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• Kente Circle
• Black Therapists Rock
• Empower Therapeutic Support Services
• Relationships LLC
• Metro Social Services
• Wild Tree Psychotherapy
• Marnita’s Table
• Minnesota Care Partners

The MHealth Fairview Cultural Broker Program is an initiative of the East Side Health and Well-Being Collaborative.  Cultural Brokers build people’s capacity to take charge of their own well-being by: bridging cultural gaps, linking people to culturally responsive support and resources, encouraging social connectedness and co-navigating mainstream systems. Host agencies include: The American Indian Family Center, Family Values for Life, Hmong American Partnership, the Karen Organization of Minnesota and CLUES.  Cultural brokers do not provide emergency services or crisis intervention.

•  African American Community, 612-394-9634
  • Rhonda Godfrey at rhonda.godfrey@fairview.org
  • Host location: Family Values for Life

The MHealth Fairview Cultural Broker Program is an initiative of the East Side Health and Well-Being Collaborative.  Cultural Brokers build people’s capacity to take charge of their own well-being by: bridging cultural gaps, linking people to culturally responsive support and resources, encouraging social connectedness and co-navigating mainstream systems. Host agencies include: The American Indian Family Center, Family Values for Life, Hmong American Partnership, the Karen Organization of Minnesota and CLUES.  Cultural brokers do not provide emergency services or crisis intervention

• Hmong Community, 651-470-3210
  • Contact Nou Vang at nou.vang@fairview.org
  • Host location: Hmong American Partnership

Holistic healing is about caring for the whole person-providing for your physical, mental, spiritual and social needs. It emphasizes the connection of mind, body and spirit. 

Penny George Institute for Health and Healing

Hennepin Healthcare

Mayo Clinic Integrative Medicine and Health

The YMCA George Well Being Center

The MHealth Fairview Cultural Broker Program

The MHealth Fairview Cultural Broker Program is an initiative of the East Side Health and Well-Being Collaborative.  Cultural Brokers build people’s capacity to take charge of their own well-being by: bridging cultural gaps, linking people to culturally responsive support and resources, encouraging social connectedness and co-navigating mainstream systems. Host agencies include: The American Indian Family Center, Family Values for Life, Hmong American Partnership, the Karen Organization of Minnesota and CLUES.  Cultural brokers do not provide emergency services or crisis intervention.

•  African American Community, 651-347-6618 
  • Rhonda Godfrey at rhonda.g@familyvaluesforlife.org 
• Hmong Community, 651-470-3210
  • Contact Nou Vang at nouv@hmong.org 
• Latino/a/x Community, 612-297-5328
  • Contact Jessica Moran at  jmoran@clues.org 
• Indigineous/Native American Community, 651-802-1194
  • Contact June Blue at June Blue@aifc.net
• Karen Community, 651-238-3505
  • Contact LwePaw Kacher Inkacher@mnkaren.org

Following resources were shared by the Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative and Northeast Metro ISD 916. 

A Life in Practice (612-405-5220): Rebeka, founder of the organization is a healing justice practitioner, filmmaker, & teacher. She offers individual and group life coaching as well as workshops. During COVID she is offering free online yoga and meditation and virtual, individual healing sessions for a suggested donation of $65-$85(no one is turned away), and updated youth specific youtube playlists that encourage wellness mind, body, and spirit. 

Healing Within (651-490-3347): Healing Within Wellness Center is committed to creating an environment where each person feels respected and accepted for who they are and has opportunities for learning, healing, contributing and receiving from each other. BIPOC practitioners and offer racial healing workshops throughout the year.

612 Jungle (612-615-8614): Yoga done to hip hop. Donation based virtual classes or $10-$12 in person outdoor classes. 

Holistic Heaux: Offers Holistic Health consultation on a sliding scale fee or $30-$100 depending on the services. Includes connections how vitamins, nutrients, and foods can heal you. 

