A Native American Indian organization, committed to community-centered holistic care for all pregnant and birthing mothers, and their families. Services are delivered by knowledgeable, respectful and compassionate caregivers while honoring the wisdom that exists in all cultures for the celebration of birth. Mewinzha is a non-profit organization created to promote healthy birthing practices by working with: doulas and breastfeeding coaches to empower women during pregnancy, labor, delivery and breastfeeding. Provide support and educational services for pregnant women and their families. Reclaiming and promoting healthy birth practices for Aniishinaabe people.
Call to schedule appointment
First Nations Home Health serves the Native American population through seven branch locations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and greater Minnesota, including the Duluth and Bemidji areas. With an approach that is culturally-sensitive to the unique ethnic and linguistic needs of Native Americans, our serves are specifically designed to enhance the health and well-being of individuals both on and off the reservation in Red Lake, White Earth, Leech Lake, Bois Fort, Fond du Lac and Mille Lacs. Through our Duluth office and Bemidji area locations we offer a variety of home health care services to help support your loved one to live a more independent and fulfilling life at home, whether they’re in an urban or rural setting. Our team of caregivers, nurses and case managers (many of whom are Native American) provide services that help elders stay at home in familiar cultural surroundings, develop good health habits and reduce hospitalizations. With services such as skilled nursing, mental health, personal care and homemaking, at First Nations Home Health our goal is to improve the health status of Native Americans who experience an unusual high rate of preventable acute and chronic illnesses.
Home Health: Home Health Aide, Private Duty Nursing and Skilled Nursing to address the medical needs of our clients in their homes, competently working with the medical equipment and supplies required for the client’s care.
Personal Care Services – PCA: Assistance and support provided for persons with disabilities living independently in the community. This includes the elderly and others with special health care needs. PCA services are provided in the recipient’s home or in the community when normal life activities take him/her outside the home.
Home and Community Based Services: Homemaking, Respite, Chore, and Companion Care.
Mental Health Services: Children’s therapeutic services and supports (CTSS) and adult rehabilitative mental health services (ARMHS).
Cass Lake: 416 2nd St NW, Cass Lake, MN 56633
PO Box: 727, Cass Lake, MN 56633
218-335-8868 or 877-335-8868
Ogema: 407 East Main St., Ogema, MN 56569
PO Box 22, Ogema, MN 56569
218-983-3900
Corporate Office: 2586 7th Ave E., Suite 302, North St. Paul, MN 55109
651-633-7300 or 877-600-7307
Nail care and general foot health – Mobile Unit: “Healthy Feet Make Happy Hearts”
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
Bigfork Dental Clinic
Bigfork | Monday – Thursday 7:30-5:00
303 Main Ave
PO Box 15
Bigfork, MN 56628
Phone (218) 743-3600
Fax (218) 743-1602
Bigfork Medical Clinic
Bigfork | Monday – Friday 8-5, Saturday 8-12
135 Pine Tree Drive
PO Box 135
Bigfork, MN 56628
Phone (218) 743-3232
Fax (218) 743-4223
The Pillager Family Center currently serves as a “go-to” for community members. With two offices we serve as the liaison between Cass County and the Pillager School District. Our main office houses our Food Shelf and many County forms and references a community member might need. In addition we offer teleconference video services with County workers, WIC Clinics, Food Shelf, MAC and NAPS distribution, and serve as an information spot. Our satellite office is adjacent to the Pillager Elementary School. From here we coordinate the Little Huskies Daycare, Early Childhood Family Education programs, ECSE, Pre-school, and Head Start. Because we are so centrally located in two different locations, we are able to meet our communities needs in ways other entities may not.
Parking is available in front of the Family Center doors on the south side of Pillager City Hall.
Satellite Office:
Pillager School
323 E. 2nd Street
Pillager, MN 56473
Northland Recovery Center offers a full continuum of chemical dependency services to include adult and adolescent inpatient and outpatient treatment using the 12 step model along with cognitive behavioral therapy. Co-occurring mental health issues are treated by on-staff licensed therapists, a psychiatrist and certified nurse practitioners. Family education and detoxification services are provided.
