Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA)

Family and Community Resource Navigator

Navigators within local community organizations help pregnant families and those with children find and connect with local early childhood and family well-being services.

Description

Navigators help families connect with the wide variety of services and supports listed below, make referrals on behalf of families when needed, and check-in periodically with families until navigation services are no longer needed. Many navigation agencies also offer some or all of the direct services listed below. Type of direct services will vary by location.

Navigators help families connect to local supports and services, including:

• Pregnancy support services
• Basic needs and economic assistance
• Disability services
• Healthy development and screening
• Developmental and behavioral concerns
• Family well-being and mental health
• Early learning and child care, including preschool and early childhood family education
• Dental care
• Legal services

Navigation agencies may have staff that speak a variety of languages, that live in the local community, and represent similar cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds of the families they serve.

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Lake County
  • St. Louis County

• Organization Type
  • Community Action Partnership

• Specialization
  • Family

Eligibility

Pregnant individuals and families with young children (birth - 8 years old) in Lake & St. Louis counties (excluding the city of Duluth and surrounding area)

Fee

These services are free.