DOVE (Down ON Violence Everyday) Program serves victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Stalking, Dating Violence, Elder Abuse, Trafficking and General Crime and provides services to Native and non-Native women, men and youth who live on or near the White Earth Reservation.
The Omiimii Wadiswan Equay Shelter provides temporary shelter to Native American and Non-Native female victim/survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and/or trafficking.
The potential resident must be 18 years old or older and currently be in or leaving an abusive relationship, be a victim of sexual assault who fears for her safety, or be a victim of stalking or human trafficking.
Potential residents will be prioritized for shelter services based on their need for safety and level of danger/lethality risk. Priority will be given to Native American women living on or near the White Earth Reservation.
Minor male children, 16 years or younger will be permitted to reside in the shelter with their parent or guardian determined on a case by case basis.
Safe at Home is a statewide address confidentiality program administered by the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. It is governed by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 5B and Minnesota Rules Chapter 8290.
Safe at Home is designed to help people who fear for their safety maintain a confidential address. Many times program participants are survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
When someone enrolls in Safe at Home, they are assigned a PO Box address that they can use as their legal address. In Minnesota, all public and private entities must accept a participant’s assigned address and a participant cannot be required to disclose their real address. This allows a program participant to go about his or her daily life without leaving traces of where they can typically be located, such as their residential address, a school address, or an employment address. This safety measure is an attempt to keep their aggressor from locating them.
Because program participants use a PO Box address assigned to them, Safe at Home provides a mail forwarding service. First Class Mail is forwarded to a participant’s home address. The participant’s real address remains under security with the Safe at Home office. In addition to being the participant’s agent to receive mail, the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State is a participant’s agent to receive service of process (legal papers).
SAFE AT HOME PHONE NUMBERS:
Minnesota’s address confidentiality program Metro Area: 651-201-1399
Greater MN: 1-866-723-3035
MN Relay Service: 711
Phone Hours: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Email: Contact Us
SAFE AT HOME MAILING ADDRESS:
PO Box 17370
Saint Paul, MN 55117-0370
Gonvick: 226 Elm Street Gonvick, MN 56644
218-776-2789
P.O. Box 155 Clearbrook, MN 56634
Clear Waters Life Center (CWLC) is a multi-faceted 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with two locations in Northern Minnesota. We provide a variety of free and low cost services through four programs and five businesses. Our nonprofit businesses provide vocational training for our MSH residents volunteer opportunities and quality, affordable, and used merchandise to our customers.
Our community based programs focuses on helping youth, seniors, and addiction recovering men by building lives, growing relationships, and imparting hope.
Mustard Seed Homes (MSH) is a recovery and aftercare residential program for adult men providing support groups, vocational and life skills training, and steps to developing a healthy spiritual and physical life. As an outreach ministry of Clear Waters Life Center, MSH is a faith-based, 12-month, residential men’s program that provides training in a safe environment, to maintain sobriety, stabilize mental health, and transition to independence. We focus on development in two areas: life skills and vocational/occupational training. Life skills include budgeting, planning and preparing nutritious meals, time management, and personal health through exercise. Vocational and occupational training included 2-5 hours of adult education weekly, experience in building construction, using a commercial kitchen, furniture repair, janitorial services, helping in a greenhouse and garden center, and retail.
MSH is funded in part with housing support and supportive services from the department of human services. Applicants who meet DHS requirements can complete this program with no personal costs.
mustardseedhomes.org
Youth Connection is an afterschool youth program that provides a safe place for play, mentoring, leadership training, and family and community connections. We focus on three things: creativity, being active, and teaching and embodying our core values of honor, respect, teamwork, relationships, encouragement, faith, and safety. We offer programing for 3rd – 5th graders and 6th – 12th graders.
Senior Services include transportation services, homemaking and chore services for clearwater county residents who are 60+ years old.
Transportation Services: if you need a ride to an appointment, community event, or shopping, we can take you there. Plan ahead to schedule your ride as 24 hours advance notice is required. 218-888-2320
Homemaking (Free Service, donations accepted)
- General Housework
- Laundry
- Sorting/organizing
- Shopping
- Answering or making phone calls
Chore Services (Free Service, donations accepted)
- Winterization projects
- Small outdoor repairs
- Furniture/ appliance removal- landfill run
- Snow removal and/or spring yard clean-up and maintenance
Community Opportunity are designed to educate, provide space for fun, and connect the community through art classes, pickleball, community dinners, adult basic education, counseling, and recovery and support groups.
During the summer we host Friday night out dinner events featuring different ethnic or regional foods. Free will offerings go to CWLC building maintenance.
