Home | About | LCTS | Programs | Resources | Calendar | Committees | Newsletters
 

A Listing of Agencies, Clinical Services, and

Support Groups in Kandiyohi County

May 2008

Sponsored by the Kandiyohi County

Local Advisory Committee

on Mental Health

(LAC)

NOTE:

This document is provided by the LAC as an informational resource for families

as well as service providers. It may not be a comprehensive list, and will

be updated periodically as needed. 
 
Please use area code 320 unless specified otherwise.

The Kandiyohi County LAC and PACT 4 Families Collaborative are not necessarily endorsing or advertising any of the services or support groups listed.

For more information about the Local Advisory Committee,

or to request an entry or update in this Resource List, contact:

becromosz@yahoo.com

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 

Alcoholics Anonymous, Alanon,  Alateen

Many groups meeting in the area; see also Community Support Groups for listings.

235-3490 or  235-9886

Adult Basic Education

For those age 16+ not enrolled in high school. Earn GED or improve basic skills. No fee. ESL classes available. WashingtonLearningCenter.

 231-8480

Angel Ministries

For small monthly fee, participants receive quality meats/groceries. Distribution third Saturday of the month at HarvestCommunityChurch. Menus available.

Diana, 214-1928

ARC Kandiyohi Chapter

Advocacy, support for people with developmental disabilities and their families

235-5411

Central Minnesota Legal Services

Legal services for low income people (125% of poverty) and elderly. Spanish-speaking lawyer available.   Areas of assistance/appeals: MFIP, food stamps, Medicare, utility shut-offs, SSI, General Assistance, Medical Assistance, nursing home eviction, divorce, Title III, health care, immigration matters. 

235-9600 or (800) 622-4011

Child Care Assistance MFIP

Transition year and basic sliding fee child care. Must meet eligibility criteria. KandiyohiCounty Family Services.

231-7800

Child Care Resource & Referral (A program of Heartland Community Action Agency)

Free individual assistance from a child care referral specialist, who will search for child care that meets your specific needs, toll free at 1-866-511-2244.
Support and resources for licensed and unlicensed child care programs.

214-0030 or (800) 221-1421

Clothing Exchange

Fall and spring event – “gently used” clothing donated and exchanged. Not necessary to donate to participate. Harvest Community Church 

Cindy, 235-2106

Community Teen Moms

Teenage mothers develop effective parenting and independent living skills. Lutheran Social Services

231-7075

Community Transition Interagency Committee (CTIC)

Promotes increased opportunities for people of transition age (14-25) with developmental disabilities (emotional, physical, mental). Southwest Cooperative Service Unit.

231-8457

DetoxCenter

Available 24 hours. Alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and other drug interventions. Woodland Centers

235-4613 or (800) 284-3623 or (800) 992-1716

Disability Linkage Line Free information, referral and assistance to help connect people with disabilities or chronic illness to community services. (866) 333-2466

Family Liaison Program

Support and advocacy for parents from parents who have navigated the mental health system. PACT 4 Families

231-7030

Family Literacy Program

Literacy/parenting – serves adults with children birth to age 7. Four components: Parent attends ABE to work on GED or ESL; parenting classes; early childhood classes, parent and child interaction activities. WashingtonLearningCenter

231-8490

Fare Share

For small monthly fee and 2 volunteer hours, participants receive bags of food. Distribution one Saturday per month at Evangelical Free Church.

599-4728

Food Shelf

Emergency food assistance. Provide 8 times annually per family. Eligibility requirements.

235-2641

Gillette Children's Mobile Outreach Clinic Helps people with disabilities gain access to assistive technology. Comes to Willmar on regular basis. (800) 578-4266
Goodwill Easter Seals Services to help people with disabilities achieve their educational and  employment goals. Thrift store, Medical Equipment Loan Program, Goals program for youth. 214-9239

Habitat for Humanity

Christian-based housing program. Partners with qualifying families by teaching building/maintenance skills, and selling homes at no profit

231-2704

Heartland Community Action Agency

Energy assistance, housing rental assistance, transitional housing, weatherization, transportation program, Circles of Support

235-0850 or (800) 992-1710

Hope Pregnancy Center

Free pregnancy testing, counseling, advocacy and referral services. Free maternity and baby clothes. Free ultrasound available.

