A program of Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota. Financial counseling is available from Duluth. LSS is not able to provide these services from it’s Bemidji office.
Budget and Debt Counseling: Trained counselors help you develop a workable budget and an action plan to address all of your debts, and provide coaching and nonjudgmental counseling on all your options for debt repayment based on your individual situation. Services are free.
Debt Management Plan: A good solution if you are being buried in late fees and high interest or even if you are on time but just making no headway in paying down your debts. On a debt management plan you pay your creditors through one payment each month to LSS, allowing a faster way to get debts paid off.
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
Services
Housing Matters connects and supports clients in the following areas:
Landlord and Tenancy Supports
Community Resources
In Home Case Management
Independent Living Skills
Assistance in understanding benefits
And many other services
Disability Hub MN offers information about community resources related to people with disabilities, including housing, home and community-based services, and disability and cash benefits. This statewide service is a ‘no wrong door’ information and referral service for people with disabilities, their families, and support team. Disability Hub MN can be reached statewide by calling toll-free at 1-866-333-2466. The Hub is available Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to provide one-to-one assistance to help people learn about their options and connect with the supports and services they choose.
At https://disabilityhubmn.org/ users can chat online with a Hub staff and/or view other Disability Hub MN resources and tools.
An Ombudsman is an independent government official responsible for reviewing government and government regulated agencies in an effort to ensure that their practices are fair, reasonable and appropriate. To do this, the ombudsman: Receives complaints, reviews, investigates and if appropriate, makes recommendations to remedy the complaints.
Intake/assessment, prevention education on fetal alcohol spectrum, positive cultural education, life skills, talking circles, cradleboard project, nutrition education, referrals to community agencies.
Anishinabe Legal Services is a Legal Services Corporation (LSC) grantee and independent 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides free legal assistance to low-income individuals living on or near the Leech Lake, Red Lake, & White Earth Reservations in Northwestern Minnesota.
ALS represents clients before tribal courts, state courts, and agencies to help them protect their rights. Anishinabe Legal Services has offices in Leech Lake, Red Lake, and White Earth.
Residents of Leech Lake, White Earth, and Red Lake reservations whose income and assets fall within the financial eligibility guidelines. Services are also provided to residents of Leech Lake, White Earth, Grand Portage, and Bois Forte who are 60 and older regardless of income.
An Ombudsman serves people enrolled in Minnesota Health Care Programs including Medical Assistance (MA) and MinnesotaCare. An Ombudsman can help enrollees get needed care and resolve billing problems by providing information and assistance with the managed care grievance and appeal process available through the health plan and the state; working as a problem solver, a neutral investigator and an advocate for fair and equal treatment.
NWICDC is located in Bemidji, MN and provides services to more than 1,000 people and families annually. We prioritize the 60-mile radius, which includes the Red Lake Nation, White Earth Nation, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the administrative headquarters of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. This region continuously ranks the lowest in economic and social outcome indicators in Minnesota, and . The risk factors are complex and interrelated, meriting a holistic and integrated approach to recognizing, supporting and regenerating the protective factors, values and norms, implicit in traditional Anishinaabe Worldview.
What We Do
NWICDC implements five core initiatives with a three-tiered system that is informed by Anishinaabe worldview, trauma informed care and systems change:
Initiatives:
- Traditional & Western Educational Pathways
- Workforce Development & Training
- Economic Security & Financial Access
- Family Wellness & Behavioral Health
- Safety & Basic Needs
Services and Programs:
- Anishinabe Basic Education, GED Tutoring & Test Assistance
- Post-secondary enrollment tools, scholarship, FAFSA
- Credentialed & Customized Job Readiness Courses
- Certified Nursing Assistance & Home Health Aide Certifications
- Community Health Worker Certifications
- Medical Coding Certification
- First Aid & CPR Certification
- Osha 10 and Osha 30
- Boiler Operator Certification
- Deconstruction Certification
- Job Seeking and application support
- Resume Building
- Interview coaching
- Mino Anokiiwin (Workforce Development)
- New employment navigation
- Post placement support and coaching
- Stabilization/Drop-in resources (phone, fax, computer
- Notary Services
- Housing Referrals
- Reintegration Supports
- Advocacy
- Financial education and budgeting
- Tax Assistance Program
- Employment opportunities
- Traditional community gatherings and events
- Ojibwemowin opportunities
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Policy Advocacy
- Program Design, Development and Technical Assistances
Options is a non-profit organization committed to assisting individuals with disabilities to live independently in the communities of their choice and to eliminate barriers of attitude, architecture and communication from the environment.
Options: Interstate Resource Center for Independent Living (IRCIL) is a Resource Center for Independent Living. We are a private, nonprofit center that provides services to maximize the independence of individuals with disabilities. We are funded by various State and Federal grants, as well as private donations.
