Available 6 days a week (sometimes more). Able to transport 2 people in wheel chairs and a mobile person. Billable to Medical Assistance, as well as private, per mile, payers.
Available 6 days per week
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Paul Bunyan Transit provides public transportation for Beltrami County and the city of Bemidji. Roseau County the cities of Roseau and Warroad. Lake of the Woods County in Baudette. Our Service Area in Bemidji is a 10 mile radius of City Hall. In the Roseau and Warroad communities the Service Area is a 4 mile radius of the center of each town. In Baudette we provide service to the Lakes Road and to the Clementson area.
Each additional stop will cost an additional fare.
Exact fare is required. Drivers do not make change.
Bus Passes in all areas
Bus passes may be purchased from the bus driver or at 706 Railroad Street SE
* If you are purchasing passes at our office, please call in advance to let us know you will be coming.
Also, when you call, please let us know if you will be needing a receipt.
Hours
Office hours in Bemidji are 8am-4:30pm.
SERVING: Roseau and Lake of the Woods Counties. INCLUDES: the cities of Greenbush, Bader, Roseau, Warroad, Baudette, Roosevelt, and Williams.
To reserve your seat a 24 hour notice is preferred.
Contact us for your special events needs!
Canceling a ride
Riders are asked to cancel any unneeded rides as soon as possible by calling the dispatcher.
From our home in America’s heartland, we connect people with places. Our transportation company provides scheduled service and a full range of group travel services. We earn our customer’s business by understanding what they value and require when traveling with us. Then we provide service that exceeds their expectations.
Senior Volunteer Support Services:
Volunteers provide services such as grocery shopping assistance and local transportation for medical or other pre-approved appointments. (We are unable to provide MA Medical Transportation) Services are billed on a sliding fee scale. Requests must be made 3-5 days before the need.
Homemaking and Chore Services:
Homemakers provide light housekeeping, meal preparation, laundry assistance, and shopping as needed. Services available through county alternative care or elderly waiver, long term care insurance, and private pay basis.
Respite Care:
7 days a week 24 hours per day based on availability. Certified nursing assistants or qualified volunteers provide relief for the primary caregivers of persons who are chronically ill or living with a disability. There must be an identified primary caregiver to qualify for this service. Respite care is available through county alternative care or elderly waiver, long term care insurance and also on a private pay basis on a sliding fee scale.
Powerful Tools for Caregivers:
An evidence based series of six week educational classes focusing on the needs of the caregiver, or family and friends who are caring for older adults, suffering from stroke, Alzheimer’s Parkinson’s disease or similar long term conditions. The class provides skills and confidence to better care for yourself while caring for others.
Caregiver Coaching and Assessment:
Providing education and emotional support to caregivers. The support group provides an opportunity for caregivers to say what they are feeing in a supportive environment while learning new strategies and resources in our community.
Caregiver Support Group:
The primary purpose of the Caregiver Support Group is to provide education and emotional support to caregivers. The support group provides an opportunity for caregivers to say what they are feeling in a supportive environment while learning new strategies and resources in our community.
Aging Life Care Management:
A holistic, client-centered approach to caring for older adults or others facing ongoing health challenges. Working with individuals, elders and families, the expertise of Aging Life Care Professionals provides the answers at a time of uncertainty through: Assessment and Service Coordination; Planning and Problem-Solving, Education and Advocacy; Family Caregiver Coaching.
ACT on Alzheimer’s:
A national program designed to create dementia friendly communities that involves: 1) Raising awareness of Alzheimer’s, 2) Transforming attitudes, 3) Moving people to action, and 4) Supporting family and friend caregivers by providing accessible information, resources, and in-person support. There are multiple options and a variety of services and package plans. Contact us to inquire about specific costs and to find out if you are eligible to receive a reduced rate.
Socialization, recreation and meals for seniors.
Assistance with local medical transportation needs.
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.
Safe, reliable transportation for the public as well as contracting with other agencies that need transportation services. We work with Veteran’s Services, Community Education, and DAC, Social Services and others. Connections to Jefferson Bus Lines and the Executive Shuttle to Minneapolis Airport.
