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Provides personalized, dementia-focused care in a secure, supportive environment. Residents benefit from individualized care plans, trained dementia care staff, 24/7 supervision, help with daily living needs, medication management, nutritious meals, and engaging activities designed to support quality of life and cognitive well-being.

Home Visiting Program- Home visits are offered to pregnant women, infants, and children to provide ongoing support.Maternal Child Health Services- All Becker County families with a newborn are contacted by a Community Health Nurse. A home visit will be offered to provide new parents with information on feeding choices, newborn cares and additional support.Parental, Childbirth, and Newborn Education- Educational support is offered to all residents of Becker County. Material presented is tailored to meet the specific needs including labor and delivery, breastfeeding, bottle feeding and newborn/postpartum care.Breastfeeding Resources- Becker County WIC office sponsors a Breastfeeding Support Group that meets monthly. Online Breastfeeding Support Group.Car Seat Program- Medica and Blue Plus have a car seat program for children up to 8 years of age. Education and installation of the car seat are offered to any resident of Becker County.Immunizations- Infant, child and adult immunizations can be done at Becker County Community Health by appointment.Follow Along Program- Consists of a series of developmental questionnaires the parent completes and returns to Becker County Community Health. The questionnaire is scored and a letter is sent to the parent with the results. This program is free to all children in Becker County under the age of 36 months.

Adoption Services: Places children who have come into foster care and are not able to return to their birth parents' home with an adoptive family. Steps to become an adoptive parent can be found on the website: https://www.ramseycountymn.gov/residents/assistance-support/support-families/adoption .Guardianships and Conservatorships: Guardianship is a legal arrangement where one person, who is appointed by a court, has the legal right and duty to care for another adult who is unable to make responsible personal decisions or meet personal needs. The primary purpose is to provide for the ward's care, comfort, and maintenance needs. Conservatorship is a similar legal arrangement where one person is appointed by a court to handle financial affairs of an adult who is unable to make responsible personal decisions.?Ramsey County financially supports wards' legal and professional guardianship needs if they meet the indigent status as outlined in state statute.

Outpatient community mental health center providing couples, family, group, and individual counseling, including:- Adolescent/youth counseling and support groups- Anger management counseling and groups- Anxiety counseling- Bereavement/grief counseling- Child guidance- Chronic/severe mental illness counseling- Clutterer/hoarder counseling- Crime victim counseling- Diagnostic assessment- Disability counseling- Disaster counseling- Divorce counseling- Employment transition/retirement counseling- Family Preservation Services provides family therapy to families whose children are at risk of out-of-home placement- Family violence counseling including adult incest survivors, child, elder, parent and spousal abuse counseling- Forensic mental health evaluations- Gambling counseling- Gender identity counselling- Geriatric counseling- Juvenile delinquency counseling- Marriage counseling- Overspenders counseling- Parent counseling, support groups, and education groups for parents, foster parents, educators, and guardians- Postabortion counseling- Postpartum counseling- Premarital counseling- Psychiatric disorder counseling- Psychological assessments- Rule 20 court evaluations- Runaway counseling- Sexual assault counseling for adults and children- Sexual orientation counseling- Shoplifting counseling- Terminal illness counseling

Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Adults must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help.NOTE: Funding is very limited

Provides care for common pediatric ailments such as: - Allergies and asthma - Bacterial and viral illnesses - Bladder and urinary-tract infections (UTIs) - Broken bones and orthopedic conditions - Cold and flu symptoms - Concussions - Diabetes - Ear infections - General and orthopedic surgery - Headaches - High fever - Insect bites - Nausea, vomiting and stomach problems - Rashes - Sports injuries

Provides assistance, investigates, and/or intervenes on behalf of vulnerable adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger due to physical or emotional abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect, or abandonment.Services may include:- Authorization for medical treatment- Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse?- 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, and assisted living and home health agencies - can be referred to the MN Office of Health Facility Complaints at (651)201-4201 or toll-free at (800)369-7994.

Provides the following services:- Birth records- Death records- Immigration and naturalization- Marriage licenses- Military discharges- Notaries filed- Ordinations filed- Responsible for all real estate-related records

Provides state-operated, secure mental health, substance use, and nursing treatment facilities for adults, including the following: - Community Behavioral Health Hospitals (CBHHs): Provide inpatient behavioral health care for adults in six communities throughout the state. These 16-bed hospitals offer acute, short-term hospitalization services that include comprehensive assessment of mental, social, functional, and physical health; development of individualized treatment plans with medication management and 24-hour nursing care; and care delivered by multidisciplinary teams consisting of psychiatrists, general practice physicians, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, clinical social workers, addiction counselors, and occupational therapists. Services also emphasize illness management and recovery, as well as individualized discharge planning, care coordination, and aftercare planning to support a successful transition back to an appropriate community-based setting.- Forensic Mental Health Services: Provides residential treatment services for adults in both secure and non-secure settings on a large campus in St. Peter, Minnesota. The program also operates a 32-bed North Campus facility on the north side of St. Peter and an additional 16-bed facility located off campus in St. Peter. FMHP primarily serves individuals who have been civilly committed by a court as mentally ill and dangerous, often following criminal charges in which a court determined they were not competent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of mental illness or cognitive impairment. Many patients are under more than one type of civil commitment. In addition, Community Integrated Services provides ongoing monitoring and support for FMHP patients who have been provisionally discharged by a court to live in less restrictive community settings. This statewide program serves individuals from all 87 Minnesota counties and supports patients in achieving stable, successful lives in a variety of community settings outside FMHP facilities.- Forensic Nursing Home: Provides state-operated nursing home and provides nursing home-level care in a secure environment. The facility serves individuals who are civilly committed as mentally ill and dangerous, sexually dangerous persons, or sexual psychopathic personalities, as well as prison inmates on medical release from the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Care provided is consistent with that offered in other nursing homes and includes assistance with daily living, rehabilitation services, and end-of-life care.- Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS): Provide structured, short-term residential care for adults who no longer require hospitalization or other inpatient treatment but still need ongoing support before returning home. Clients typically have serious mental illness and may also have co-occurring conditions such as traumatic brain injury, addiction, or behavioral disorders. Services are available around the clock with support from mental health professionals and focus on improving psychiatric stability, personal and emotional adjustment, self-sufficiency, and independent living skills. Programs work collaboratively with clients to achieve individual goals and prepare them for a successful transition to home or to a less structured community setting, with an average length of stay of approximately 90 days before discharge.- Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services: Community Addiction Recovery Enterprise (CARE) provides inpatient substance use disorder treatment services to adults at three locations statewide. The program offers specialized inpatient services for individuals who are chemically dependent and have co-occurring mental illnesses, along with relapse prevention services and comprehensive aftercare planning. All CARE facilities are locked, and clients stay an average of approximately 90 days before discharge, depending on their level of participation and responsiveness to treatment.

Suspected fraud or abuse should be reported if the individuals are receiving benefits, health care providers working with the Minnesota Health Care Programs, or childcare providers receiving childcare assistance funds. Report fraud to the Minnesota Department of Human Services by following these suggestions:?- Submitting the Program Integrity Oversight Intake Form (recommended). Visit website at https://tnt02.agileapps.dhs.mn.gov/networking/WebFormV2.jsp?sid=943f9bdf86164298a917ccb14937500b&cid=2056597742&oid=f3ebd9728b1f442a862131b023c54354 to submit an online form.- Calling the Program Integrity Oversight hotline?- Sending the report via email to [email protected]?- Sending a letter via US Mail to the Office of Inspector General - Program Integrity and Oversight Division at PO Box 64982, St. Paul, MN 55164-0982All reports are forwarded to the appropriate entity for review. Although every report is reviewed, not all reports result in an investigation or action.?- Depending on the nature of the report, individuals may be contacted for more information or follow-up.?- Due to the volume of reports received, individuals should not expect to be contacted about their report.

