Food
& Nutrition
Food
Shelf:
Offers a nutritionally balanced five-day supply of food to individuals
and families unable to provide for their nutritional needs.
Senior
Nutrition Programs:
Home-delivered meals and congregate dining services.
Meals on Wheels: Offers weekday delivery of nutritious mid-day
meals to homebound adults age 60 and older. Meals
on Wheels is available on a short-term or long-term basis.
Senior
Dining: Offers
nutritionally balanced hot noon meals to adults age 60 and older. Health
information, social service referrals, nutrition education, volunteer
opportunities, occasional celebrations and companionship with other
participants are also provided..
A
required two-day advance meal reservation can be made by contacting
the sites listed on the Senior
Nutrition Location page.
WIC
(Women, Infants & Children):
Provides nutrition information and supplemental food vouchers to pregnant,
nursing or postpartum women and to families with infants and children
under age five.
Clothing
Thrift
Shop:
Offers the general public high-quality, gently used clothing and small
household appliances for sale at reasonable prices in a department store
atmosphere. The thrift shop is located in Shakopee.
Education
Head
Start:
Offers
a family-based preschool program to children ages 3-5. Head Start is
for income-eligible families at not cost and includes education, social
services and health and nutrition services.
Childcare
& Crisis Care
Child
Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R):
Offers
families of all income levels childcare information and referrals to
help meet their childcare needs. Also, offers home-based childcare providers
support in their professional growth and recruitment.
Crisis
Nursery:
Provides families in crisis up to 72 hours of overnight care or 10 days
of day care at no cost for children age 12 and under. Information and
referrals are also available to parents to assist in resolving their
crisis. The 24-hour help line is 612-839-5101.
Housing
Housing
& Homeless Prevention:
– Helps people who are homeless or at risk of being
homeless, to secure transitional housing or maintain existing housing.
Energy-Related
Assistance
Energy
Assistance Program (EAP):
Provides grants to income-eligible renters and homeowners to help pay
heating bills. Additional funds are available for crisis situations
and energy-related repairs.
Weatherization:
Provides income-eligible homeowners
weatherization services to reduce heating and cooling costs. Services
include insulation, caulking, minor furnace repairs and furnace
replacements.
Other
Services
CHORE:
Provides
help with indoor and outdoor home maintenance services such as seasonal
yard cleanup, snow removal, grass mowing, window washing, heavy indoor
cleaning and minor home repairs to help enable older adults to continue
to live independently in their own homes for as long as possible.
Family
Assets for Independence in Minnesota (FAIM):
Provides
families with money-saving incentives and support for money management
and financial planning.
Food
Support Outreach:
The
Food Support Program is a county-run, federal program that helps Minnesotans
with low-income get the food they need for sound nutrition and well-balanced
meals. Under the guidance of the USDA and the DHS, monthly benefits
are issued in the form of a re-usable Electronic Benefit Transfer card
(EBT).
Ways
to Work:
CAP Agency Ways to Work enables individuals or families to obtain low-interest
bank financing to purchase affordable transportation for work.
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