Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association - IMAA

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.

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

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

• Specialization
  • Family
  • Hispanic/Latino Community
  • Immigrants
  • Refugees
  • Somali Community
  • Vietnamese Community

Fee

These services are free.