-Blackduck Elementary School 156 1st Street, Blackduck, MN 56630 (218)835-5300-Blackduck High School 156 1st Street, Blackduck, MN 56630 (218)835-5210

Information about brain injury and related services, including:- Annual professional conference- Bi-Annual Brain Injury Support Conference (BISC)- Community awareness and injury prevention activities- Educational materials- Professional Development- Telephone information and referral- Workshops and trainings

Provides help to at-risk families to avoid future incidents of child maltreatment and to enhance child and family well-being, including:- Comprehensive assessments, early intervention, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services?- Connect families with county and community-based services?- Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

Medicare Savings Programs have four sub-programs:Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI): Helps pay for Part A premiums only.Qualifying Individual (QI): Helps pay for Part B premiums only.Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB): Helps pay for Part B premiums only.Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB): Helps pay for Part A and B premiums as well as deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments.Monthly income and countable resource limits apply. Countable resources include any checking or savings funds, stocks, and bonds. A home, one car, a burial plot, $1500 in burial expenses (if the amount is set aside), furniture, and other household items are not applied toward the resource limit. Participants pay for Medicare services that aren't covered, such as routine physicals and prescription drugs.Generally under these programs, premiums are put back into the monthly Social Security check, increasing participants' monthly income.

Provides a range of primary care options including family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. Services include: - Critical care medicine- Dermatology- Ear, Nose, Throat - Gastroenterology- Imaging- Internal medicine- Obstetrics and Gynecology- Oncology- Ophthalmology- Orthopedics- Telemedicine- Urology- Wound Care

Helps individuals and families with low incomes (including temporary low incomes) get the food they need for nutritious and well-balanced meals. Provides extra support to help stretch a household's food budget - it is not meant to cover all the groceries a family needs.Monthly benefits are loaded on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card, which looks and works like a debit card. The card can be used to buy groceries at authorized stores, farmers markets, and online retailers. Learn more about where to shop and what can be bought.The amount of benefits received is based on income, expenses, and number of people in the household.The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program provides free employment and education training and support for people getting SNAP benefits. SNAP E&T participants gain support, skills, training, or experience to reach their goals. Many organizations, including technical and community colleges, community-based organizations, county agencies, tribes, and CareerForce Centers provide SNAP E&T programs and services. Programs can include career planning, job search, training for in-demand jobs, student support, financial support, and continued support once a participant has a job.

Provides home improvement loans such as:- Rehabilitation Loan Program (RLP) to help low-income households address health and safety improvements. Funds are used for basic home improvements that directly affect the home's safety, habitability, or energy efficiency to homeowners. No monthly payments but there is a lien on the home where the homeowner must remain in the home for 15 years to be forgiven.- Emergency and Accessibility Loan Program (ELP) addresses home improvements or essential accessibility improvements. No monthly payments but there is a lien on the home where the homeowner must remain in the home for 15 years to be forgiven.- Fix-up loan with low-interest to fix basic and necessary home improvements that qualify such as electrical wiring, plumbing repairs, well or septic repair/replacement, windows, siding, or other basic improvements that affect the safety or energy efficiency of the home. The loan maximum amount is $75,000.

The Energy Assistance Program helps pay heat and electricity costs. Payments for energy bills are sent directly to the household's energy company or fuel provider for propane, fuel oil, or wood. Financial assistance varies depending on household income and fuel costs.The Energy Assistance Program provides additional grants for eligible households who need help with:- Emergency heating system repair or replacement for homeowners under the Energy-Related Repair Program (ERR)- Getting reconnected to heat and power after disconnections- Knowing how to use home heating energy efficiently and safely- Paying for emergency fuel deliveries of propane, heating oil, or biofuel- Preventing disconnection

Board and lodge:Ms. Bea's House is a 32-unit, fully funded room and board residence for men who are recovering from drug and alcohol dependency in a safe and sober living environment. Participants, who must be homeless and qualify for GRH, are transitioned into this housing after completing chemical health treatment.Supportive housing:Demo Housing is a 15-unit single-bedroom complex for men who have a history of chemical dependency and health conditions such as HIV/AIDS and are ready for independent living with some supportive services.Low-income housing:A 14-unit apartment building for men and women. Residents must qualify for Hennepin County low-income housing. No support services are provided to residents.

Provides culturally appropriate pathways to homeownership for Somali women and their families, guiding women on how to utilize resources and tools for financial empowerment, and preparing them to make financial investments in a home. Services provided:- Create an action plan and steps to achieve goals- Develop a budget and savings plan- Encouragement and nonjudgmental support to build financial confidence- Homebuyer and financial education workshop- Individualized planning unique to the needs of each woman- One-on-one advice regarding credit reports and addressing credit problems

Services include job counseling and career planning; job training and retraining, including basic computer skills, classroom training and on-the-job training

Christmas program provides toys and food boxes for families.