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.
FOOD RESOURCES
CEAP Food Shelf
7501 Brooklyn Blvd
Brooklyn Center
763.566.9600
Sign up for a food market appointment
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
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.
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
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:
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Grocery delivery program (Outreach Program) for qualified homebound individuals delivered monthly on Fridays
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Weekly drop-in for those experiencing homelessness, Wednesdays from 9-10am
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CSFP Food Provider for low-income adults 60+, selected by menu, anytime during the month
Click here to make an appointment
Food Shelf in a Box
Hennepin Technical College - Brooklyn Park
Creekside Gables- Brooklyn Park
The Gathering - Robbinsdale
For dates and times, click here
CEAP Meals on Wheels
For seniors
Call to set up delivery
763.450.3678
Loaves and Fishes
Grab and go meals
Brooklyn United Methodist Church
7200 Brooklyn Blvd
Brooklyn Center
For more info click here
West African Family Food Shelf
7200 Brooklyn Blvd,
Brooklyn Center
Call for information
763.561.3042 ext 117
CAPI USA Fod Shelf
5930 Brooklyn Blvd
Brooklyn Center
763.756.8958
Visit here for more information
NW Suburban Dinner at Your Door
For seniors
Call to set up delivery
763-531-1183
Serenity Village Community Church
No boundaries, no ID needed, call ahead with name and family size, curbside pickup
4100 Douglas Drive
Crystal
HOUSING RESOURCES
HOMEBUYER/OWNER RESOURCES
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.
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.
TENANT/RENTER RESOURCES
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.
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.
Renters Rights
https://ipropertymanagement.com/laws/minnesota-landlord-tenant-rights
Home Line MN
Stand Point
Individual Housing Lawyer Resource
612.343.9842
Volunteer Lawyers Network
Individual Housing Lawyer Resource
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.
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.
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:
MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINES
Call **CRISIS (**274747) from a cell phone to talk or text 741741 to text with professionals who can help
National Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline
Call, chat or text 988
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.
Hennepin County: 612.596.1223
