Official State Website: http://www.state.mn.us

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 1-800-422-4453

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Minnesota Child Response Center
Contact: Abigail Gewirtz
Phone: (612) 624-1475
Email: agewirtz@umn.edu
Web: http://www.childresponse.org/

Shelters

Churches United for the Homeless
203 6th Street, S.
Moorhead, MN 56560
Phone: 218-236-0372

Dorothy Day House
714 8th Street, S.
Moorhead, MN 56560
Phone: 218-233-5763

Dream Center of St. Clouid
529 16th Avenue, North
St. Cloud, MN 56303
Phone: 320-656-1550

Marie Sandvik Center
1112 East Franklin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55407-7351
Phone: (612)870-9617

Union Gospel Mission
219 East First Street
Duluth, MN 55802
Phone: (218)722-1196

Union Gospel Mission
435 East University Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: (612)292-1721
FAX: (612)292-9207

Welcome Home Transitional Housing for Families
101 East Hickory Street, #408 (Office)
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: (507)387-2115

Welcome Inn
419 S. Broad Street
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: (507)387-4061

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.mcbw.org/resources.htm
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Minnesota Coalition For Battered Women
1821 University Avenue West, #S-112
St. Paul, MN 55104
(651) 646-6177 Fax: (651) 646-1527
Crisis Line: (651) 646-0994
(800) 289-6177 Nationwide
Email: mcbw@mcbw.org
Website:http://www.mcbw.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.mncaa.org/
http://www.tccaction.com/
http://www.wcmca.org/
www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.prairiefive.com/minnesota_head_start_programs.htm
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Office of the Attorney General
Charities Division
1200 Bremer Tower
445 Minnesota Street
St. Paul, MN 55101-2130
651-296-9412
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/charities/Default.htm

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates