| | *Find a Library near you
Click the link below and you'll be taken to the Minnesota Library Directory, which allows you to search for libraries based on city, county, zipcode, library system, and more.
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| | AblePlay.org ~ Consumer reviews of play products for children with special needs
This web site provides independent ratings and reviews of play products for children with special needs. Read what other parents and professionals think about the best and worst in adaptive toys!
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| | Adult Academic Disability Program of Robbinsdale Community Education
The mission of the Adult Academic Disability Program is to assist adults with brain injuries or strokes recover the skills they need to achieve their academic and vocational goals.
Do you know a person in the metro area who has had a stroke or tr...
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| | Americorps Opportunities - build yourself, build your community
AmeriCorps is a year-long service program, where you get paid a minimal living allowance to give back to your community. If you complete a term of service, you get an educational scholarship - plus, it's a great opportunity to build job skills. Part...
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| | Anoka County Department of Parks and Recreation
Use this link to explore things to do in Anoka with your free-time. Anoka offers a diverse range of recreational activities, such as water-parks, campgrounds, horse stables, nature and art centers, golf courses, and a whole lot more. Use this link ...
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| | Arc Greater Twin Cities
Arc Greater Twin Cities offers programs and services for people of all age with mental retardation and related disabilities, as well as their families. Arc provides information and intensive one-to-one assistance; speaks for people with disabilities...
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| | Arc Sibshops for ages 6-12 (for kids who have a sibling with a disability)
Growing up with a brother or sister with a disability is life-changing, challenging and rewarding! SibShops are programs for children ages 6-12 and Sibling Connections are for teens, offering information, fun and support.
Arc Sibshop Schedule
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| | ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE?
Use this link to immediately download a Minnesota voter registration form. You can print it, fill it out (it takes only a few moments), and mail it in. A few weeks later, you'll recieve notice that you are registered to vote. This registration ena...
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| | Ask your questions on nutrition, gardening, money management and more
The Answer Services suite from the University of Minnesota Extension Service has practical and accessible information about daily living.
Topics include food safety and nutrition, home and garden, money management and more.
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| | Long Term Care Planning - Web Tool from the Federal Government
This web site is a national clearinghouse for long-term care info, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It serves to provide information and resources to help you and your family plan for future long-term care (LTC) needs.
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| | Making Your Case -- e-learning course
"Making Your Case" is a three-hour, self-directed course on how to communicate with public officials by effectively telling your personal story, writing a letter, providing testimony, and communicating in positive ways. Click the link below to review...
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| | Mental Health Association of Minnesota (MHAM)
The Mental Health Association of Minnesota is a nonprofit agency that responds to the needs of individuals with mental illnesses and their family members. MHAM offers services in advocacy and education, including: Individual advocacy case services, ...
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| | Meridian Services
Meridian Services offers a variety of services to people with developmental disabilities, including:
Supervised Living Services
In-Home Services
Semi-Independent Living Services
Respite Services
Club Ventures
Social Recreation Services
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| | Merrick, Inc.
Merrick, Inc., is dedicated to serving adults with developmental disabilities by offering a wide array of support services. These services provide meaningful vocational options, enhance personal skills, empower choice making abilities, and expand pa...
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| | Metro Adaptive Athletic Association
The Metro Adaptive Althetic Association oversees official high school adaptive athletics in the Twin Cities metro area. Contact them for information on programs and opportunities in your area.
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| | Mini-Miracles ~ Adaptive Children's Clothing
Mini-Miracles is an adaptive clothing line designed for children with special needs. 100% high quality Peruvian Cotton is used to make garments that are stylish and perfect for even the most sensitive skin. Mini-Miracles' philosophy is to promote dig...
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| | Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health (MACMH)
This is a not-for-profit organization providing a statewide support network for families of children with emotion/behavioral disorders. MACMH helps families by providing a support network, education the public, providing information, providing worksh...
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| | Minnesota Community Education Network on Disability (CEND)
CEND is a statewide network of Minnesota educators providing enrichment and educational opportunities for adults with disabilities in local school districts through Community Education programming.
Metro Area: (651) 748-7436
Northern MN: (320) ...
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| | Minnesota Department of Education
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is the education agency for the State of Minnesota. This agency implements learning programs for children, from birth to adulthood. MDE's Special Education Program provides school districts and parents with...
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| | Minnesota Department of Human Services
DHS helps people meet their basic needs by providing or adminstering health care coverage, economic assistance, and a variety of services for children, people with disabilities, and Seniors. Use the contact information below to get ahold of DHS.
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| | Minnesota Life College -- Life skills training for young adults with disabilities
Minnesota Life College (MLC) is a post secondary life-skills training program for young adults with learning disabilities. The two biggest factors in MLC's three-year program are Independent Living and Employment Readiness. Other curriculum areas in...