She Heals Noojimo Noojimo'iwe: (612-401-9219): Renee, founder of the practice, is an Indigenous Holistic Healing Practitioner, Community Cultural Healer, Teacher & Circle Keeper. She’s descendant and citizen of the White Earth Nation with her lineage originating from the Ojibwe Snake Clan. She specializes in Body Work/Energy Healing, including Healing Touch, Usui Reiki, Myofascial Release, Hands on & Indigenous Healing. 

She is an experienced facilitator of community and self healing ceremonies. As well as a teacher of Usui Reiki and hands on self care and healing techniques aimed to reconnect with the most powerful healer, the healer within.

“I have a special interest and share a deep connection with those who have experienced trauma and I have additional training, specific to helping others move out of trauma and into resilience.”

Neon Soul (952-212-9727): Body & Energy work, including massage, food justice work. Prioritizes appointments for BIPOC individuals and can provide sliding scale services. 

Edges Wellness (Alex Lantaff @ 612-230-8905): Therapy embedded in social justice. 

RECLAIM (612-235-6743): RECLAIM increases access to mental health support so that queer trans youth ages 12-26 may reclaim their lives from oppression in all its forms. 

Root Crown Healing (612.351.0108): Offers race-based trauma therapy to 18+ adults for free, also offers Art Therapy, Reiki, and healing yoga

Aruba Mental Health (612.84.8115) : offers virtual therapy and intensive therapeutic services for adults and children. Multiple BIPOC providers.

Socorro Counseling (612. 355.9824): BIPOC counselor for children.

Neither Both Therapy (612.568.6520): BIPOC therapist. The mission of Neither/Both LLC is to facilitate healing for people with complex identities through expanded knowledge and acceptance of self, improved communication with others, and a deepened sense of belonging.

MN Care Partner  (612.289.5656): a social-justice based agency that provides quality and culturally focused mental health services in the community and the home. Our goal is to help individuals and families live holistic lives by identifying and building upon inherent cultural strengths and addressing social barriers. Specializing  in-home and community-based services for individuals and families who cannot make it to a clinic due to physical, mental, social, financial, and/or transportation barriers. Also offer outpatient substance use disorder treatment and therapy at our offices for those who prefer to meet outside of their home.

Marco Murrieta (612.294.7135): Bilingual, Bicultural therapist extensive experience working with youth

Peak Behavioral Health (651. 493.2055): BIPOC, women therapists.  At Peak Behavioral Health we understand and value the connectedness we share with one another and take a therapeutic approach that accounts for how our families, communities, social systems and environment shape our mental health.

Village Support Therapy (612.255.7852): It is within our scope of practice to work with individuals, couples and families. We work with adolescents and adults. We work with people presenting with a wide variety of diagnosis. We have special interest in African American and African culturally specific mental health support.

Kente Circle (612-243-1600): a clinically diverse staff with professional training in marriage and family therapy, psychology, and social work for children, families, and adults.

St.Paul MN Therapist (320.318.1161) : BIPOC therapist trained in numerous therapeutic modalities AND offers space” to process and learn the impacts of systemic racism, white supremacy, colonization, racial trauma, historical trauma and intergenerational trauma.”

Hope & Healing : Our mission to improve the community through the lives of the individuals and families we have the privilege and honor of serving.

We carry out our mission by providing comprehensive, faith-based, culturally-specific behavioral health services.

Tammy Wittrock @ Just Us Health (612.373.9160): BIPOC therapist specializing in working with BIPOC folks in the LGBTQIA+ community, adults, teens and families across all socio- economic backgrounds and am particularly interested in family of origin issues and historical trauma associated with racism, sexism, ageism and discrimination.

Wilder Outpatient clinic (651.280.2000): Offers online therapy for adults and children, diverse staff, and trauma informed services.

Lorena Villasenor (612.806.9385): Bilingual, Bicultural therapist

The Shrink Space : Resource hub connecting students with Black, Indigenous or multicultural therapists of color. They work with insurance and some have sliding scale fees. It will vary depending on the agency.

