Staff within this organization are available to help pregnant and parenting families connect with supportive services in their local community.

Description

Staff help families learn about the wide variety of services and supports that may be helpful, make referrals on behalf of families when needed, and check-in with families until navigation services are no longer needed.

Resource centers 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.

Many agencies also offer some or all the direct services listed below. The types of direct services will vary by location. Navigators help families connect to local supports and services, including:

• Food, housing and financial assistance
• Pregnancy support services and parenting education
• Programs and resources to support children's healthy development and what to do if there are concerns
• Early help for behavior concerns, crisis services for children and families
• Child care, preschool and early childhood family education
• Dental and medical care
• Disability services
• Legal services

Additional Information

Several programs support families with children, including:

• Whole Family Systems: Program identifies issues and challenges of early childhood development through a family-driven model. Whole Family Systems aims to increase access of families to early childhood learning and care.
• Match Program: Volunteer based program that connects newcomers with local individuals, families, or small groups to support them with integration into the community.
• Refugee Case workers offer intensive case management services including system navigation, referrals, community orientation workshops, and referral services
• ParentChild+ Early Learning Specialists work with families to gain skills, knowledge, and resources to support school readiness for children 2-4 years old.

This agency has Spanish, Somali, Bosnian, Vietnamese, and Arabic speaking staff in the office. IMAA also offers Language Services and able to support several other languages that are spoken in the community.

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Olmsted County

• Client Conveniences
  • Assistance with community resources

• Specialization
  • Ethiopian Community
  • Family
  • Immigrants
  • Refugees
  • Somali Community
  • Vietnamese Community

Fee

These services are free.