Main Center
- 16 Bed High Intensity Inpatient Unit (males only)
- 10 Bed Medium Intensity Inpatient Unit (males only)
- 6 Bed Detox Unit (male and female)
- Outpatient CD Services
- Mental Health Services
- Medication Management Services
(218) 327-1105, ext. 0
(218) 327-1932 (Fax)
Women’s Center South
14 bed High Intensity Inpatient Unit
Northland Recovery Center offers a flexible and confidential network of services individually tailored to each woman’s needs. This allows each woman to maintain her connections with children, family and community supports.
(218) 327-2570
(218) 326-1036 (fax)
Women’s Center North
10 bed Medium Intensity Inpatient Unit
(218) 327-1890
(218) 327-1914 (Fax)
This is a ministry of support, information, and referral regarding alcoholism, chemical dependency, and related family issues. It is located in the Christopher House.
An interagency initiative of the State of Minnesota, Help Me Grow partners with organizations and agencies statewide. Help Me Grow has many resources about the development of young children for parents and professionals. These resources include information on developmental milestones, YouTube videos, caregiver strategies to support development, screening and evaluation, and how to talk about developmental concerns.
PACER Helps in Many Ways
Through more than 30 projects, PACER provides individual assistance, workshops, publications, and other resources to help families make decisions about education and other services for their child or young adult with disabilities.
PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center® provides resources designed to benefit all students, including those with disabilities.
PACER is for:
- Families and their children or young adults with disabilities or special health care needs from birth through adulthood.
- Educators and other professionals who work with students with or without disabilities.
- Parents of all children and schools working together to encourage family involvement in education .
NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering
addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is
only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. We suggest that you keep an open mind and give yourself a break. Our program is a set of principles written so simply that we can follow them in our daily lives. The most important thing about them is that they work. There are no strings attached to NA. We are not affiliated with any other organizations. We have no initiation fees or dues, no pledges to sign, no promises to make to anyone. We are not connected with any political, religious, or law enforcement groups, and are under no surveillance at any time. Anyone may join us regardless of age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion. We are not interested in what or how much you used or who your connections were, what you have done in the past, how much or how little you have, but only in what you want to do about your problem and how we can help. The newcomer is the most important person at any meeting, because we can only keep what we have by giving it away. We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean.
Vision
The National MS Society’s vision is:
A World Free of MS.
Mission
The Society’s mission is:
We will cure MS while empowering people affected by MS to live their best lives.
Fosston Location:
900 Hilligoss Blvd SE, Fosston, MN 56542
General: 218-435-7670
HOURS
Monday – Friday:
8 am – 4:30 pm
White Earth Health Center, 40520 County Highway 34, Ogema, MN 56569-9612, Phone: 218-983-4300
Naytahwaush Health Center, 238 Church St, Naytahwaush, MN 56566, Phone: 218-935-2238
Pine Point Health Center, 47520 282nd Street, Ponsford, MN 56575, Phone: 218-573-2162
Purchase Referred Care (PRC), 40520 County Highway 34, Ogema, MN 56569, Phone 218-983-6248
Health Information Management (Medical Records) – Phone 218-983-6304 Fax 218-983-6307
If you are calling from MN, you can reach us toll-free: 800-477-0125
Hours of Operation
closed on all Federal holidays
White Earth Health Center: Monday through Friday: 8:00am – 4:30pm
Naytahwaush Health Center: Monday through Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm
Pine Point Health Center: Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:00am – 4:30pm
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.
The White Earth Tribal Mental Health Program is designed to meet the mental health needs of White Earth Tribal members and their families who reside on, or near the White Earth Reservation. Our program provides a comprehensive plan for counseling, education and support. We strive to provide culturally appropriate services with the goals of increasing positive family interactions, and the ultimate goal of healthier lifestyles and positive communication for all members of the community.
Locations:
Mahnomen Office216 N Main St.
Mahnomen, MN 56557
40520 County Hwy 34
Ogema, MN 56569
Pine Manor Inc (Chemical Dependency Services) is a drug treatment facility providing substance abuse treatment and detoxification with partial hospitalization or day treatment, residential short-term treatment, and residential long-term treatment. No special groups or programs are supported for this Minnesota drug rehab center. Private health insurance and self payment is accepted.