We have two art studios in our Gonvick facility: pottery and mosaic. All ages are welcome and all supplies are provided. Cost is $5 a day, memberships available, varies classes are held throughout the year ranging from painting to welding.
CWLC hosts Celebrate Recovery meetings throughout the year. Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered 12-step recovery program for anyone struggling with hurt, pain, or addiction of any kind. It is a safe place to find community and freedom from the issues that are controlling your life.
CWLC offers counseling services in a variety of areas for all ages. Appointments required, call ahead to schedule.
Adult basic education is offered Tuesdays 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. and Wednesday 12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. at our Clearbrook location. We believe that education never goes out of style. Our offering are designed to meet you where you are. This is a free service, call ahead to set up your individualized training.
Shop at the Top is our volunteer operated thrift store in Clearbrook where we sell clothing for the whole family as well as home goods, games, pet supplies, books, small appliances, and knick-knacks. The proceeds from Shop at the Top goes to maintaining our buildings. We are always interested in volunteers, you can call our office or stop in to get more information. We take donations during business hours. Located on the 3rd Floor of Clearbrook site. Hours are Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Restore It! is our used furniture shop in Clearbrook, as well as, custom furniture crafting and restoration business. Our MSH residents learn life and vocational skills by creating custom furniture pieces and restoring furniture. We take donations during business hours. Located on the 3rd Floor of Clearbrook site. Hours are Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Grow It! our greenhouse and garden center in Gonvick. We grow many varieties of flowers and vegetables starting mid-May to early July. If you need help putting planters together, we also provide commission planting services.
Fitness in Clearbrook is a weight room and gym. Membership fees are low and help us maintain the equipment.
Clearbrook Hours: Monday – Thursday 6:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday 6:30 a.m. – 5;30 p.m. & Saturday 8 a.m. -12 p.m.
Space Rentals are available in both Gonvick and Clearbrook for small to large parties, classes, meals, meetings, or gatherings.
Are you feeling bullied in a relationship? Concerned about someone who is being verbally or physically abused? Confidential, nonjudgmental advocacy services. No Charge.
Now providing mental health counseling; call for an appointment
To make therapy affordable, we use a sliding-fee scale.
Socialization, recreation and meals for seniors.
Assistance with local medical transportation needs.
Sanford Health Woods Edge
1000 Anne St NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
218-751-0220
Offering a great lifestyle and community, spacious maintenance-free apartments and team members providing personalized services. On-site health care, assistance as needed, enriching activities and many opportunities for new personalized services. On-site health care, assistance as needed, enriching activities and many opportunities for new friendships. From independent to assisted, skilled nursing or memory care, WoodsEdge caters to all levels of need.
Sanford Health Neilson Place
1000 Anne St NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
218-751-0220
Neilson Place provides three Long Term Care Neighborhoods and one Sub-acute Rehabilitation Neighborhood. Each Neighborhood provides resident-centered care, paying special attention to the nurturing of the human spirit while meeting medical and physical needs of each resident. Care Plans are individualized to the resident and focus on assisting each resident to reach his/her highest practicable level of independence. Neilson Place provides: 24-hour skilled nursing care and a sub-acute rehabilitation unit, Skilled nursing care, Therapy – physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, Pain management, Dining services, Recreational support and recreational therapy, IV therapy, Wound care, Hospice care and respite care, licensed nursing, registered dietician, and social worker Chaplaincy.
Sanford Health Trillium
930 Anne St NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
218-751-0220
Offering a comfortable, private alternative to traditional options for those affected by a memory illness. Designed to feel more like home, Trillium provides more extensive care in addition to a totally secured environment with controlled access, allowing residents to live as independently as possible. Trillium focuses on the residents’ needs to they can focus on what they enjoy the most. WE offer a diverse mix of affordable personal services and health care options.
Sanford Health WindSong
1010 Anne St NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
218-333-0220
WindSong, senior catered living apartments fulfill residents’ needs for independence, privacy and social engagement. Catered living offers many options to address a wide range of needs. These options include innovative technology, 24-hour emergency response system and many amenities, including a beauty/barber shop, library, and theatre. Tenants enjoy chef-prepared dining, housekeeping, activities and much more. The catered living option offers several levels of care in one setting, including independent senior apartments, a la carte assistance as needs increase, and close by round-the-clock nursing care and memory care for those requiring a high level of support.
Sanford Health Baker Park
803 Dewey Ave N., Bemidji, MN 56601
218-751-7249
HUD subsidized housing for low income persons 62 and older. Tenants generally pay 30% of their income toward rent.
