Northwest Community Action, Inc.

Family and Community Resource Navigator

Early childhood navigators help families and those with young children find and connect with local early childhood and family well-being services.

Description

Early Childhood 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

By connecting families to local supports and services, these agencies help families:

  • Make it easier to get what they need
  • Increase access to services
  • Improve children's readiness for kindergarten
  • Grow community engagement and social connectedness, and support community developed solutions

Features

  • Area Served by County
    • Kittson County
    • Lake of the Woods County
    • Marshall County
    • Roseau County
  • Organization Type
    • Community Action Partnership
  • Specialization
    • Family

Application Instructions

Call to make an appointment with the family services team.

Fee

These services are free.

Location

312 N Main St, Badger, MN, 56714

Area Served

Lake of the Woods, Kittson, Marshall and Roseau counties

Phone Numbers

  • Primary Contact for this program: 218-528-3258
  • Main: 218-528-3227
  • Toll Free: 800-568-5329

Email

rjenson@nwcaa.org

Websites

Other Services at this Location

  • Community Action Agency Provides programs and services that help individuals and families with low incomes.
  • Early Head Start Program that serves infants and toddlers under the age of 3, and expectant families. Provides intensive, comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families and pregnant women
  • Emergency Shelter Provides a temporary place to stay for people that do not have housing
  • Energy Assistance Program Helps renters and homeowners pay their home heating bills and may also assist homeowners to fix or replace their broken furnace
  • Transitional Housing Time-limited housing and support services for individuals and/or families
  • Utility Conservation Improvement Program Energy conservation services for people meeting income guidelines.
  • Weatherization Assistance Program Helps low-income homeowners and renters to reduce energy costs

Last Update

4/19/2024