Adult Protective Services - Nicollet County Health and Human Services
622 South Front Street, Saint Peter, MN 56082
Eligibility
Required documents
Hours
Interpretation services
Interpreters available
Application process
Call the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center (MAARC) to report a suspicion of a vulnerable adult who is being abused or neglected
Service area
Nicollet County, MN
Other Information
Program Fees
Description
Provide investigation and intervention services on behalf of vulnerable adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger of abuse. Types of abuse may be physical, emotional, sexual abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect, or abandonment. Services include: - Taking reports and investigating abuse and/or maltreatment - Removal of the individual to safer surroundings - Services necessary to remove the conditions which have created a threat to life NOTE: Complaints, questions, or concerns involving incidents in facilities licensed by the Health Department, such as hospitals, nursing homes, boarding care homes, supervised living facilities, assisted living, and home health agencies can be referred to the Minnesota Board on Aging Ombudsman for Long-Term Care.
Last Assured
02/21/2025
Providing organization
Nicollet County Health and Human Services
County human services and financial department