Core services included: Transportation to medical appointments, grocery shopping, or other errands; light housekeeping on an occasional basis, minor handyman services, friendly visits and phone calls, ramp building, and respite care. Other services include: Geriatric Care Management, respite care, and caregiver discussion groups.
Evergreen Youth & Family Services
Instagram: @evergreenyfs
Evergreen Shelter Program (Ages 9-17)………………………………………………………………………………………………..218-751-4332
Physical Address: 622 Mississippi Ave Bemidji, MN 56601
Open: 24/7, 365 days a year
SERVICES: Youth Crisis Shelter, Family Support & Parent Coaching
Evergreen Youth Services/Drop-In Center (Ages 14-24)………………………………………………………………………218-751-8223
Physical Address: 610 Patriot Dr. NW Bemidji, MN 56601
Open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday (11:00am-6:00pm); Wednesday (12:00pm-6:00pm)
SERVICES: Youth Drop-in Center, Street Outreach, Housing Assistance, Mental Health Support, Client Transportation
Evergreen Youth & Family Services is a community-based organization committed to strengthening youth, preserving families, and building relationships with an emphasis on those living in Northern Minnesota. Evergreen serves youth experiencing homelessness, runaways, and families in crisis by providing housing resources, youth crisis shelter, food & clothing, hot lunches 5 days/week, referrals, family support & parent coaching, mental health support, independent living skills, referrals to other community resources and more.
Bagley Office:
79 Spencer Ave Bagley, MN 56621
218-694-2210
Grand Rapids Office:
9 Willow Lane Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-326-5008 / 1-866-747-5008
Park Rapids Office:
323 Main Ave South Park Rapids, MN 56470
218-237-0300
Walker Office:
609 Minnesota Ave West Walker, MN 56484
218-547-4892
Crisis Support and Advocacy– Available 24/7. Call the office number and you can leave a Non-emergent message or stay on the line to be routed to a live dispatch. Free & confidential crisis intervention.
Regional Navigator for sexually exploited and trafficked individuals
Purpose: To raise awareness about stroke and brain injury and enhance the quality of life for all Minnesotans coping with it’s sudden and long term effects. We do this through advocacy and public policy, resource facilitation services – which provide personal one-on-one connection to information and resources, case management, educational and volunteer opportunities, and outreach to underserved and communities of color throughout Minnesota.
To raise awareness about stroke and brain injury and enhance the quality of life for all Minnesotans coping with it’s sudden and long term effects. We do this through advocacy and public policy, resource facilitation services – which provide personal and one-on-one connection to information and resources, case management, educational and volunteer opportunities, and outreach to underserved and communities of color throughout Minnesota.
Home Safety for Seniors:
1. The Most Common In-Home Injuries for Seniors and How to Prevent Them https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/senior-home-injuries-and-prevention/
2. Fire Safety for Elders with Special Health Needs https://www.agingcare.com/articles/fire-safety-for-elderly-148990.htm
3. Preparing Your Home for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s: A Caregiver’s Guide https://www.redfin.com/blog/2016/09/preparing-your-home-for-a-loved-one-with-alzheimers-a-caregivers-guide.html
4. 44 Crime prevention tips for seniors https://roodepoortrecord.co.za/2016/11/11/44-crime-prevention-tips-for-seniors/
5. Handicap Accessible Modifications That Won’t Turn Off Future Homebuyers https://www.angieslist.com/articles/handicap-accessible-modifications-won-t-turn-future-homebuyers.htm
6. How To Garden Safely When You’re A Senior https://howdoesyourgardenmow.com/garden-safety-for-seniors/
Serving the Bemidji, MN area’s seniors, Touch of Home offers quality senior and assisted living services. Our mission: enriching the lives of those we serve with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity. Assisted living facilities offer help with ADLs such as eating, bathing, dressing, laundry, housekeeping, and assistance with medications. Many facilities also have centers for medical care. We have a nurse on-call at all times.
The Garden Place is an assisted living facility in Bagley, MN. The Garden Place offers activities at their location for residents. These activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.
Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples’ lives and The Garden Place offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so The Garden Place provides meals for residents.
Staff is awake and available 24 hours a day so if any emergencies occur no matter the time, there will be someone ready to help. Making sure residents with diabetes monitor their insulin levels is clearly an important task and The Garden Place can help with that task. If a resident needs assistance moving from a bed to a wheelchair, this facility has staff who can help.
