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RESOURCES FOR A

HEALTHY COMMUNITY

Healthy communities first have residents who have their basic needs met, including access to healthy food, clean water, and dignified and safe housing. 

 

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FOOD RESOURCES

CEAP Food Shelf

7501 Brooklyn Blvd

Brooklyn Center

763.566.9600

Sign up for a food market appointment

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CEAP Anoka-Hennepin Food Shelf

6840 78th Ave N

Brooklyn Park

Sign up for a food market appointment

 

NEAR Food Shelf

5209 W Broadway Ave

Crystal

763.553.2836

http://www.nearfoodshelf.org/

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Fare For All

Fare For All is a pop-up grocery store. We sell packs of fresh produce and frozen meat at up to 40% off of retail prices. Find a current map and list of events here.

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Twin Cities Mobile Market

Twin Cities Mobile Market is a grocery store on a bus! The Mobile Market brings affordable, healthy foods right to your neighborhood. Anyone can shop for a full selection of fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, grains and other high-quality groceries.

Click here for a schedule and location

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ACBC Food Shelf

Families are now able to shop inside selecting their own items. The visit can also include the Clothing Closet and resource referral. Other programming includes:

 

  • Grocery delivery program (Outreach Program) for qualified homebound individuals delivered monthly on Fridays

  • Weekly drop-in for those experiencing homelessness, Wednesdays from 9-10am

  • CSFP Food Provider for low-income adults 60+, selected by menu, anytime during the month

Click here to make an appointment

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Food Shelf in a Box 

Hennepin Technical College - Brooklyn Park

Creekside Gables- Brooklyn Park 

The Gathering - Robbinsdale

For dates and times, click here

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CEAP Meals on Wheels 

For seniors

Call to set up delivery

763.450.3678

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Loaves and Fishes 

Grab and go meals

Brooklyn United Methodist Church

7200 Brooklyn Blvd

Brooklyn Center

For more info click here

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West African Family Food Shelf

7200 Brooklyn Blvd,

Brooklyn Center

Call for information

763.561.3042 ext 117

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CAPI USA Fod Shelf

5930 Brooklyn Blvd

Brooklyn Center

763.756.8958

Visit here for more information

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NW Suburban Dinner at Your Door

For seniors

Call to set up delivery

763-531-1183

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Serenity Village Community Church

No boundaries, no ID needed, call ahead with name and family size, curbside pickup

4100 Douglas Drive

Crystal

Schedule here

HOUSING RESOURCES

HOMEBUYER/OWNER RESOURCES

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MN Homeownership Center

U.S Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Intermediary providing homebuyer education counseling services. Services are free and non-biased. 

 

To find an advisor, a home buying class, or for more information, click here. To find homeowner advisors for foreclosure prevention, mortgage refinancing, or reverse mortgages, visit here.

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Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County (CAP-HC)

Homeownership services, homebuyer workshops, foreclosure prevention, energy assistance programs, and financial counseling. 

 

Housing stability assistance - Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County has several programs and services designed to help people with lower incomes find and maintain safe, stable housing. Renters can work with HUD*-certified housing counselors to develop housing budgets, determine eligibility for financial assistance, navigate their leasing process, and more. For people experiencing homelessness, referrals for our Rapid Rehousing program are provided by our partners.

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TENANT/RENTER RESOURCES

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MN Homeownership Center

U.S Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Intermediary providing homebuyer education counseling services. Services are free and non-biased. 

 

To find an advisor, a home buying class, or for more information, click here. To find homeowner advisors for foreclosure prevention, mortgage refinancing, or reverse mortgages, visit here.

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Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County (CAP-HC)

Housing stability assistance - Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County has several programs and services designed to help people with lower incomes find and maintain safe, stable housing. Renters can work with HUD*-certified housing counselors to develop housing budgets, determine eligibility for financial assistance, navigate their leasing process, and more. For people experiencing homelessness, referrals for our Rapid Rehousing program are provided by our partners.

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Renters Rights

https://ipropertymanagement.com/laws/minnesota-landlord-tenant-rights

 

Home Line MN

Homelinemn.org

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Stand Point

Individual Housing Lawyer Resource

612.343.9842

info@standpoint.org

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Volunteer Lawyers Network

Individual Housing Lawyer Resource

VLNMN.org

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MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

National Alliance on Mental Illness MN

NAMI Minnesota is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with mental illnesses and their families. For over 40 years, NAMI Minnesota has worked to promote the development of community mental health programs and services, change public attitudes about mental illnesses, improve access to services and increase opportunities for recovery.

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MISSION

NAMI Minnesota champions justice, dignity, and respect for all people affected by mental illnesses. Through education, support, and advocacy we strive to effect positive changes in the mental health system and increase the public and professional understanding of mental illnesses.

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WHAT NAMI DOES

To serve that mission, NAMI Minnesota works with individuals with mental illness, their families, professionals and the community at large by providing education, support and advocacy.

 

Learn more by following the links below:

 

https://namimn.org

MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINES

 

Call **CRISIS (**274747) from a cell phone to talk or text 741741 to text with professionals who can help

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National Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline

Call, chat or text 988

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Crisis teams, made up of mental health professionals, can travel to an individual’s location and assess the situation. They provide stabilization services, intervention services, crisis prevention planning, referral to other professionals, and follow-up services.The crisis teams are available by phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. NAMI members are urged to call them when someone is suicidal, psychotic, exhibiting out of control behavior, or threatening to harm themselves or others.

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Hennepin County: 612.596.1223

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