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The Directory of Minnesota Organizations Serving Diverse Populations has been
revised and is now available on the following DHS website:
https://edocs.dhs.state.mn.us/lfserver/Public/DHS-4411-ENG
The agencies listed in this directory provide a variety of social/human services
to children and families from a variety of cultures, including:
African American—African
American Indian—Native American
Asian—Southeast Asian
Latino—Chicano
Multicultural—European American
ASIAN
Wilder Social Adjustment for Southeast Asians Program(651) 647-9676
Counseling offered
Financial Resources:
Families can request a financial donation from the program for whatever they may need (does not necessarily mean it will be approved).
Hmong Minnesota Pacific Association
Eng Her, Executive Director
947 Payne Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55101
(612) 778-8937
FAX (612) 778-2413
Southeast Asian Community Council
Kao Lee, Executive Director
523 Bryant Ave. No.
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Phone: (612) 377-0778
http://seacc-mn.org/
Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota
Chi Lu, Executive Director
1821 University Ave. #S-210
St. Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 612) 641-8907/664-1317
http://www.vssmn.org/
Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota
Foun Manivanh, Executive Director
503 Irving Avenue North, Suite 100A
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Phone:(612) 374-4967
http://www.laocenter.org/
Hmong-American Mutual Assistance Association
James Vue, Executive Director
1718 Washington Ave. North
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Phone: (612) 374-2694
FAX (612) 374-5205
http://www.hamaa.org/
Hmong American Partnership
William Yang, Executive Director
1600 University Ave., #12
st. Paul, MN 55104
(612) 642-9601
FAX (612) 603-8399
http://www.hmong.org/
AFRICAN and AFRICAN AMERICAN
African American Family Service:
Grief and loss support groups (run by clinical social worker)
Individual and family therapy (run by clinical social worker)
Support offered. Not specific to African Americans, will see anyone.
Phone: (612) 871-7878
http://www.aafs.net
Center for Africans New to America (CANA)
Works to serve and support African immigrants and refugees. Identifies resources to advocate for services. Provides services from birth-adult for assessments/screenings; case management plans; individualized treatment plans; family therapy/child custody supervision; multicultural family therapy; recovery/evaluation; community integration.
11712 Cartier Ave
Burnsville, MN 55337
952-707-9684
952-436-8447
kateonyeneho@yahoo.com
Insight News is a longstanding African American published newspaper serving the African American community
http://insightnews.com/
AMERICAN INDIAN
Indian Health Board: (612) 721-9873, Margaret Monroe
Individual & family therapy specific to grief and loss run by psychologists. Also have a social worker with students who run groups.
Other services: testing for ADHD, ADD, etc. use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Re-processing) for nightmares due to trauma
Financial Resources:
Programs funded through third party billing, Medical Assistance, sliding fee, or insurance. They will also provide transportation if needed to attend therapy or groups. There are no financial resources for burial costs, but this agency makes many referrals to services that do have funds.
The Circle is dedicated to presenting news from a Native American perspective, while granting an equal opportunity to community voices.
www.thecirclenews.org
LATINO
Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio
Phone:(612) 746-3500
Psychologists – family, couples, individual
http://www.clues.org/
Centro
1915 Chicago Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: (612) 874-1412
http://www.centromn.org/
Latino Midwest News was founded in 1999 to connect the Hispanic community across
the Midwest states with meaningful news and information. It is distributed free
of charge every other Thursday to Minneapolis and St. Paul.
La Prensa de Minnesota is a monthly Latino newspaper that covers features
of interest to and in the Latino community.
651-224-0404
GENERAL
International Institute of MinnesotaMaintains the Minnesota Ethnic Resources Directory (MERD), a compilation of nearly 800 non-profit organizations engaged in ethnic/nationality services and activities represents cultural, social/human service, educational, artistic, religious, community and government programs in our state. For questions regarding citizenship of adopted children or children to be adopted, contact:
1694 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
651-647-0191 Phone
651-647-9268 Fax
http://www.iimn.org/
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