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| | Minnesota Parents Know
Minnesota Parents Know is a resource filled with convenient and trusted child development, health and parenting information. The Minnesota Parents Know Website is founded on the belief that parents are the first and most important teacher in a child'...
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| | Minnesota Relay Service
The Minnesota Relay provides telecommunications services for Minnesotans who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, speech impaired, deaf-blind, or mobility impaired. With the use of specially trained communication assistants (CAs) and specialized equipment, Min...
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| | Minnesota Relay Service - TTY and Speech to Speech Telephone service
Are you having trouble being understood or understanding someone over the phone? The Minnesota Relay Service provides telecommunications assistance for Minnesotans with disabilities. By using the relay services, individuals who use TTY machines, or i...
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| | Minnesota State Council on Disability
The Minnesota State Council on Disability is an agency that advises, provides technical assistance, collaborates and advocates to expand opportunities, improve the quality of life and empower all persons with disabilities. Browse their services and p...
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| | MinnesotaHelp.info
MinnesotaHelp.info is an online directory of services designed to help people in Minnesota identify resources such as human services, information and referral, financial assistance, and other forms of aid and assistance within Minnesota. It is especi...
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| | MN WorkForce Center -- Rehabilitation Services
Rehabilitation Services works with people who have disabilities, and provides a variety of services to enhance community inclusion and independent living. Programs include (but are not limited to): Vocational planning, employment information, referra...
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| | MRCI Worksource Burnsville
MRCI Burnsville is a work source center for adults with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses. The organization provides various work options, both in their center and out in the community. Work trials, training, and transportation are all ...
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| | MRCI Worksource Lakeville
MRCI Worksource is a private, not for profit organization based in Mankato, Minnesota, with locations in Chaska, Shakopee, Burnsville, and Lakeville.
MRCI Worksource Lakeville is a smaller setting, typically serving 18-25 consumers, and offering...
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| | National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information
Welcome to the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information. This is a new web site developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide information and resources to help you and your family plan for future long-term care...
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| | National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP)
NSIP offers the following:
- Regional, state, and program training to AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and National Senior Service Corps Programs
- Communication and information via the Corporation's Disabilitylist listserv
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| | NCWD for Youth -- A web site helping youth with disabilities down the road to employment
The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability (NCWD) has launched a new web site filled with information about employment for youth with disabilities. The designers of the web site include experts in disability, education, employment, and w...
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| | No Place Like Home Communities
The goal of this organization is to increase the success rate of young adults with disabilities moving on to largely independent lives. NPLHC provides supportive housing for adults with special needs. Call or click weblink for more information.
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| | Office of the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Mental Retardation
This independent state agency was created in 1987 "to promote the highest attainable standards of treatment, competence, efficiency, and justice...for persons receiving services for treatment for mental illness, mental retardation or a related condit...
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| | PACER's National Bulling Prevention Center
Founded in 2006, PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center unites, engages and educates communities nationwide to address bullying through creative, relevant and interactive resources. PACER’s bullying prevention resources are designed to benefit a...
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| | Partners in Employment -- e-learning course
This is a six-hour, self-directed e-learning course on how to find a job, write a good resumé, give an interview, and plan for your career. Click the link below to get started.
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| | Partners in Policymaking
Do you need to polish your advocacy or self-advocacy skills? Then Partners in Policymaking might be just what you're looking for! Partners is an innovative, competency based leadership training program for adults with developmental disabilities and ...
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| | People Responding In Social Ministry (PRISM)
PRISM is a social service agency that provides families with food, financial assistance, transportation, auto repair and other services in times of financial hardships.
Food Shelf Program
PRISM’s unique grocery-store-style food s...
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| | Pet Waste Solutions
This company offers pet waste solutions to help you maintain a healthy, safe, and clean yard to enjoy year-round! Pet Waste Solutions rids your yard of pet waste using all their own supplies, leaving a sealed bag in your trashcan on a weekly or biwee...
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| | Pillsbury United Communities
This organization provides a wide range of human services for people with socio-economic disadvantages. It does this by operating over forty distinctive programs through a citywide network of six neighborhood centers. Pillsbury believes that helpin...
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| | Program Development Associates
Program Development Associates distributes multimedia training and educational resources on an up-to-date list of disability topics.
We supply disability professionals in social service agencies, k-12 special education teachers in public and priva...
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| | Project Solo
Project Solo is a life skills program for youth ages 16-19. Youth work closely with an advocate in order to accomplish goals toward independence. There is also a transitional living program for documented homeless individuals that have additional req...
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| | Raise the Nation ~ Grants for single mothers
From the Raise the Nation web site:
"Our mission at Raise The Nation is to provide economic support to single parent women who want to continue with their education or repay student loans. We believe, through education, single parent women will be...