Heartland Express Park Rapids City Bus: 218-732-3500 (City only)
Red Lake Medical Transportation 218-679-3327
Ponemah Medical Transportation 218-554-7347
Elderly Transportation Services 218-554-7492
SERVING: RED LAKE NATION
Open to the public, Red Lake Transit provides door to door transportation on the Red Lake Reservation everyday and to Bemidji on Tuesdays and Fridays. Children 5 years old and younger are not allowed to ride unsupervised. Call for a ride at least 1 hour ahead of time. Costs are $1.00 for adults, 50 cents for elders 55 and older, 50 cents for students, children 5 years and younger ride free.
Faith in Action is a non-profit, volunteer driven, organization serving people in need throughout Cass County, Minnesota.
Faith in Action Volunteers provide non-medical, neighborly assistance to older adults, adults with disabilities, and others experiencing difficult circumstances. Volunteers provide rides, lend a hand, help make connections, and give peace of mind.
If you or your family member are having trouble sustaining independent living due to age, health, difficult circumstances, or lack of resources, give us a call today.
Everyone qualifies! There are no age or income restrictions.
Cass County residents 60 years old or better: service of last resort.
Transportation for the City of Pine River is provided by Crow Wing County Transit Service. Pine River Public Transit remains a dial-a-ride service, traveling up to 3 miles outside the city limits for all your transportation needs.
1) In Town fare = $1.00 one way / $2.00 rd. trip
2) OCL (outside city limits) fare up to 3 miles = $2.00 one way / $4.00 rd. trip
3) Drop additional stops – becomes ‘In Town’ fare @ $1.00
SERVING: Becker County
Anyone Can Ride: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Passenger Assistance
We will provide DOOR-TO-DOOR service to passengers with special needs. This means we will come to the door of your residence to assist you into our vehicle. (You must be at your door and ready to go).
Wheel Chair and Mobility Aid Securement
All wheelchairs and electronic scooters shall face the front of the bus. Handicapped riders are encouraged to transfer from mobility aid to bus seat if possible. If the rider remains in wheelchair, wheelchair will be secured with securement device and seat belts available on our vehicles. Riders using walkers or having problems can utilize the electric lift to access bus if they wish (ask driver). Stairways-Drivers will only negotiate one step when assisting rider in wheelchair. Household wheelchair ramps shall be inspected by transit supervisor before use.
Rider’s Guide
Schedule your appointments a day or two ahead of time.
Don’t be a “No Show.” Call us if your plans have changed.
Let the Dispatcher know if you have special needs.
Be aware that our buses will only wait three minutes at each stop before moving on to next pick-up.
Be aware that our buses will not wait at your stop but must move on to the next rider right away.
Riders who live more than 5 miles out of Detroit Lakes should give us one day’s advance notice for ride.
Do not make ride arrangements with the drivers. Please call our dispatcher.
Fares
All riders are charged the same fare.
The Transit fare is $1.50 per 5-mile increment, i.e., Audubon $3.00, Frazee $4.50.
Escorts assisting disabled riders are not required to pay. No fare is required for children in car seats.
For information regarding commuter transit routes between Detroit Lakes and Fargo, please visit: Clay County Rural Transit.
Lakes MediVan offers non-emergency, door through door transportation by handicap van with wheelchair and stretcher capability. The vans travel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as far as needed, including out of state. Medi-Van® serves 200 mile radius of Detroit Lakes. We have many local drivers in outlying towns who work for us. Reach us today to know if we serve your area. All charges are MA billable with approval from MA. 24-hour advanced notice is preferred.
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Doulas and Lactation Services
Stephanie Holthus, Certified Lactation Counselor
Lighthouse provides services on a 24-hour or hourly basis. These services are designed around each individual and may include assistance with health and personal care, safety, nutrition, finances, activities of daily living, and training to independently perform these activities.
Lighthouse operates 5 homes that have 24/7 staffing to help fit the needs of individuals who have a disability. Lighthouse Lodge acknowledges the intrinsic value of each individual, regardless of position. We strive to acknowledge each person’s need for respect, privacy, meaningful work, recreation, community involvement and lasting friendships.
The primary goal of our program is to provide and facilitate the best possible living situation for each individual we serve. We achieve this by meeting their need for a home where emotional, spiritual, and physical needs are fully met
Bemidji Regional Interdistrict Council (BRIC) is an agency of eleven member school districts that have joined together to provide services in the area of special education. The mission of the Bemidji Regional Interdistrict Council Cooperative is to ensure the provision of appropriate, comprehensive and quality services to identified children and their families within the member Districts of BRIC in North Central Minnesota.