235-7619

Human Technologies Professional Association

Specializing in chronic emotional, behavioral and marriage problems.

235-5651

KAT Bus

Bus transportation, volunteer drivers

214-7433

Kandiyohi County Extension Office

Nutrition education program for young families, offered free of charge in the home. Financial restrictions apply. Topics: Home care, nutrition, family life, financial management, rural leadership, horticulture, etc.

231-7890

Kandiyohi County Family Services

Children’s Mental Health case management, voluntary Child Welfare services, financial services, etc.

231-7800

Kandiyohi County Guardian ad litem program

Advocates for children in the legal system

231-6578

Kandiyohi County Housing/Redevelopment Authority (HRA)

Rental assistance, town-home rental, housing rehab

235-8637

Kandiyohi County Public Health

Health education and program for families

231-7860

Kandiyohi County Interagency Early Intervention Committee

Various agency representatives meet to address concerns of families with children birth – age 5 with special needs

231-5187 Ext. 5187

Kandiyohi County United Way

Gifts in kind; Caring Connections Volunteer Network

235-1050

Lend-A-Hand Mentor Program, YMCA

Mentor Matches for children and youth

222-9622

Licensed Day Care Providers

Contact Kandiyohi County Family Services for list of providers

231-7800

Little Crow Special Education Cooperative

Serving member school districts: ACGC, BBE, BOLD, EVW, KMS, MACCRAY, NLS, Prinsburg, Willmar. Special needs evaluation and services.

231-5184

Local Advisory Council (LAC) on Mental Health Legislatively mandated council of consumers and service providers to find ways to improve local mental health services. Reports to county board. becromosz@yahoo.com   

MAC (Mothers and Children)

Nutritional program to complement WIC program. Pick up second Monday of the month.   Pregnant women, postpartum mothers and children to age 6 eligible.   Financial restrictions apply.

(800) 365-0270

Meals on Wheels

Nutritious meals delivered to shut-ins Monday through Saturday

235-5310

Medical Equipment Loan Program Lends assistive living medical equipment for three to four months. Goodwill Easter Seals 214-9238

Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health (MACMH)

Annual Children’s Mental Health conference for providers and parents; usually meets in spring in Duluth. For more information see website, www.macmh.org

(800) 528-4511

Minnesota Workforce Center/Jobs and Training Provides tools, resources and services needed for job search, career planning, and training needs 231-5174
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) ~ Regional Affiliate Grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Organizing a local affiliate. Consumer and family groups recruiting for a steering committee. 235-4211

PACT 4 Families Collaborative

Four county Children’s Mental Health and Family Services Collaborative. Lead agency for Wraparound. (Kandiyohi, Renville, Meeker, Yellow-Medicine counties)

231-7030

Parents Experience Program For parents struggling with family life. Uses multi-faceted approach to help parents gain self-appreciation and consciousness of parental choices. Unhdipi Center for Change (507) 627-1217

Pregnancy Education for Teens (P.E.T.)

Prepared childbirth classes specifically designed to meet the needs of pregnant teens and their partners.

231-7826

Planned Parenthood

Family planning service, pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted disease testing

235-9150

Prairie Lakes Youth Programs: Correctional

Secure detention and correctional facility; non-secure detention and transition program

231-1729

Prairie Lakes Youth Programs: Boys Group Home and Girls Group Home

Designed to provide a short-term, nurturing environment for adolescents. Education for youth to identify and evaluate behaviors and issues causing problems in their lives. Promotes and assists communication and problem solving with families.

231-1729

RAAN (Rural AIDS Action Network)

Non-profit network based in Alexandria. Frequently comes to Willmar. Free confidential HIV testing, counseling, case management and support. Quick results.

(877) 536-RAAN or (800) 966-9735 (Latino hotline)

Resource Center Program Support services and referral for people with disabilities and their families. Information, support, lending library, networking and scholarships for education and other services. West Central Industries 235-5310

Salvation Army

Provides immediate motel/hotel vouchers to families facing imminent homelessness. Many children’s activities available all year, including after- school activities

235-2033

Shelter House, Inc.

Support and advocacy for battered women and children. 24 hour phone line. 

235-0962 or (800) 792-4210

West Central Integration Collaborative

Multicultural collaborative promoting development of health, education and business.