We offer tools and training for employment and for helping seniors remain independent and active. As Minnesota’s accessible reading source we also transcribe books and other materials into alternative formats, including audio and braille. We assist Minnesotans who are blind, DeafBlind, losing vision, or who have another disability that makes it difficult to read print.
Legal help that changes lives:
For 100 years, Legal Aid has worked in pursuit of helping Minnesota’s most vulnerable citizens gain access to their basic rights for safety, shelter, food, health care and education. And with the support of hundreds of Minnesotans, we’ve had the privilege to change lives along the way.
Dedicated to protecting rights and improving lives.
Our lawyers give a voice to those who may not otherwise be heard by providing the highest quality legal help to our clients, who are often among the most vulnerable families and individuals in the community. Beyond that, we seek changes in policies and systems that ease the way for many others. And we use technologies to more efficiently serve our clients and work with the judicial system. Our volunteers work to give our most vulnerable citizens a fighting chance; our donors make it all possible with much needed financial support — and together, we make a difference every day.
Protecting rights, improving lives:
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid provides free civil legal services to people with low incomes in central Minnesota through offices in Minneapolis, St. Cloud and Willmar. Our experienced staff assist clients with a variety of legal issues. Services range from educating clients about their rights, to advocating on their behalf and representing clients in court.
Disability Law
The Minnesota Disability Law Center (MDLC) provides free civil legal assistance to individuals with disabilities statewide on legal issues related to their disabilities.
Moving justice forward:
Legal Aid’s policy advocates champion a wide range of issues that impact thousands of Minnesotans every year. We are the voice for the voiceless in the legislature, and we bring highly specialized technical skills to bear at all stages of the legislative process.
SERVING: Mahnomen County
Mahnomen County Heartland Express provides general public transportation throughout Mahnomen County. Heartland Express provides dial-a-ride and flexible route bus service throughout Mahnomen County. We also provide trips to and from White Earth and Ogema in Becker County.
Three daily routes will be running Monday-Friday. A bus will be going to Fargo once a week for anyone who wishes to shop or has a medical appointment. Medical appointments need to be scheduled no earlier than 10 am and all clients must be done with their appointments no later than 2:45 pm.
Volunteer Services to Fargo for medical purposes will be on Wednesday. Anyone who wants a ride must call into the transit office at least one day in advance to schedule a ride. Appointments need to be made between 9 am and 2 pm.
Volunteer Services to Detroit Lakes for medical purposes will be Tuesdays and Thursdays. Anyone who wants a ride must call into the transit office at least one day in advance to schedule a ride. Appointments need to be made between 9 am and 2 pm.
Areas Served
Leech Lake Reservation, Cass County, Beltrami County, Hubbard County & Itasca County
Title III. Congregate Meals
Meal provision to an elderly client or other eligible participant at a nutrition site, senior center or some other congregate setting.
Eligibility Requriements
Persons who are 60+ years of age or older and spouse, regardless of age and other eligible individuals.
Documents Requested
- Proof of age
- Proof of residency
Intake Procedure
Walk-in or call for more information
Fees
None, contributions are accepted.
Guests can eat for the cost of $4.50.
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Title III. Home Delivered Meals
Meal provision to an elder or other eligible participant at the client’s place of residence.
Eligibility Requriements
Home delivered meal recipients must be 60 years of age or older, home bound by reason of illness, disability or functional need, and unable to prepare their own meals. Meals may be made available to individuals with disabilities who reside in a non-institutional household with and are accompanied by an individual eligible for congregate meals.
Documents Requested
- Proof of age
- Proof of residency
Intake Procedure
Walk-in or call for more information
Fees
None, contributions are accepted.
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Title VI. Congregate and Home Delivered Meals
Eligibility will include enrolled members of any recognized tribe aged 55-59 years or over within the program service area. Eligibility will include spouse, handicapped or disabled individual in the same household of the eligible participant who accompany participant to a congregate site.
Documents Requested
- Proof of age
- Proof of residency
Intake Procedure
Walk-in or call for more information
Fees
None, contributions are accepted.
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Title VI. Part C – Caregiver Program
Hours 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Native American Family Caregiver Support Program Requirements
Native American Family Caregiver Support Program can serve two types of unpaid family caregivers:
- Family caregivers: An adult family member, or another individual, who is an unpaid informal provider of in-home and community care to an older individual or to an individual with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological and organic brain dysfunction.
- Grandparents or older individuals who are relative caregivers: A grandparent or step grandparent of a child, or relative of a child by blood marriage, or adoption, who is 55 years of age or older and
- lives with the child;
- is the primary caregiver of the child because the biological or adoptive parents are unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregiver of the child; and
- has a legal relationship to the child, as such legal custody or guardianship, or is raising the child informally.
The five required services are:
- Information to caregivers about available services.
- Assistance to caregivers in gaining access to services.
- Individual counseling, organization of support groups, and caregivers training to assist the caregivers in the area of health, nutrition, and financial literacy, and in making decisions and solving problems relating to their caregiving roles.
- Respite care to enable caregivers of frail elders to be temporarily and intermittently relieved from their cargiving responsibilities.
- Supplemental services, on a limited basis, to caregivers of frail elders to complement the care provided by caregivers.
Documents Requested
- Proof of age
- Proof of residency
Intake Procedure
Walk-in or call for more information
Satellite Sites
Ball Club ENP
31027 Artic Drive
Ball Club, MN
(218) 246-8537
Bena/Sugar Point ENP
15085 Old Housing Drive
Bena, MN
(218) 665-5313
Cass Lake ENP
6216 Upper Cass Frontage Road
Cass Lake, MN
(Adjacent to Teal’s – across highway 2)
(218) 335-8314
Inger/S. Lake ENP
53736 Co. Rd. 146
Inger, MN
(218) 659-2652
Onigum ENP
8826 Onigum Road
Onigum, MN
(218) 547-3995
Heritage Community, is Hubbard County’s preferred senior living community in Park Rapids, Minnesota.
Since 1955, Heritage has been known for its high-quality care, gracious hospitality, and array of choices for older adult services. Our senior housing options and services include adult day services, apartment homes, assisted living, memory care and a care center.
Heritage is managed by Ecumen, the most innovative senior housing and services provider, empowering individuals to live richer, fuller lives. We work every day to ensure that we are creating “home” for our residents. Not a place that is “home-like,” but a community that you cherish and are truly proud to call “home.” We look forward to meeting you and telling you more about the wonderful community and experience available to you at Heritage Community.
Ecumen Lifestyle Covenant
Each person who lives in an Ecumen community has different interests and passions. Empowering each person’s individual being is essential to honoring those we serve. The Ecumen Lifestyle Covenant is a partnership between our staff and the people we serve in assisted living and memory care.
By signing this covenant, we and each of our customers make a joint pledge to take responsibility for our customer’s lifestyle choices and desires. We (the staff) pledge to support each individual’s decisions and commit to providing him or her with the resources we have available to help our person be successful and fulfilled in their home.
A new health option for dermatology and skin cancer surgery
Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Options
Bagley: 118 Central St W., Bagley, MN 56621 / 218-694-3030 / F: 218-693-3033 / bagley_gonvick@choicetherapy1.com
Blackduck: 50 Margaret Ave, Blackduck, MN 56630 / 218-835-3425 / F: 218-835-3433 / blackduck@choicetherapy1.com
Kelliher: 243 Clark Ave N., Kelliher, MN 56650 / 218-647-9569 / F: 218-647-9596 / kelliher@choicetherapy1.com
Gonvick: 226 Elm St, Gonvick, MN 56644 / 218-694-3030 / F: 218-694-3033 / bagley_gonvick@choicetherapy1.com
Hibbing: 1101 East 37th St, Suite #20, Hibbing, MN 55746 / 218-440-1548 / F: 218-444-1551 / hibbing@choicetherapy1.com
Bemidji’s Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) program and School Readiness (SR) are for all families in the Bemidji School District who have preschool age children. We recognize that parents are a child’s first and most important teachers — and that sometimes parents need support and encouragement for this responsibility! ECFE/SR offers a variety of classes for you and your child: infants to pre-kindergarten.
Bemidji:
Mailing Address: 502 Minnesota Ave NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
Adult Enrichment 218-333-3284
Aquatics 218-333-3284
Early Childhood Family Education and School Readiness 218-333-8329
School Age Care (Kids and Company) 218-333-3284 x2
Youth Programs (Football, Tennis, Volleyball, Curling and Basketball) 218-333-3284
Deer River 218-246-2416
Pine River 218-587-2080
Remer 218-566-2351
Walker 218-547-1311
Residential programs for individuals with disabilities.
Senior Home Care Service
We provide non-medical home care services for older adults, seniors, and people with medical conditions and/or disabilities
Care with Compassion
We all age in different ways, with different needs, at different times. Many adults with medical conditions, or seniors with the progressive changes that come with aging, choose to remain in the comfort of home. We make it possible by helping with the tasks of daily living. Our person-centered care provides the physical, emotional, and spiritual support that everyone deserves.
Meeting Your Unique Needs
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Alzheimer’s and dementia care
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Light housekeeping and homemaker services
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Grocery shopping and errands
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Transportation
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Meal preparation
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Monitoring hydration and nutrition
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Medication reminders
…and much more!
Offering a variety of mental health services including services for infants, children, teen and families. Children’s Crisis, CTSS In-Home Services, School Based Interventionist, Bemidji Outpatient Services, School Based Mental Health Services, Early Childhood Mental Health Services.
Psychiatric care specializing in the areas of: Depression, Anxiety, and Spectrum disorders.
Services available in Bemidji at 519 Anne Street Suite A: 218-444-7013
Agency Headquarters:
4700 South Washington Street Suite G Grand Forks, ND 58201
Telephone: 701-205-3000
Before child advocacy centers were created, child victims of crime often had to tell their stories to more than a dozen adults – police officers, prosecutors, doctors and social workers. They could be shuttled all over town giving depositions and getting medical exams. There was very little coordination between the various agencies. Consequently, children were traumatized repeatedly as they sought help. In some of the saddest cases, abused children simply fell through the cracks in the system that was supposed to save them. Likewise, prior to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs and Family Violence Intervention Programs victims were experiencing long waits in the emergency room, a lack of privacy, nervous and unskilled examiners, insensitivity, and improper evidence collection or loss of evidence.
In 2005, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, North Country Health Services, MeritCare Clinic of Bemidji, Midwest Children’s Resource Center of Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of MN – St. Paul, MN and others joined to form a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to develop and operate a medical-model family violence center to serve the needs of Northern Minnesota.
FACNM is the only medical-model assessment center that currently exists in this region of the state. Moreover, the FACNM is one of the only centers in America to serve the needs of child sexual and physical abuse, adult sexual assault and domestic violence under one roof.
FACNM serves the entire ninth judicial district which includes the counties of Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Polk, Norman, Mahnomen, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Hubbard, Koochiching, Itasca, Cass, Crow Wing, and Aitkin. In addition, the FACNM serves Red Lake, Leech Lake, and White Earth Reservations.
Today, all of the services needed by victims and their families – forensic interviews, medical exams, referrals and family support services – are clustered around one central location. FACNM is the hub where representatives from many disciplines meet to discuss and make decisions about the investigation, assessment, treatment and prosecution of victim related cases. They work together in the best interests of the victim, providing an immediate response and ongoing support to help children and families recover from the trauma of abuse or violence.
Evergreen Youth & Family Services
Instagram: @evergreenyfs
Evergreen Shelter Program (Ages 9-17)………………………………………………………………………………………………..218-751-4332
Physical Address: 622 Mississippi Ave Bemidji, MN 56601
Open: 24/7, 365 days a year
SERVICES: Youth Crisis Shelter, Family Support & Parent Coaching
Evergreen Youth Services/Drop-In Center (Ages 14-24)………………………………………………………………………218-751-8223
Physical Address: 610 Patriot Dr. NW Bemidji, MN 56601
Open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday (11:00am-6:00pm); Wednesday (12:00pm-6:00pm)
SERVICES: Youth Drop-in Center, Street Outreach, Housing Assistance, Mental Health Support, Client Transportation
Evergreen Youth & Family Services is a community-based organization committed to strengthening youth, preserving families, and building relationships with an emphasis on those living in Northern Minnesota. Evergreen serves youth experiencing homelessness, runaways, and families in crisis by providing housing resources, youth crisis shelter, food & clothing, hot lunches 5 days/week, referrals, family support & parent coaching, mental health support, independent living skills, referrals to other community resources and more.
Other locations:
5809 Annalee Lane NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
5091 Feeling Right Lane NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
We focus on providing safe, happy, and healthy living environments for individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health Concerns, and Brain Injuries. Our services can be provided through one of the three main areas: Adult Foster Care, In-Home Support, and Semi-Independent Living Services.
Community Resource Connections (CRC) is a nonprofit membership organization serving Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater and Hubbard Counties.
MNsure Navigators: Application for Medical Assistance, Minnesota Care, and Qualified Health Plans offered through the state of Minnesota’s health exchange. CRC staff provide computer and internet access, and question by question guidance. No cost to you. Appointments required.
Service Access: Assistance finding the resources you need. CRC staff will educate you about your service options, assist you with service applications, and advocate for you when the system doesn’t work as you need it to work. No cost to you.
Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS): CRC’s Blackduck office site takes applications and serves as a dissemination point for food commodities provided through North Country Food Bank. Eligibility is based on age (60+) and income (call for guidelines). Free monthly food boxes containing a $40 value of non-perishable food items.