Peaces'n PuzSouls therapy :, Dr. Sweeney provides a personable and trusting space with individualized and quality psychotherapy services to individuals and agency-systems who serve communities with diverse challenges and multi-generational needs.

The Family Partnership: counseling, education, and advocacy, support children, families, and communities in need, and empower them to solve their own problems. Multiple BIPOC therapists available.

The MHealth Fairview Cultural Broker Program is an initiative of the East Side Health and Well-Being Collaborative.  Cultural Brokers build people’s capacity to take charge of their own well-being by: bridging cultural gaps, linking people to culturally responsive support and resources, encouraging social connectedness and co-navigating mainstream systems. Host agencies include: The American Indian Family Center, Family Values for Life, Hmong American Partnership, the Karen Organization of Minnesota and CLUES.  Cultural brokers do not provide emergency services or crisis intervention.

• Karen Community, 612-836-8085
  • Contact Lah Pwee at Lah.Pwee@fairview.org
  • Host location: Karen Organization of
    Minnesota

PROGRAMACIÓN PARA NIÑOS, JÓVENES Y LA FAMILIA / YOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMMING

CLUES

https://clues.org/ 

A linguistically and culturally relevant resource and service nonprofit organization by Latinos for Latinos. 

Centro Tyrone Guzman

https://centromn.org/ 

A multi-service Latino organization providing holistic and culturally-centered programming in health & wellness and education for children and adults.

La Oportunidad

https://oportunidad.org/ 

A nonprofit based in the Twin Cities working with Latino youth on leadership development.

Neighborhood House (formerly Wellstone Center in St Paul)

https://neighborhoodhousemn.org/ 

A full-service hub for those seeking assistance with basic needs, from food to housing, as well as helping create future opportunities through family coaching and education programming for Adults, youth, and children.

SERVICIOS PARA LA SALUD MENTAL

CRECER

https://www.crecerservices.org/servicios-de-salud-mental 

CLUES

https://clues.org/ 

Centro Tyrone Guzman

https://www.centromn.org/ 

RECURSOS PARA EDUCACIÓN ESPECIAL + MÁS

Discapacitados Abriéndose Caminos

http://www.dacfamilycenter.org/en/home/ 

Discapacitados Abriéndose Caminos provides services in Spanish for families who have children with disabilities. Services include home visits, referrals, advocacy, interpretation and translation, training and orientation about the Individualized Education and Family Service Plans, assessing eligibility for entitlements and other services, and educational workshops.

PACER Center

https://www.pacer.org/ 

PACER provides individual assistance, workshops, publications, and other resources to help families make decisions about education and other services for their child or young adult with disabilities. PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center® provides resources designed to benefit all students, including those with disabilities.
 

VIOLENCIA DOMESTICA / DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza)

https://casadeesperanza.org/ 

Casa De Esperanza works to eliminate violence against women and children in the Latino community and the community at large. Offers family and court advocacy, bilingual 24-hour crisis response and shelter.
 

COMIDA / FOOD

WBL Food Shelf - Almacén de Comida de WBL

https://whitebearfoodshelf.org/ 

NAVEGANDO EL SISTEMA EDUCATIVA + APOYO PARA LAS LICENCIAS DE CONDUCIR, ETC. / 

NAVIGATING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM + SUPPORT FOR DRIVERS LICENSE PROCESS, ETC>

UNIDOS MN

https://unidos-mn.org/ 

UNIDOS MN (formerly known as Navigate MN) is a grassroots organization that builds power with Minnesota's working families to advance social, racial and economic justice. As an organization born from the DREAMER movement, the topics of immigration, education, and climate justice are at the core of our work.

RECURSOS LEGALES / LEGAL RESOURCES (temas civiles)

Southern MN Regional Legal Services (SMRLS)

https://www.smrls.org/ 

Offers a full range of high quality legal services to low-income persons and eligible client groups in civil matters.

