Multi-Purpose Organizations

Aitkin County Health & Human Services
800-328-3744 / 218-927-7200
www.co.aitkin.mn.us (click on Departments, then Health & Human Services)

• Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO) Program
• Alternative Care & Elderly Waiver Program
• Automated Collection System
• Child Support & Collections
• Chemical Dependency assessments, case management & counseling
• Family Based Services
• Residential Facilities
• Adult Day Training and Rehabilitation for Disabled
• Case Management for Disabled
  
• Medical Assistance
  
• Cash Assistance [Emergency Assistance, Cash Assistance for Adults without Children, Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA) for elderly or disabled]
  
• Food Support
  
• Public Health Programs [Health Education, Family Planning, Well Child Screenings, Community Based Services, Immunizations, Maternal and Child Health, Women Infants & Children (WIC)]
  
• Friendship Club
  
• Home Management
  
• Mental Health Case Management
  
• Money Management
  
• Protection
  
• Transportation
  
• Adoption Services
  
• Child Care Funding
  
• Foster Care
  
• Licensing (day care, foster care)

Long-Term Care Consultation Services -- Find help to stay in your home, help to decide how much service you need and what services are available, help plan services/supports you may need to return to your community when you are ready to leave a facility, move to foster care or housing with services settings, understand your choices, develop a plan to meet your needs, access programs that help pay for services (if eligible).

AEOA - Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Inc.,
800-662-5711, extension 216
www.aeoa.org

Employment & Training -- MN Family Investment Program, Food Support, Help & Opportunity in the Pursuit of Employment, Family-to-Family Mentoring, Adult Basic Education, Dislocated Worker Program, Vocational Evaluation, Work Wisdom, YouthBuild, Senior Community Service Employment Program, Lives in Transition, FlexWork Skills Training

Arrowhead Transit -- Public Transportation serving all 7 counties of the arrowhead (Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis). No age or income restrictions. Weekly trips to/from McGregor, McGrath, Giese, Mora, Duluth, Minnewawa, Tamarack, Cromwell, Cloquet, Grand Rapids, Hill City, Palisade, Brainerd, Aitkin. In some cases, they can pick you up and take you right where you want to go -- call for appointment. 800-642-6143

Arrowhead Head Start -- Center & Home Base, Family Child Care Homes & In-Home Counseling

Rural Delivery Service (a service for homebound seniors) will deliver to your home frozen prepared meals, groceries, pharmacy items, hardware, library, post office needs. Call 800-328-3744

Senior Services -- Meals on Wheels, Senior Dining, Arrowhead RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) & Northland Volunteer Services, Insurance Counseling, Raising Our Children’s Kids, Tax Assistance

Housing Services -- Energy Assistance, Homeless Program & Shelters, Weatherization, Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention, Energy Conservation Education, Single-Family & Rental Rehabilitation Loans, Homeownership Education & Financial Assistance.

AEOA offers the last local line of defense for families in need.

Senior LinkAge Line / Disability Linkage Line
Senior LinkAge Line: 800-333-2433; Disability Linkage Line: 866-333-2466
www.MinnesotaHelp.info

Get connected to the services you need. You decide who provides your help, what help you need within your budget, when your care will be provided, how much responsibility you want. Get help with Medicare questions, housing options, transportation, legal or financial issues, caregiver support, chore & minor home repair, home health care, meal delivery and nutrition, adult foster care, adult immunizations, employment, financial assistance, guardianship options, grandparents support, hearing/vision options, Lifeline Program, Meals on Wheels, mental health, Public Health Services, SHIP (State Health Insurance and assistance Program), Social Security, advocacy/ombudsman, AARP Driving Classes, AARP Tax-Aide, consumer information, educational programs, foot care clinics, senior clubs, senior fish house, TRIAD.

A service of the MN Board on Aging & Area Agencies on Aging through the MN Department of Human Services.

Lutheran Social Service
888-205-3770; 800-582-5260
www.lssmn.org

Senior Companions become friends with other seniors who are lonely and isolated. Foster Grandparents become friends with children and youth who need special attention and encouragement.

LSS Runaway & Homeless Youth Program 888-828-4383

Youth 17 and under who are homeless, have run away, or are in danger of being homeless or running away from home are eligible for this federally-funded program; program provides 24 hour access to safe shelter; shelter is available for up to 15 days

LSS Journey Transition Living Program 218-828-4399

Youth 16 to 21 who are homeless, are in danger of becoming homeless, have run away, or are unable to reunify with their family

Lakes & Pines Community Action Council, Inc.
800-832-6082
www.lakesandpines.org

Delivers anti-poverty programs for the target areas of Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties

Transitional Housing Program, Energy Assistance, Head Start, Housing Rehab, Fatherhood Program, and much more

Circles of Support -- Teams of three volunteers and one participating family. Each family is matched with three allies who “walk with” them on the journey to move out of poverty. Circles are structured to set family goals (employment and income, intellectual and physical health, friends and meaning) and attain the necessary tools to become self-sufficient by meeting these goals. 800-997-5723

Aitkin County Child Abuse Prevention Council (ACCAPC)
877-233-1231
www.familysupport.org (select Aitkin County)

Education and activities regarding the prevention of violence and child abuse