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| | Reach for Resources
Reach for Resources is a non-profit organization that provides a wide variety of support services to promote independent living and community integration for people with developmental disabilities in Hennepin and Carver Counties.
Recreation and...
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| | Saint Paul Jaycees
This organization is a great way to contribute to the community and help yourself at the same time. Members will find learning skills that enhance personal and professional growth, ways to make a difference in the lives around them, and an appreciati...
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| | Senior LinkAge Line
This hotline provides fast and free access to live operators who will help you find all kinds of resources for Seniors, including things like service providers, medical facilities, perscription drug issues, and housing options.
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| | Southside Services
Southside Services is a private, non-profit agency serving people with developmental disabilities who live independently in Hennepin County. A variety of great programs are offered, including recreation, advocacy, counseling and employment services. ...
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| | SPECIAL ACCOMODATIONS FOR VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES
The importance of voting can't be stressed enough. If you or someone you know needs help with voting because of issues related to mobility, understanding the ballet, sight or hearing impairment, inability to leave residence, or any other problem, th...
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| | St. David's Respite & Therapeutic Foster Care
Respite Foster Care
It is difficult raising a child with special needs. Every now and then, even the most dedicated parents and caregivers need a break. Our Respite Foster Care program provides respite care in 24- to 48-hour increments, usually on...
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| | STARTE - Assistive Technology Exchange
The goal of STARTE hosted by the Minnesota STAR Program is to put AT equipment that is not currently being used into the hands of someone who can benefit from it.
STARTE is primarily for Minnesotans, although we do accept entries from neighboring ...
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| | Store to Door -- Home delivery services for people with disabilities
Store To Door is a non-profit grocery delivery service for residents of the Twin Cities who have disabilities. This low cost service can be vital to maintaining an independent lifestyle.
Through Store to Door, folks can order order any item carri...
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| | Sundays Energy
Energy costs are continuing to rise, and it is increasingly clear that people must change their patterns to ease pressure on the environment. The average citizen must find ways to minimize their use of resources as technology finds more sustainable f...
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| | Tasks Unlimited
Tasks Unlimited is a group of not-for-profit organizations committed to helping adults with serious and persistent mental illness and brain disorder improve their status by increasing self-sufficiency. Programs serve residents of Minnesota and are lo...
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| | Telephone Equipment Distribution (TED) Program
Do you, or does someone you know, have trouble using the phone independently? Could an adaptive telephone be the answer? This program lends telephone equipment to people who are hard of hearing, deaf, or have a speech or mobility impairment. There...
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| | The Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM)
The Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM) is an organization of families, educators, care givers, and professionals committed to supporting individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It was established in 1971. AuSM has members throughout the sta...
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| | The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project is a small center-based, early intervention, verbal behavior therapy center for children with autism. The center serves approximately 10 children, ages 2-8, in a one-to-one environment for 20 hours per week. The Lazarus Center has...
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| | United Cerebral Palsy
For 50 years, UCP (a.k.a. United Cerebral Palsy) has been committed to change and progress for persons with disabilities. This national organization, and its nationwide network affiliates, strives to ensure the inclusion of persons with disabilities ...
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| | Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide
Funded by the Department of Justice’s Office of Victims of Crime, the project is focused on making information accessible on ending crimes against people with disabilities. The site includes resources, funding opportunities, events, and news items.
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| | Video - Benefits of hiring people with disabilities
How to Improve ROI: Employment Solutions for Small Business
More than 18 million people with disabilities are currently employed in America’s workforce. Are you curious about how your small business can tap into these available resources and incre...
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| | West Metro Learning Connections, Inc.
WMLC is a school of social skills development for children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and related conditions. The school combines therapeutic education, guided social experiences, training, coaching, and consultation to make auti...
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| | WhatsUp.org ~ Connecting Twin Cities teens with activities and youth programs
What’s Up? connects Twin Cities teens with youth programs and activities in their area. Call What's Up? between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, or between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and you'll talk to a youth information specia...
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| | Wheelchair Getaways
This company offers luxury full-size and mini-vans, fully adapted with lifts, ramps, raised roofs and lowered floors, wheelchair and scooter securement systems, and more. Wheelchair Getaways has new and used vehicles for rent, sale, or lease. There...
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| | Wingspan Life Resources
This organization serves people with disabilities through residential and in-home services. Wingspan is committed to maximizing the amount of control and influence each person has over his or her life choices. Wingspan staff members assist each indi...
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| | WorkAbilities, Inc. -- Job services for people with disabilities
WorkAbilities helps adults with developmental disabilities by providing services ranging from supported employment to supported therapies. Individualized service plans are created for each client to achieve the best results. Examples of services pr...
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