Bemidji Regional Interdistrict
1615 Nw 5th Street
Bemidji, MN 56619
Phone: (218) 751-6622
Bemidji Regional Interdistrict Council
Mailing Address
Box 974
Bemidji, MN 56619
Residential treatment and services for 11-18 year old adjudicated youth. Referral from Law Enforcement and County Systems.
The Northwestern Minnesota Juvenile Center exists to provide positive intervention within the Juvenile Justice System for juveniles, family units, and communities. The Center offers legitimate attentive pathways to adulthood for juveniles through equal access to services that are least intrusive, co-educational, culturally sensitive and consistent with the highest professional standards.
Located on 80 acres of beautifully wooded land on the outskirts of Bemidji, NMJC has been serving greater Minnesota since 1973. The Center is licensed through the MN Department of Corrections and incorporates three distinct units within the building as well as community based satellite homes. The Non-Secure Detention Unit, Residential Treatment Unit, and Satellite Homes are Title IV-E eligible.
Adult Day Services of Bemidji offers a reliable, caring and supportive environment where Seniors of varying abilities can go for socialization, healthy meals, health observation, and recreation. Seniors and their caregivers may choose Adult Day Services as a respite option or as a place for the Senior to be while the caregiver is at work all day. Support services are available for the caregivers as they transition their family member into higher degrees of service.
Adult Day Services has handicap buses available to transport Seniors to and from their homes within a 10 mile radius of Bemidji. The buses are available for use by the public if the drivers participate in training, have appropriate licensure and insurance and are approved by ADS. Funding is provided by United Way and CADI. ADS clients are charged 50 cents per mile, billable to MA.
The Headwaters Regional Development Commission (HRDC) works to ensure quality affordable housing options for low and moderate income households throughout the region. The HRDC is a regional planning and development organization that serves local governments, development organizations, community leaders, and others in the five counties of Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, and Mahnomen in north central Minnesota. The HRDC can help these customers identify needs, develop appropriate solutions, and find the resources to carry out their plans. Most importantly we provide staff leadership to move our communities forward.
We exist to help our communities, and our Region as a whole, be successful. This is our core mission, and core value. Everything we do is focused on creating that success. Our services and activities are a function of our skills and competencies and those needs communities have as they strive to be successful.
PO BOX #906 Bemidji, MN 56619
Established in 1990 within the United States, IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ). IEN’s activities include building the capacity of Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities. IEN accomplishes this by maintaining an informational clearinghouse, organizing campaigns, direct actions and public awareness, building the capacity of community and tribes to address EJ issues, development of initiatives to impact policy, and building alliances among Indigenous communities, tribes, inter-tribal and Indigenous organizations, people-of-color/ethnic organizations, faith-based and women groups, youth, labor, environmental organizations and others. IEN convenes local, regional and national meetings on environmental and economic justice issues, and provides support, resources and referral to Indigenous communities and youth throughout primarily North America – and in recent years – globally.
PO Box 485, Bemidji, MN 56619
We have a vision for Bemidji. We know our city is progressive in the ability to foster innovation and investment with a simple and open approach that allows for growth and change. Similar in mission to the Rail River Folk School, we created a separate parent company, Local 303 Co., to manage the Warehouse. We opened it up to other entrepreneurs and local professionals who support partnership and sustainability.
The Warehouse
Managed by Local 303 Co., the Warehouse provides a centralized space for the local producer/organizer to develop, plan, create, and promote their durable goods and services through both the non-profit and for-profit sectors.
The Marina
Located on Lake Irvine, drive in through the private gate to reach your boat slip. Shaded parking, picnic area, and a large level space are available for special events, reception tents, and lawn games. Visit Bemidjimarina.com
The Garages
Home to Shifting Gears and our Contractor Services expert. The garages are a separate building with concrete flooring, high ceilings, and plenty of room for a niche trade or craft.
Park Place of Bemidji is a sixty unit supportive housing development that provides safe, stable housing with services. Forty units serve adults who have been long-term homeless and have a Substance Abuse Disorder while the other twenty units are efficiency apartments for individuals who have been long-term homeless.
Open to any combat veteran.
Wednesday 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the VA Clinic on 5th Street Bemidji
Gym Bin: Gymnastics instruction for all levels from 3 years to Level 9 Aerials. Home of the Bemidji High School Gymnastics Team.
Kindiland Learning Center: A licensed day care for toddlers, preschool children and school aged children. Open from 6:45am – 6:00pm each week day. Full or part time options. Family rates available. Drop in care is offered based on availability and the completion of required paperwork.