231-8546

WIC

Nutritional education program. Provides supplemental foods which promote good health for pregnant women, breast-feeding women and children birth – age 5. KandiyohiCounty Public Health

231-7066

Willmar Area Chamber of Commerce

Listing of Willmar rental apartments; identifies subsidized apartments.

235-0300

YMCA

Swimming and Wellness Center (scholarships and sliding fee scale available with some restrictions), day camps, free monthly Family Time, summer sports camps, Teen Leadership programs, other community events

222-9622

Youth for Christ

High school campus clubs, music groups, dirt bike program, after school youth programs – year-round activities.

235-0119

COUNSELING SERVICES  

Affiliated CommunityMedicalCenter

Individual Therapy

231-5000

Children’s Therapy Works

Occupational and Speech Therapy

214-7082

Crisis Center

24 hour crisis intervention. Phone counseling available.

235-4613 or(800) 432-8781 or (800) 992-1716

CABHS (Children and Adolescent Behavioral Health Services)

Inpatient treatment: psychological testing, psychiatric evaluations, individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, DBT

231-5405

Crossroads Counseling

Faith-based counseling services; individual therapy; play therapy for children.

214-8558

Greater Minnesota Family Services

Psychological testing, home-based services, diagnostic assessments, Shelter Care, HCBS program (Home and Community Based Services).

214-9692

Life Seasons Professional Counseling

Individual therapy, family therapy, educational groups, diagnostic assessments, specializes in eating disorders

235-4900

Lighthouse Counseling

Individual therapy

214-1201

Lutheran Social Services

Individual therapy, intensive in-home, therapeutic foster care, family therapy. 

Youth Programs: SEARCH, foster grandparents program, Teen Moms, transitional housing, family therapy, financial/debt counseling, personal support services

235-5411

235-5411

Morrow Counseling and Consultation

Individual therapy

235-9599

Rice Hospital Mental Health Unit

Inpatient Hospitalization (age 16+)

231-4394

Rice Institute for Counseling and Education

Individual therapy (age 16+), family therapy, educational groups, psychological testing, medication management, mental health inpatient care (age 16+)

231-4399

Woodland Centers

Crisis and mental health clinic: Psychological and psychiatric evaluations, individual counseling, intensive in-home therapy, psychological testing, psychiatric care, Chemical Dependency assessments, Family & Community Support group, Day Treatments (youth and adults), DBT (adolescents and adults), Partial Hospitalization (youth and adults)

235-4613

KANDIYOHI COUNTY CLINICS AND HOSPITALS 

Affiliated CommunityMedicalCenter

101 Willmar Avenue SW, Willmar www.acmc.com

231-5000

Affiliated CommunityMedicalCenter – NL

206 Main Street, New London

354-2222

Family Practice Medical Center

502 2nd Street SW, Willmar

235-7232

Rice Memorial Hospital

301 Becker Avenue SW, Willmar

235-4543


KANDIYOHI COUNTY 

SUPPORT GROUP

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION/CITY

PHONE NUMBER

ADHD Parent Group – NLS Schools

 

Support for parents of children with ADHD. Open to parents outside of NLS Schools.

New London-Spicer Schools

NLS Parent School Liaison, 354-2252

AIDS Support Group

Support, education for people affected by HIV

Woodland Centers

235-4613

Alcoholics Anonymous

AA Support Group

Assembly of God Church, Willmar

235-2529

AA Support Group

Hope Presbyterian Church, Spicer

796-2650

AA Support Group, Nursery Provided

EagleLakeLutheranChurch, Willmar

231-3114

Al-Anon

AA Family Support

Assembly of GodChurch, Willmar

235-2529

AA Family Support

Hope Presbyterian Church,  Spicer

796-2650

Alcoholics Victorious

AA Support Group

Church of the Nazarene, Willmar

235-1717

Alzheimer’s Support Group

Support for families, caretakers

BethelLutheranChurch, Willmar

Wilma Boonstra, 967-4139

Arthritis Support Group

Education, support for families of people with arthritis

Bethesda Day Care Center

Bunne Frost-Johnson, 235-4891

Autism Parent Group – NLS Schools

Support for parents of children with Autism Spectrum disorders. Open to parents outside of NLS Schools.

