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Family Support Services

American Red Cross - Minneapolis Area Chapter International Tracing Services

Minneapolis 612-871-7676
Offers tracing, message, and reunion services. Helps locate missing family members in the midst of war, civil unrest, and or disaster in other countries.

Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota

Minneapolis 612-338-5282
Provides assistance to Somali refugees, immigrants, and asylees. Services include employment assistance, supportive services, ESL classes, health care access, child protection education, as well as cultural and community festivals.

Eastside Family Center

St Paul 651-793-7340
Encourages parent and community participation in issues that affect the daily lives of families with children 0-6. Services include parenting skills training.

Family & Children's Service, Northwest Hennepin Branch

Brooklyn Park 763-560-4412
Family service agency providing professional mental health counseling and family support services. Services include an adolescent domestic abuse program, counseling services, employee assistance program, family violence program, and a youth intervention and counseling program. Special programs have developed to meet the needs of a growing W. African community.

Frogtown Family Resource Center (St. Paul Public Schools)

St Paul 651-290-8376
Serves parents and children, pre-birth to age five, in Frogtown neighborhood. Drop in family time and parent/child activities.

Highland Mac-Groveland Family Center

St Paul 651-695-3790
Provides services such as parenting skills training, homework tutoring for elementary and junior high school, ESL for adults, as well as a free exchange for new and gently used maternity and infant clothing.

La Familia Guidance Center

St Paul 651-221-0913
Provides culturally competent mental health and social services in order to enhance the quality of life for Latino youth and families.

Minneapolis Public Schools - Family Resource Centers

Minneapolis 612-668-1100
Five Family Resource Centers located throughout Minneapolis. The Resource Centers offer learning opportunities, health services, social services and positive leisure activities for the entire family.

Phillips Community Initiatives for Children - PCIC

Minneapolis 612-871-0662
Early enirchment program for children ages 21/2 to 7 and home-based family literacy program. Information, referral and advocacy services for families in areas of housing, education, employment, food, clothing.

West Seventh Community Center, Inc.

St Paul 651-298-5493
Services include children and youth programs, counseling/therapy for families and individuals as well as support groups and referrals for under served, multi-stressed, or low income families in areas of chemical dependency, health, child care, employment services, and family activities.

Women's Association of Hmong and Lao, Inc.

St Paul 651-772-4788
Provides services and advocacy for Hmong women and their families. Services include Hmong elders programs, an information and support program for Hmong parents, advocacy and services for victims of sexual assault and their families, assistance for welfare-to-work participants, as well as employment support services for refugees.

 


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