Gym Bin Goals:
- Help gymnasts reach their full potential as a gymnast and as an individual.
- Help gymnasts develop fitness for now and for the future.
- Help gymnasts develop their self-confidence.
- Help gymnasts know that they are a gift from God.
The Beltrami County Historical Society operates out of the Beltrami County History Center in the historic Great Northern Depot. They feature multiple exhibit galleries; a unique gift shop; and a research room and archives available to the public. Come and experience local history through our exhibits, events, and programs.
Admission
$5 – Adults
$4 – Seniors
$3/adult – Groups of 5 or more
$1 – Children 6-12
FREE – Children 5 & under
FREE – Members of BCHS
We strive to promote people’s potential by providing supportive employment opportunities, as well as social and recreational experiences, to adults with developmental disabilities.
Thrift & Consignment Store
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
We treat people with all types of mental illness and our level of care goes beyond just patient and provider services. While at Nystrom & Associates, our whole team is here to help you and your loved ones find the right care plan. We work with every health plan to make sure your health insurance covers all of your needs.
The mental health clinical service unit covers the full spectrum of community and patient mental health care for the state of Minnesota. Nystrom & Associates’ mental health clinical services unit is one of the largest and most diverse services of its kind, covering all aspects of mental health services, for men, women, and adolescents.
Property Professionals of Bemidji
709 Washington Ave S.
Bemidji, MN 56601
Temporary and emergency shelter for homeless families and pregnant women.
Village of Hope promotes self worth and independence through the provision of temporary shelter and supportive services for families experiencing homelessness. We are unable to house individuals without families.
Residents are selected in accordance with the following eligibility criteria:
- The family unit must be homeless as defined by HUD guidelines.
- The primary applicant must be at least 18 years old and either pregnant or have primary guardianship/custody of one or more dependent children ages 17 or younger.
- All qualified households whose income at the time of initial occupancy does not exceed 50% or greater of the statewide or area median household income as determined by HUD and adjusted for families of five or more.
- Extended family members residing with the family prior to application for shelter at Village of Hope will be included in the definition of the “family unit”.
- The applicant must not be currently abusing alcohol or drugs.
- The applicant must be stable on psychiatric medications and prescribed medications for medical conditions and be willing to take them as prescribed.
- The applicant’s criminal history will be reviewed on an individual basis. Certain offenses may result in denial of admission. These may include sexual offenses requiring the tenant to register with local officials, violent crimes against persons or property, assault, arson or destruction of property.
- The applicant must not pose a risk of serious harm to self or others.
- The applicant must express a definite and informed desire to enter the emergency shelter program, including actively participating in a housing search and case management program.
- The applicant must be willing to accept group living including:
~A tolerance and respect for other shelter residents and staff,
~A willingness to adhere to shelter rules,
~A willingness to fully participate in maintaining the shelter and sharing cleaning and maintenance duties. - If applicant is eligible for Group Residential Housing (GRH), the applicant must be willing to assist VILLAGE OF HOPE in verifying the requirements including documentation of:
~Disability and/or chemical dependency,
~Income and/or asset verification confirming applicant fits the requirements of the program.
Intake Procedures
Clients or referents call the central intake number (218-751-0722). General questions are answered regarding eligibility, homelessness, and anticipated openings. Referents that are not able to be accommodated immediately are placed on an optional waiting list while every attempt is made to assist the referent in identifying an alternative shelter plan.
Upon vacancy of a family unit the waiting list is reviewed and families with the highest level of need are invited to participate in the application process. This process includes the opportunity to:
1. View the facility
2. Review the terms of the agreement to participate in a housing search and case management
3. Review the resident rules
4. Sign releases of information to verify homelessness
5. Sign releases of information to verify income
Homelessness is determined by utilizing a checklist for eligibility and receiving the verification by a third party in writing, on the Minnesota Housing ”Housing Status Verification/Referral Form” whenever possible. In cases where no written independent verification is possible from a shelter, a case manager or other 3rd party, clients must complete and sign the Minnesota Housing “Housing Status Self-Certification Form” .
Once homelessness is verified, in writing, on the forms provided by Village of Hope, and exclusionary criteria are determined not applicable, applicants are forwarded to the Executive Director for review.
If an applicant is approved, they are accepted and will be allowed to move into Village of Hope. Once a room is available, the homeless advocates will coordinate a move-in date and time with the applicant.