The crisis teams, made up of mental health professionals, can travel to the individual's location and assess the situation. Now in Minnesota, across the state, there are mental health crisis services. Often this resulted in a police, not a health care, response. It used to be that when you or a loved one had a mental health crisis, the only option was to call 911. Working to improve the lives of children and adults with mental illness and their families. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): Inquiries include requests for information and referrals on disability benefits programs, home modifications, assistive technology, personal assistance services, transition services, accessible housing, employment, social activities, and disability rights. There is no wrong call to the Disability Linkage Line. An Option Counselor will be available during regular business hours (8:30am-5:00pm) to provide one-to-one assisstance to help people learn about their options and connect with the supports and services they choose. The Disability Linkage Line can be reached statewide by calling toll-free, 1-86. The disability Linkage Line is an informationand referral service for people with disabilities. Department of Housing and Urban Development Disability HUB MN: The buildings are made possible through the U.S. Fraser is the only organization in the Twin Cities to offer this type of apartment rental program and has received national recognition for this unique model. Since that time, HousingLink has become Minnesota's primary source for affordable housing-related openings, data, information and resources.Īpplications are taken Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:00 am - 3:30 pm at the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority office:įraser Independent Living operates five apartment buildings designed for adults with developmental disabilities who can live independently with minimal support. HousingLink was organized in 1997 as a 501(c)3 organization to meet this need, and we began providing vacancy information as well as training and support to housing service agencies. One provision of the decree stipulated that an affordable housing information clearinghouse be established to ensure that low-to-moderate income families have access to the affordable housing information they need. HousingLink was established as a result of the 1995 Hollman v Cisneros Consent Decree, which sought improved housing conditions and greater locational choice for families participating in the Section 8 voucher and public housing programs. Minneapolis Public Housing Authority: Public Housing for Disabled Individuals: Each video is relatively short (less than 5 minutes) and easy to follow. This is a useful website for tips on eating healthy, managing the home, managing money, etc. Whether you need to fix, build, create, or learn, eHow gives you practical solutions to problems life throws at you! As part of CLT's curriculum, it is often helpful to see videos prior to engaging in a new activity or when trying to recall how to do something. This is an on-line resource that is helpful to transition students. Transit users can access the Metro Transit website to plan trips, look up bus routes, check the balance of their Go-To card, add money to their Go-To card, and review how to take public transit, safety first rules, Rider Alerts, and NexTrip info etc.Ĭell phone app: Metro Transit (Twin Cities) a free app that can be downloaded to a smartphone for trip planning, adding money to GO TO card, locating times of expected buses or light rail trains. If they need help remembering how to use the bus or light rail, there are tutorials to remind them. This is a valuable resource for getting to work, out in the community (if our students can get to Rosedale, they can literally get all over the Twin Cities!), going to concerts, festivals, fairs etc. As part of CLT's transition curriculum, all students access to the community using the Twin Cities public transit.
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