Tubman (Legal Services)

https://www.tubman.org/get-help/legal-services/overview.html 

Tubman's legal services provide eligible clients with advocacy and representation around criminal law and family law cases. Tubman can help with legal matters in Hennepin, suburban Ramsey, and Washington Counties.
 

RECURSOS LEGALES / LEGAL RESOURCES (inmigración)

Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

https://www.ilcm.org/ 

A non profit providing immigration legal assistance and policy advocacy for low income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota.

CONSULADOS en MN / CONSULATES 

List of Consulates in MN. Lista de Consulados en el estado de Minnesota.

https://mnlatinos.com/organizations/category/consulates-embassy/ 

RECURSOS MEDICAS PARA LA FAMILIA / MEDICAL RESOURCES FOR THE FAMILY

La Clínica Bear Care 

https://sites.google.com/riseuphealthclinics.org/bearcare/home?authuser=3 

No-cost and low-cost health services for students and children of all ages in the White Bear Lake Area School District. Servicios gratis y de bajo costo para estudiantes y niños del distrito de WBLAS.

La Clínica 

https://www.mncare.org/ 

Low cost health care services for families with economic need. Servicios de salud de bajo costo para familias de bajos recursos económicos. 

OTROS RECURSOS

Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC)

https://www.ledcmn.org/ 

A nonprofit aimed at transforming the Minnesota community by creating economic opportunity for Latinos via programming in business development and employment skills. Una organización sin fines de lucro con la meta de transformar la comunidad en MN por crear oportunidades económicas para Latinos por medio de programación en el desarrollo de negocios y habilidades de empleo.

The MHealth Fairview Cultural Broker Program

The MHealth Fairview Cultural Broker Program is an initiative of the East Side Health and Well-Being Collaborative.  Cultural Brokers build people’s capacity to take charge of their own well-being by: bridging cultural gaps, linking people to culturally responsive support and resources, encouraging social connectedness and co-navigating mainstream systems. Host agencies include: The American Indian Family Center, Family Values for Life, Hmong American Partnership, the Karen Organization of Minnesota and CLUES.  Cultural brokers do not provide emergency services or crisis intervention.

• Latino/a/x Community, 612-297-5328
  • Contact Jessica Moran at jessica.moran@fairview.org 
  • Host location: CLUES, St. Paul location

• Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
• We R Native: For Native Youth, By Native Youth
• National Indian Education Association
• American Indian Family Center: Serving St. Paul & the East Metro
• Niniijaanis One of Ones: Early Childhood Equity for Kids Birth to 6
• Migizi
• Division of Indian Work 
• MDE: American Indian Education 

• Indigenous/Native American Community, 612-484-1309
  • Contact Monique Nelson at monique.nelson@fairview.org 
  • Host location: American Indian Family
    Center, St. Paul’s East Side location

Confederation of Somali Community:

• Assistance on housing
• Jobs and training
• Health services
• Legal advice
• Domestic services
• Immigration Assistance 
• Youth services.

• Lions Club
  • https://www.whitebearlions.org/wbl-toy-shelf/ 
  • Reach out to your school social worker for more info on registering (begins Nov 1st)
• Lutheran Social Service of MN (MKV youth)
  • https://www.lssmn.org/services/youth-homelessness/twin-cities/youth-holiday-gifts 
• North St. Paul Toy Shelf 
  • https://www.northstpaul.org/313/The-Toy-Shelf-Inc 
  • address has to have a zip code of 55109, 55128, or 55119
• The Salvation Army Angel Tree program
  • https://centralusa.salvationarmy.org/twin-cities/toy-shop/
• Toys for Tots
  • https://www.toysfortots.org/request-a-toy/  

Ramsey County Winter Warming Spaces open mid-December. Updates and additional information on these spaces can be found on the county’s website.