We are a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, non-residential center that is designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabilities and provide an array of independent living services . Our services are free of charge to individuals requesting them. Since October 1986, Options: IRCIL has worked to make our service area a better place to live, work and play for people with disabilities.
We serve counties in Northeast North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota.
North Dakota counties include: Benson, Cavalier, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Steele, Towner, Traill, Walsh, Wells, Eddy and Foster.
Minnesota counties include: Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Clearwater, and Hubbard.
The American Cancer Society offers free comprehensive cancer information with day to day emotional support, and a 24 hour information phone line. Free temporary lodging in the Twin Cities or Rochester for families who must travel outside their community for care. The ACS also offers classes, access to a Cancer Network, and special products for women with cancer.
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
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.
Our Mission: Providing education, mentoring and support services that build strong individuals and families in the Northland Community School District.
Core Values:
- Education is an important key to building self-sufficient individuals and strong families.
- Every person has value. We operate out of consideration for each individual’s dignity.
- Strong families build strong communities.
- Healthy families and community systems are essential to supporting sustainable change in individuals.
- We strive for communities in which people are interdependent.
- We collaborate with other organizations that support our mission.
The Northland Area Family Services Center was created as a unique way to give rural access to county and educational services, and to meet community needs through innovative programming. Incorporated in 1996 as a 501C3, we serve the Northland Community School District and parts of Leech Lake Reservation. This is a population of 4,474 people (5.26 persons per square mile). In our service area 20% of households make less than $20,000 and 11.9% or 536 people in our community live below the poverty line.
We provide unbiased information, reviewed by medical experts, so our readers can make an informed decision on the next steps in their, or a loved one’s, drug rehabilitation journey. Our goal is to help individuals and loved ones by providing them with information and support on different addictions and recovery resources available to them. We are an informational website that connects addicts and their families with the help they need to put their lives together.
NBWS is a domestic violence emergency crisis shelter and advocacy program supporting victim/survivors of intimate partner violence. NBWS provides emotional support, items to meet basic needs (personal hygiene products, clothing, household items), transportation, and referrals to other resources, such as mental health services. NBWS also provides legal advocacy which includes assistance with filling out Orders for Protection and Harassment Restraining Orders, court accompaniment (for civil or criminal cases), tracking court matters on behalf of victim/survivors, and referrals to legal resources. NBWS provides individual, institutional and social change advocacy.
Crisis/TTY 218-751-0211
Toll-Free 800-588-6229 (24 hour)
Business 218-444-1395
A nonprofit that provides free services and resources to students of all ages to help them pursue postsecondary education.
Services we provide include:
• Individual assistance completing applications for admission, financial aid and scholarships
• College resource guides covering a range of topics related to preparing for and going to college
• Internet access for researching educational information and scholarship opportunities
• Access to career assessment tools
• Assistance developing educational plans
• Participation at college fairs, community events and other awareness activities
• One-on-one mentoring: in person, virtual, phone, text or email
• Small group workshops on topics of interest (FAFSA, college admissions, essays, scholarships, and more)
• Encouragement, support and accountability
Below I’ve provided a link to The College Place and a link to our Opportunities Guides. The guides are also free of charge, and I encourage you to order as many as you need.
If you are interested in any of the services listed above, feel free to contact me via email or phone, or you can set up an appointment with me using Calendly to learn more. Here is my link: https://calendly.com/mandyschram
Link to The College Place: https://www.ecmc.org/studentseducators/college-access-centers/the-college-place-northern-minnesota
Link to the Opportunities books: https://www.ecmc.org/studentseducators/student-resources/opportunities-guide-and-workbook
usiness hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CT
Local phone: 218-308-7933
minnesotatcp@ecmc.org
A community-based group of individuals and agencies coordinating regional suicide prevention efforts. The mission is to promote healthy communities by eliminating suicide in the region through advocacy and community involvement. This group is facilitated by the Beltrami Area Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator.
Local Crisis Line in Beltrami, Hubbard, & Clearwater Counties: 1-800-422-0045
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Texting Crisis line, Text “LIFE” to 61222
TXT4LIFE, link to website
A 501(c)3 nonprofit agency. Our mission is to work with individuals and families to grow a healthy community.
Services include Mental Health Counseling/Therapy (specializing in working with survivors of childhood trauma and intimate partner violence; teen through adult) and Advocacy (support and referrals for individuals who are affected by bullying or abusive behavior and do not qualify for services with local intimate partner violence/sexual assault agencies).
To speak with an advocate call: 218-209-7000
Pregnancy support: free and confidential pregnancy testing, limited ultrasounds, STI & UTI testing, pregnancy options counseling, moms support group, and material support (maternity and baby clothes, cribs, car seats, etc.)
Mailing Address:
PO Box 635, Bemidji, MN 56619
Providing free, confidential and nonjudgmental crisis intervention, active listening and information and referral services 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.