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African American Family Services - AAFS

Minneapolis 612-871-7878
Empowers the African American individual, family and community to reach a greater state of well being through the delivery of community based culturally-specific chemical health, mental health, family preservation services, and youth violence prevention and treatment programs.

Association for the Advancement of Hmong Women in Minnesota

Minneapolis 612-724-3066
Provides support for Hmong and Southeast Asian women, men and youth. Services include cultural adjustment and education, employment services, housing information services, and youth intervention.

Community University Health Care Center - Mental Health Services

Minneapolis 612-638-0700
Offers direct mental health services to refugees. CUHCC has specialized programs for Somali and Southeast Asian refugees that includes psychiatry, day treatment, case management, and women’s advocacy services. Bilingual staff speak Somali, Spanish, Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese.

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.

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.

Family Service, Inc.

St Paul 651-222-0311
A multi-service counseling organization specializing in strengthening multiculturally diverse, low-income, and disadvantaged families. Services include individual, couple and family counseling, education and training programs, financial counseling, a family violence program, in-home parent education, and student support services.

Health Start, Inc.

St Paul 651-312-1995
Two programs: school based clinics in all St. Paul high schools for primary care, counseling, family planning and health education; OB/family planning community clinic for low income women and adolescents.

Hennepin County Medical Center - Child/Adolescent Psychiatry Department

Minneapolis 612-347-2617
Specialty clinic in large county hospital offers services to children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems and supportive programs for their families. Evaluations, individual psychotherapy, parenting skills counseling, and consultations are provided.

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.

Hmong American Partnership

St Paul 651-642-9601
Although Hmong American Partnership’s mission focuses on service to the Hmong community, services are available to individuals and families of all racial and ethnic groups. Services include self-sufficiency programs, cultural classes, as well as youth and family programs.

Hope International Health & Social Services

St. Paul 651-793-8129
Hope provides after school tutoring to grade school immigrant/refugee children, with a focus on African refugees, who may need additional education instruction. For adults, there are employment counseling and mental health counseling services available.

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.

Lao PTA

Minneapolis 612-302-9590
Serves primarily Lao parents and children but is not limited to them. Services includes recreation and cultural activities, support groups, as well as tutoring assistance.

Legal Rights Center

Minneapolis 612-337-0030
Culturally-appropriate legal services, advocacy and social-referral services for low-income juveniles and adults in the juvenile justice system and the criminal justice system. Mediation services and peacemaking circles for juveniles, low-income families and communities of color. Truancy intervention and mediation services provided in the Minneapolis alternative middle schools.

Liberian Community of Minnesota Corporation

Brooklyn Park 763-549-8706
Provides the Liberian community of Minnesota culturally appropriate social and educational support and services to Liberian youth, adults 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.

Minneapolis School Based Clinic Program (various agency sponsors)

Minneapolis 612-588-3111
Free primary care and related health services for students at clinics within all Minneapolis high schools and selected other schools. Sponsored by different agencies, depending on site.

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.

Pilot City Mental Health Center

Minneapolis 612-348-4622
Provides crisis intervention, mental health services, and therapy groups. Counseling and psychotherapy are provided to children, adolescents, couples and families, including home visits.

Resource Center of the Americas

Minneapolis 612-276-0788
Provides education and outreach to schools, as well as general information for the community on Central and South American issues.

Sabathani Community Center

Minneapolis 612-827-5981
A multiservice community resource serving south Minneapolis residents with basic needs and social services for families, youth and seniors: clothing closet, food shelf, housing assistance, & youth programs, as well as the life skills center which provides GED, ESL, computer and citizenship classes.

United Cambodian Association of Minnesota - UCAM

St Paul 651-222-3299
Provides services for low-income people in Minnesota, primarily Cambodian. Services include chemical dependency education and prevention programs, employment programs, youth programs, as well as programs geared toward the elders including citizenship classes.

Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota

St Paul 651-644-1317
Meets the needs of Vietnamese families and individuals by providing social services in relation to economic stability, educational opportunities and health issues, in a context of cultural values. ESL and citizenship classes, support groups, career counseling, and a variety of youth programs are offered.

Washburn Child Guidance Center

Minneapolis 612-871-1454
Provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary services for children and families at risk. Services include individual education and family counseling for women in chemical dependency treatment, education services on children’s mental health, counseling for children and families, day treatment for children with behavior and emotional problems, as well as family community support and a preschool outreach department.

Wilder Social Adjustment Program for Southeast Asians (Wilder Mental Health and Education Services)

St. Paul 651-647-9676
Provides social adjustment and mental health assistance to Southeast Asians by trained bilingual/bicultural counselors.

 


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