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RESOURCES and REFERRALS

Click on one of the links below to find possible resources and referrals to meet your needs.  Please note that this information is provided for informational purposes only.  While the University LifeCare Center attempts to provide accurate information, the organizations listed are not necessarily affliated with us and we make no claims or guarantees about the availability or quality of their services.

Basics Attorney Child Care Clothing Counseling
Diapers Education Employment Fathers Financial Assistance
Food & Formula Furniture Housing Medical Medical Insurance
Natural Family Planning (NFP)   OB/GYN  Pre-Natal Care Post-Abortion STI/STD Testing
Violence


Track your Baby's Development

Basics
Medformation: 651.697.3333
Metro Transit: 612.373.3333
Poison Control & Treatment Ctr: 1.800.222.1222
Police/Fire/Medical: 911 or 612.348.2345
United Way (First Call for Help):  211 or 651.291.0211


Attorney 
Legal Assistance Programs: 1.800.292.4152
(Representation for eligible low-income individuals, ask for your county’s number).

Child Care
CL Alliance: (U of M students) 952.894.0727
Greater Minneapolis Day Care Association:
Hennepin County Child Care: 612.348.5937 
Pillsbury Crisis Nursery: 612.302.3500


Clothing
St. Olaf Catholic Church: 612.332.7471x 247
Salvation Army Social Service Dept: 612.767.2700
Sharing and Caring Hands: 612.338.4640 

Counseling (free or sliding scale)
Catholic Charities: several locations 651.222.3001
CU Clinic (on U of M Campus) 612.638.0700
Catherine Mollner: 651.647.1900

Diapers
Birthright: (baby clothes & diapers) 612.338.2353
Branch III: 612.375.9372
Community Emergency Service: 612.870.1125
Groveland Emergency Food Shelf: 612.871.0277
People’s Exchange: 612-822-1634
Salvation Army: 612.721.6462 (once in a lifetime)

Education
Catholic Charities: (Childbirth Education Classes) 651.641.1180
Head Start: (Community Action of Mpls.) 612.348.8858 or 651.641.1180
Lehman Center: (Networks you to GED and Diploma programs & ESL) 612.668.3800
Minneapolis ECFE: (General Information) 612.668.3927
Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center: 612.728.2000  (Chemical Recovery groups, parenting classes, smoking cessation)
Minnesota Literary Council: 1.800.222.1990  (find nearest GED, ESL classes)

Employment
City Information Job Hotline: 612.673.2489
Hennepin County Job Hotline: 612.348.4698
La Conexion: (Message Line) 612.708.9162 (Main Line) 612.728.9221
Minnesota Workforce Center:
(Twin Cities Metro) 651.296.3644 (South) 612.821.4000
Workline: (crisis connection program) 612.852.2225

Fathers
Catholic Charities: (Tom Anderson) 651.603.0220
Memorial Blood Centers (paternity testing): 612.871.6636
Resource Center for Fathers and Families: 612.874.1509  (Parenting Classes, Anger Management)


Financial Assistance 
Emergency Assistance: 
     Anoka: 763.422.7246
     Dakota: 651.554.5611
     Hennepin: 612.596.1300
     Ramsey: 651.266.4444
     Scott: 952.496.8686
     Washington: 651.430.6455
Community Emergency Service: 612.870.1125
Lutheran Family Services: 1.888.577.2227
Marie Sandvik Center: 612.870.9617
St. Stephen’s: 612.874.0311


Food and Formula 
Brian-Coyle Food Shelf: 612.338.5282
Care & Share Foodshelf: 612.342.1966
Groveland Emergency Food Shelf: 612.871.0277
Waite House: 612.721.1681
WIC (Women, Infants & Children): 651.201.4444
Main # 1.800.657.3942


Furniture
Bridging: (free furniture, need written referral) 952.888.1105
Car Seats: (talk to medical insurance provider)
Cribs: (see Cradle of Hope Crib Site sheet)