Community Service Agency Membership: CRC works with community service agencies to organize and publish a hard copy resource directory as well as this electronic version. Other member services include: facilitation of networking meetings, cooperative marketing events, nonprofit start up guidance, and program support.
Community Resource Connections: Locations:
Staff are available by telephone at 218-333-0880 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Calls ring into all office locations – the first person available will respond.
NOTE: Not all office locations are available to take walk-ins. We strongly encourage you to call ahead to make an appointment.
BEMIDJI
1. CRC Headquarters: 750 Paul Bunyan Dr NW, Unit #12 Bemidji, MN 56601
2. CRC at Beltrami County Community Services Building: 616 America Avenue NW Bemidji MN 56601 Suite 220
BLACKDUCK
3. CRC at the Blackduck Resource Center: #17 Main St. (Moon Drug Building), PO Box 414, Blackduck, MN 56630
WALKER
4. CRC at Walker-based BI-CAP: Call to schedule an appointment to be seen
Staff are available by telephone at 218-333-0880 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Autumn Hills Assisted Living is a facility which offers assistance with all activities of daily living. We house up to 16 residents and are located in beautiful Bemidji, Minnesota. We are staffed 24 hours a day to provide your loved one with all of the personal care, supervision and security they may need. Our Assisted Living facility is able to provide a high level of care while increasing the personal satisfaction of the client at a reasonable cost to the consumer. Autumn Hills is licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health.
Autumn Hills Provides:
~ Home-like living with the assistance to meet the special needs of the elderly or disabled
~ Companionship, safety and supervision, and personal services
~ Daily cost is based on an individuals care needs as determined by the RN assessment
~ Pay sources accepted include: private, elderly waiver, Alternative Care, CADI, and long-term care insurance.
Serving the Bemidji, MN area’s seniors, Touch of Home offers quality senior and assisted living services. Our mission: enriching the lives of those we serve with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity. Assisted living facilities offer help with ADLs such as eating, bathing, dressing, laundry, housekeeping, and assistance with medications. Many facilities also have centers for medical care. We have a nurse on-call at all times.
BACKGROUND
United Way advances the common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all. Through your investment, United Way is able to address the critical needs that matter most to you and our community and create a meaningful difference in people’s lives by: investing in nonprofit health and human service programs and services that address the most critical needs and deliver the greatest impact possible; implementing community impact initiatives and support year round programs that address new and emerging needs; and, forming strategic partnerships and collaborations—sharing responsibility and accountability for delivering meaningful and long-lasting results.
Our focus is on education, income and health – the building blocks for a good quality of life.
PROGRAMS OF UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI AREA
BACKPACK BUDDIES
In the Bemidji area, 1 in 5 children experience food insecurity and hunger. The Backpack Buddies program was developed to help ensure that children in the Bemidji school district have access to nutritious, non-perishable and easy-to-prepare food at times when other resources are not available, such as weekends and school vacations.
The program provides backpacks filled with food that is child friendly, non-perishable, and easily consumed free of charge. An average weekly menu consists of: 2 entrees, 1 snack, 2 breakfast items, 1 vegetable, 2 fruits, and 2 milks, and 1 high protein item. The food is purchased from the North Country Food Bank and community groups and volunteers package the food each month.
The food packs are discretely distributed to children, as best determined by the school, on the last day before weekends and all scheduled school breaks/holiday breaks.
Thanks to Sanford Health, the program has expanded to feed more than 450 children, who have been referred by school staff as experiencing food insecurity or hunger, each weekend and school break. The program currently serves all Bemidji school district schools.
COATS FOR THE COMMUNITY
Each year donations of gently used, clean winter coats and outerwear for men, women, children and infants are collected. More than 3,000 cold-weather items are collected and distributed to our Bemidji neighbors to keep them warm and dry during the winter.
HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR KIDS
Each year between 800 and 1000 children, ages 0-16, experience a joyful Christmas thanks to the generosity and kindness of others. Parents or legal guardians register for the Holiday Gifts for Kids program and have the opportunity to choose a gift for their child on distribution day. In addition, each family receives a board game to enjoy together.
SOMEONE SPECIAL VOLUNTEERS
United Way of Bemidji Area partners with Ken K. Thompson Jewelry, KB101 Radio, and The Bemidji Pioneer, to recognize the value of volunteerism.
The Someone Special Volunteer Program provides an opportunity for any individual, organization, business, or group, to recognize up to two volunteers who have made a difference within the community through volunteering.
Information about Autism can be found here!
Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the official U. S. Air Force Auxiliary, is a civilian, volunteer, nonprofit, service organization with almost 62,000 members nationwide. Minnesota is home to 21 Squadrons across the state. CAP Corporation and its members own and operate more than 500 light aircraft, the world’s largest civilian fleet, and volunteers fly about 140,000 hours each year on CAP missions.
CAP won fame during World War II for its coastal patrol and other all-volunteer civilian defense activities. Today, CAP members perform more than 95 percent of inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. CAP also conducts a wide variety of emergency service missions including disaster relief and counter-drug activities.CAP volunteers take a leading role in aerospace education and conduct one of America’s finest youth programs, the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program.
The Cadet Program is open to youth ages 12-18 years of age. Cadets have opportunities to participate in many activities including search and rescue, disaster relief, survival training, radio communications, land navigation, model rocketry, leadership training, first aid, physical fitness, orientation flights (aboard a CAP or military aircraft) and much more.
Civil Air Patrol instills the organization’s Core Values in its cadets — integrity, volunteer service, excellence and respect. CAP’s 23,000 cadets are drug-free role models in their communities and schools. The cadet program also offers youth in-depth training in leadership and enables them to apply classroom principles to real-world needs.
You don’t have to be a pilot or need military experience to join Civil Air Patrol. Civil Air Patrol re also not obligated to join any branch of the military service.
Community Resource Connections:
Our goal is to help you gain access to the services that will allow you to participate in preventative health care. Staying healthy is easier, and far less expensive, that getting well.
We are established nonprofit service providers and caregivers in your community. We are NOT county, state or federal employees, nor do we work for health management systems like Prime West Health. We are reimbursed through contracts and grants that enable us to serve you without charging for that service.
We are trained and certified by MNsure to assist with online application for health insurance in Minnesota. The online application is faster and more reliable than paper applications submitted to the county system.
We work cooperatively with your County and State Human Service Departments, Minnesota Care, and MNsure. We serve as your advocate and guide. We also work with area MNsure Brokers who can help you choose the best Qualified Health Plan; if that is what you qualify for through the MNsure application system.
Staff in all of our locations respond to this number: 218-333-0880
How Our Services Work:
- You call a convenient site and schedule an appointment
- We explain how MNsure works and what items are needed at your appointment
- We provide computer and internet access; and we enter your data
- We provide document printing and faxing at no cost to you
- We help you create your own MNsure online account
- We guide you through the MNsure application question by question
- We assist you in interpreting application questions and how they relate to your situation
- You receive a copy of your completed application and account information
- We will keep a copy of your account information and application on file; but only with your written approval
- We help troubleshoot application problems
- We provide advocacy if an appeal is needed
- We cannot choose for your or recommend Qualified Health Plans; but will refer you to certified Brokers who are able to educate and guide you
The mission of the Oshki Manidoo “New Spirit” Center is to be a healing place with a holistic approach for Native American youth and non-Native American Youth to begin to embrace healthy behaviors and attitudes that will transform them, their families and communities.
Program emphasis includes substance use disorder, cultural foundations, physical wellness and strengthening family connections.
Youth will return to their community following successful discharge with a new outlook, understanding their importance as an integral part of the larger community, chemical free and able to sustain sobriety and continue their journey toward healthy living.
Operated by the White Earth Tribal Council
Birch Haven Village…
Imagine living each day satisfied, secure and content in an ideal location… Birch Haven Village, an independent senior community, is a wonderful new and affordably priced lifestyle.
Amenities Offered
• Paid Utilities (telephone not included / wifi included).
• Additional storage space included.
• Daily continental breakfast.
• Off-street parking for you and your guests.
• Daily evening meal.
• Attached garages.
• 24-hour emergency response system.
• Basic cable television included.
• Stackable washer and dryer in each apartment.
• Exciting activities program.
• Fireplace lounge for gatherings and entertaining.
• Weekly light housekeeping.
• Parlor.
• State-of-the-art limited-access entrance.
• Family dining room.
• Sprinklers and alarms for fire safety.
• Craft, library and activities room.
• Convenient, indoor mail drop.
• Guest apartments available for overnight guests.
• Main office is open daily.
• Barber/beauty salon.
• Professional management on site.
• Patio for barbecue and picnics.
• Maintenance of building, grounds and parking lot.
• Exercise room.
• And much, much more.
• Reflection room.
• Bathtub room.
Birch Haven Village is what retirement living was meant to be: a private, comfortable home without the hassles of maintenance, yard work or property taxes. Here you’ll find a senior living community with the right combination of services and amenities to keep life independent, pleasurable and challenging.