New London Spicer Schools

NLS Parent School Liaison, 354-2252

Befrienders

Trained “lay listener” support for those in need of a listening ear (crisis, hard times)

Vinje Lutheran Church, Willmar

235-1441

Cancer Support Group

Suppose for those affected by cancer

Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar

Bev, 231-4211

Caregiver’s Support

Support groups for caregivers

First Covenant Church, Willmar

235-0154, Barb Chester

 

Support groups for caregivers

Bethesda Day Care Center, Willmar

Bunne Frost-Johnson, 235-9532

Celebrate Recovery

Support for those recovering from addictions

Evangelical Free Church, Willmar

Dave, 220-3753

Commit to Quit Nicotene Support Group

Support for those wanting to quit smoking

Meets at LuLu Beans, Willmar

Bonnie, 264-1186

Compassionate Friends

Support for parents who have lost a child

VinjeLutheranChurch, Willmar

235-1441

Depression and Bipolar Support Groups

Supports for those affected by depression and/or bipolar disorder

West Central Industries

262-3418, Stefani

Divorce Care

Support for divorced or separated

Assembly of God Church, Willmar

235-2529

“Faith Friends”

Visitation Ministry

Faith Lutheran Church, Spicer

Carla, 796-2522

Fishing Outings

Support for seniors or those in hospice – taken on fishing outings

Crossroads United MethodistChurch, Spicer

Mike, 796-2339

Friendly Visitors

Visitation ministry for homebound, aged, lonely

Vinje Lutheran Church, Willmar

235-1441

Friendship for the Disabled

Support, fellowship and Bible Study for physically/mentally challenged

Willmar Christian Reformed Church

235-3060

Gamblers Anonymous

Gambling Support Group

Bethel Lutheran Church, Willmar

235-5450

Gam-Anon

Family Support – Gambling

Bethel Lutheran Church, Willmar

235-5450

Grief Care

Support for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one

Assembly of God Church, Willmar

235-2529

Health Insurance Counseling

Volunteers available by appointment to answer questions related to health insurance

Rice Memorial Hospital

231-4069

Kandi Foster, Adoption and Kinship Support Group

Support group for foster, adoptive and kinship care families

Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation (MN ASAP)

Leah, 894-2334

Military Ministry

Support for military families

Assembly of God Church, Willmar

235-2529

MS Support Group

Support, education for people with MS and their families

Bethesda Pleasantview

231-8936

MOPS

Mothers of Preschoolers Support

Evangelical Covenant Church, New London

354-2446

 

Mothers of Preschoolers Support

Evangelical Free Church, Willmar

Barb, 235-6231

NAMI (National Alliance of Mentally Ill) Support Group

New support group beginning fall 2008

West Central Industries

235-5310 Ext. 216  Jamin

Narcotics Anonymous

Support – Narcotics Recovery

Assembly of God Church, Willmar

235-2529

“Not Through Yet”

Support for age 55+

Calvary Lutheran Church, Willmar

235-2508, Kurt Norskog

Overeaters Anonymous

Education and Support

Lakeland Health Center every Monday evening

Confidential – can just show up

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group

Support, education for those affected and their families

SeniorCitizensCenter

231-8935

Purity Groups for Men

For men who struggle with pornography addictions

Evangelical Free Church, Willmar

Randy, 222-7039

Stroke Victims Support Group

Support, education for stroke victims and families

Lakeland Health Center

231-4211

TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Support Groups

Supports groups for TBI survivors and for caregivers

West Central Industries Job Link

235-5310, Alisa

Teen MOPS

Teen Mothers of Preschoolers Support

Assembly of God Church, Willmar

235-2529

TOPS

Weight Loss Support Program

FirstCovenantChurch, Willmar

235-3010

West Central ADHD Group

New support group beginning fall 2008

West Central Industries

235-5310 Ext. 216 Jamin

West Central Autism Group

New support group beginning Fall 2008

West Central Industries

235-5310 Ext. 217 Jamin

West Central Down Syndrome Networking Group

Supports for families with children with Down’s Syndrome

West Central Industries

235-5310 Ext. 216 Jamin

Widows/Widowers

Support for those who have lost a spouse

First Presbyterian Church, Willmar

235-1263