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence based model for providing comprehensive community-based treatment to person with severe and persistent mental illness. The Headwaters ACT Team is a multidisciplinary group organized as mobile mental health service providers.
ACT is a way of delivering a full range of services to people who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness.
Elements of ACT:
-With ACT, consumers are hospitalized less often and have more stable housing
-Team members are involved and familiar with all consumers
-The team works one on one with individual clients and families
-Cultural respect and guidance is offered by a Cultural Coordinator
With ACT, consumers get help taking care of their basic needs – taking medications, cooking and many other individual needs. The ACT team helps consumers find housing, apply for food stamps, go back to school, or get a job.
How does ACT work?
A Team Approach: An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), RN, licensed mental health professionals, mental health practitioners, an employment specialist, a peer support specialist, a cultural coordinator, and a substance abuse specialist join together on ACT teams to give consumers ongoing, individualized care.
Services Provided Where They are Needed: Consumers receive ACT services in their homes, where they work, and in other settings in the community where problems occur or where support is needed.
Personalized Care: ACT teams work with relatively small numbers of people, those in greatest need of intensive services to live independently in the community.
Time-Unlimited Support: ACT teams give consumers services and support they need for as long as they need them.
Continuous Care: ACT team members work regularly with frequency of services that can range from several contacts a day to once a week or less depending on the need of the client.
Flexible Care: ACT teams fit their schedules around the needs of the consumers.
Comprehensive Care: ACT teams provide an array of services to help meet consumer needs, including case management, nursing, representative payor services, vocational, medication management, alcohol and drug services and skill building.
Individual mental health therapy and assessment for adults.
Michael T. Hill: PhD, LP
Areas of Interest: Anxiety and Depression, Adult relationship issues for men and women, and life’s transition issues.
The Bemidji Area Indian Center intends to serve as a community resource hub for the American Indian families living in and around the Bemidji area.
Serve as a wellness provider offering free long term peer support to help individuals and families manage the chronic disease of addiction.
recoverybound.org
Gently used clothing and household items for sale at reasonable prices.
Exhibits are hands-on and illustrate aspects of science. Off-site demonstrations and programs are also possible. HSC’s 7500 square foot exhibit floor features over 50 engaging and hands-on exhibits including live animals. The Science Store features unique science and nature-oriented gifts, books, and toys. Birthday parties and other celebrations can be accommodated, call for pricing and reservations.
Tots on Tuesday (ages 2 as well as older). Science Summer Camps. After School STEM.
Demonstrations and Hands-on Activities: Fee-based science programs provided by staff members upon request by schools, group leaders, family birthday events, or others. Science demonstrations and outreach programs are available upon request and cover a wide variety of topics. Please call for pricing and reservations. Go to hscbemidji.org to view demonstrations.
Field Trips to HSC: school groups, clubs and organizations, churches and community groups. Group rates apply. Transportation scholarships available for schools. Please call for pricing and reservations. Go to hscbemidji.org to view the exhibit floor and access the Transportation Scholarship Form.
Civil and legal services without charge to low income or elderly citizens. Income and asset poverty guidelines apply. Bemidji office serves Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, and Mahnomen Counties.
Our Mission: The Bemidji Community Food Shelf is a faith-based, caring place that listens to those who are experiencing food insecurity. We work with our partners to be inclusive and to provide fresh, nourishing foods for those living in Beltrami County and the Bemidji School District.
Households may make one visit per calendar month which will provide about 10 meals, or 3-5 days of food per household. Services are based on income eligibility. We are also a distribution site for Nutrition Assistance Program for Sneiors (NAPS) boxes for income eligible seniors 60 and over. Applications are available at the food shelf.
Please bring a current ID if you have one. We will need the names and birthdates of household members and the gross income for the household.
Bemidji Community Food Shelf (BCFS) is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
P.O. Box 3118 Bemidji, MN 56619
A safe and friendly fishing experience for those living at home with support services, individuals living independently, seniors, Veterans, and people with disabilities.
A.C. Clark Library – Bemidji State University
1500 Birchmont Dr NE, #28, Bemidji, MN 56601
218-755-3342 / 1-800-860-0234
Open to the public, Semester hours, Closed on Saturday
Bagley Public Library – Lake Agassiz Regional Library
79 Spencer Ave SW, Bagley, MN 56621
218-694-6201
Website: http://www.larl.org
Tuesday & Thursday 1 p.m. – 7 p.m., Wednesday & Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Baudette Public Library
110 1st Ave SW, Baudette, MN 56623 / P.O. Box 739
218-634-2329
Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
See Facebook page for updates
Beltrami County Law Library
600 Minnesota Ave NW, Bemidji, MN 56601 / P.O. Box 208
Located in the basement of the Judicial Center
218-333-8460
Self-service only
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bemidji Public Library
509 America Ave NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
218-751-3963
Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. & Friday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Blackduck Community Library
72 1st St SE, Blackduck, MN 56630
218-835-6600
Tuesday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Wednesday & Saturday 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., Thursday – Friday 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Cass Lake Community Library
223 Cedar Ave, Cass Lake, MN 56633
218-335-8865
krls.org
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday & Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Cummings Library: Oak Hills Christian College
1600 Oak Hills Rd SW, Bemidji, MN 56601
218-751-8670 Ext. 1299
oakhills.edu
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Kelliher Library and Information Center: Old School Center
243 Clark Ave N, Kelliher, MN 56650
Monday & Thursday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and Thursday 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Margaret Welch Memorial Library
5051 State Hwy 84, Longville, MN 56655 / P.O. Box 106
218-363-2710 / Fax: 218-363-2716
krls.org
Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Wednesday & Friday 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Park Rapids Area Library
210 First St. West, Park Rapids, MN 65470
krls.org
218-732-4966
Monday 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., Tuesday – Thursday 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Friday 9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Pine River Public Library
212 Park Ave, Pine River, MN 56474
krls.org
218-587-4639 (Headquarters)
Monday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Tuesday – Thursday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Walker Public Library
207 4th St, Walker, MN 56484
218-547-1019
Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Education about democracy and making it work. Encourages informed voting. Non-partisan. Go to website to message the local chapter.
Free Food Pantry Available for BSU and NTC Students
Located in 1st Floor Sustainability Office in Hobson Memorial Union
The Northwoods Queer Outreach is an initiative that aims to increase queer and transgender representation, support and acceptance across campus and within the Bemidji community.
We provide training and resources for organizational staff, educators, and healthcare providers to better serve queer and transgender customers, students, patients and clients. Our workshops can range from 2SLGBTQ+ 101 material to information and activities tailored to the needs of your organization.
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Northwoods/Beltrami is an active affiliate. They are located in the Bemidji area and primarily facilitated by Jim Aakhus. Jim was the former President of the NAMI North Central affiliate in the Brainerd area, but now lives in Bemidji. He is a family member and a retired mental health professional. He has been networking within the mental health community. He in on his 4th term as a board member at Hope House in Bemidji & continues to serve as a volunteer.
NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering
addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is
only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. We suggest that you keep an open mind and give yourself a break. Our program is a set of principles written so simply that we can follow them in our daily lives. The most important thing about them is that they work. There are no strings attached to NA. We are not affiliated with any other organizations. We have no initiation fees or dues, no pledges to sign, no promises to make to anyone. We are not connected with any political, religious, or law enforcement groups, and are under no surveillance at any time. Anyone may join us regardless of age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion. We are not interested in what or how much you used or who your connections were, what you have done in the past, how much or how little you have, but only in what you want to do about your problem and how we can help. The newcomer is the most important person at any meeting, because we can only keep what we have by giving it away. We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean.
If you or your family lives in any of the following situations: doubled up with other people due to loss of housing or economic hardship, living in cars, parks, public spaces, or abandoned buildings, at imminent risk of losing housing (foreclosure, eviction, etc.), substandard housing (lack of electricity, lack of plumbing, insufficient heating, or safety concerns), living in hotels, motels, trailer parks, camping grounds due to lack of adequate accommodations, or are living in shelters or transitional housing, you may be eligible for the following services. Contact the liaison to find out what support and services may be available.
Childbirth, Breastfeeding, and Newborn Care Courses & Consults
Eliza Michaelson, RN, BSN, PHN, CLC