Housing
Catholic Charities: 612.375.9372
Cornerstone: (24 hr. crisis line) 952-884-0330
Emergency Housing for Families Hennepin County: after 4pm 612.348.8239
Hennepin: 612.664.8500
Mary’s Place: 612.338.4855
Missionaries of Charity Maternity Home: 612.721.8614
Metro Shelter Hotline: 1.888.234.1329
New Life Family Services: 612.866.7715
Ramsey: 651.222.1250
Share a Life Homes: 651.690.5758
Section 8: 651.298.5158
  
Medical
Health Care for the Homeless: 612.348.5553
Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC):  612.873.3000
Indian Health Board: (Medical and Dental Service) 612-721-9800
Inter Agency: (Early Childhood Intervention:  Evaluation for Handicap Children) 612.348.TOTS (8687)
Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency: 612.617.4600
Minute Clinics in the Metro:  952.929.1233 (at Cub Stores, Target, and CVC Pharmacies)
N.I.P. Community Clinic: (appt.) 612.374.4089 (No Insurance Only!!)    
  

Natural Family Planning
Billings Ovulation Method:  (St. Paul/Minneapolis) 612.789.9422, www.woomb.org
Couple to Couple League: (St. Paul/Minneapolis) 612.721.3791, www.ccli.org
Family of Americas Foundation: (Minneapolis): 612.623.8378, (St. Paul): 651-224-1465, www. familyplanning.net
St. Paul’s NFP Ministry: 763.717.4774, www.nwfs.org
Twin Cities FertilityCare Center: 651.232.3088, www.tcnfp.org     
                                           

OB/GYN 
Free: St. Mary’s Health Clinic: 651.690.7029
Low-cost: 
    Fairview Riverside: 612.672.2900
    NorthSide LifeCare Center: 612.522.6589
    SouthSide LifeCare Center: 612.823.0301
    Wakota LifeCare Center: 651.457.1195
Physicians (Pro-Life)
Riverside Family Physicians, Dr. Catherine Dolan: 612.332.1534
AALFA Family Practice, Dr. Mary Paquette or Dr. Paul Spencer: 651.653.0062
Camden Physicians, Dr. William Turcotte: 763.559.3164
Bethsada Clinic, Dr. Kimberly Bigelow: 651.227.6551

STD Testing
Minnesota Aids Project “walk in testing”: 612.373.2437
National Hotline: 1-800-227-8922
Public Health Clinic: 612.543.5555


Medical Insurance
You may apply in person at 330 South 12th Street in Century Plaza, downtown Minneapolis, Monday through Friday 7:30am to 4:30pm
 1.800.657.3672 or 612.596.1300

Pre-Natal Care/Ultrasound
Birthpartners: (Minneapolis) 612.343.7156
Fairview Riverside Women’s Center:  612.672.2900
New Life Family Services (ultrasound only): 612.623.8378
Northside LifeCare Center: 612.522.6589
Southside LifeCare Center: 612.823.0301
Seton Services: (St. Paul) 651.641.1180

Post-Abortion
Conquerors: 612.866.7643
Marian Path: 651.291.4515
Marian Project: 651.291.4515
Rachel Vineyard: 1.877.467.3463 – 952.882.2072
The Refuge: 651.439.5964 – meetings at St. Croix Valley LifeCare Center
Silent No More: 763.536.8800

Violence
Cornerstone: (24 hr. crisis line) 952-884-0330
Legal advocates 952-884-0376
Crime Victim Centers: 612-340-5400
Crisis Intervention Center: 612.873.3161
Hennepin County Child Protection: 612.348.3552
Family Violence Network: 651.770.8544
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women: 651.646.0994
Minnesota Toll-Free Domestic Violence Crisis: 1.866.223.1111
Project Child: (self reporting – drug use) 612.879.3674
Sexual Assault (Report): Rape 612.348.2345 or 911
Sexual Violence Center: 612.871.5111
Suicide Prevention: 612.347.2222 
 

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