Housing Stability

• Aeon

Web:  http://www.aeonmn.org/

Aeon is a nonprofit developer, owner and manager of high quality affordable aparment homes in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area.  Both Archdale Apartments and St. Barnabas Apartments are owned and property managed by Aeon.

• Plymouth Neighborhood Foundation

Web:  http://www.plymouthfoundation.org/

Plymouth Church Neighborhood Foundation is a non-profit housing  organization, which owns and develops housing to meet a range of community  needs.  YouthLink partners with PCNF, HIRED, and CommonBond to offer supportive services to young people living in forty-two furnished studio apartments at Nicollet Square. 

• Hearth Connections / Luthern Social Services

Hearth Connection manages the seven metro-wide long-term homeless project (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Remsey, Scott, and Washington counties.)  Hearth Connection contracts with YouthLink to coordinate the Youth Mobile Team.  This includes a partnership between YouthLink and Lutheran Social Services. 

Health and Wellness

• Health Care for the Homeless

The Health Care for the Homeless Project is a federally funded program administered by Hennepin County’s Community Health Department. The team provides onsite primary and preventive care; young people have access to the health clinic for physicals, treatment of basic illnesses, pregnancy and STI testing, birth control and other medications.

• Children’s Dental Services

Web: http://www.childrensdentalservices.org/index.html

Children’s Dental Services provides a full range of dental services to children from birth until age twenty-one and to pregnant women.  Young people can make an appointment to have their teeth cleaned and examined by a dentist; they can also do x-rays, fill cavities and do extractions on site.

• YouthLink Mental Health

Counselors are available to meet with young people for short-term assistance and/or regular on-going appointments. YouthLink Mental Health also helps young people with referrals for psychiatric appointments and information they might need about medications.

• Hennepin County Public Health Clinic-HIM

The Hennepin County Public Health Clinic provides screening and treatment for STDs, HIV testing, and TB control services.

• Minnesota Visiting Nurses Agency

Web: http://www.mvna.org/

Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency (MVNA) provides family-centered and community-based public health nursing services.  MVNA provides information on topics essential to the health and well being of pregnant and parenting youth and their families.

• NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center

Web:  http://www.northpointhealth.org/

• Hennepin County Child and Teen Check-up

Youth have access to help with medical assistance, help find a doctor or dentist, and help arrange appointments as well as transportation to appointments. 

Crisis, Basic Needs Drop-In

• African American Men Project/ North Point Inc.

Psychosocial support, personal empowerment and leadership development.  Men’s group meets every Thursday evening.

• Hennepin County Eligibility Support

Evaluate youth situations to determine eligibility for any public assistance services including cash, food support, health care, and emergency assistance.  Help youth complete applications.

• Hennepin County Transitions to Independence Program

Evaluates youth who have experienced the foster care system to determine eligibility for extended foster care support and benefits. 

• Kulture Klub

Kulture Klub Collaborative is an independent nonprofit arts organization that brings together artists and homeless teens. Through workshops, open mics, cultural presentations, and “art views,” homeless teens develop their creative expression, receive exposure to artistic excellence, and enter into a group of peers, supportive adults, and diverse social communities.

• Hennepin County Front Door, Homeless Access

In addition to education and consultation, Front Door Screeners do initial screening and intake into county-operated programs.  Young adults who are “aging out” of youth services and who experience barriers to housing due to struggles with mental health, chemical health and or physical disabilities have access to these services. 

• YouthLink Case Management

YouthLink provides intensive case management for students currently enrolled in any of the Minneapolis public schools or contract alternative schools who are between the ages of 15 and 20. YouthLink case managers work closely with young people one-on-one to identify their goals and to help them to craft a plan to take positive steps toward their goals and self-sufficiency.

• Ulta Corporation

Ulta provides hair care services, including haircuts and hygiene products to young people in crisis. 

• Faegre and Benson Law Firm, Volunteer Lawyers Network, Lindquist, MJF, and Legal Aid

Free legal clinic at YouthLink one evening a week.  Legal advice for youth and also help for youth to organize legal paperwork they need to address.

Education and Employment

• HIRED

Web:  http://www.hired.org/

Assists young people gain employment skills through paid internships.

• Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Web:  http://www.minneapolis.edu/

Provides information, access and exposure to post-secondary education.  Career resource information for homeless young people.  Referral of homeless students enrolled at the college to the Youth Opportunity Center for basic needs services.  Mutual programming between YouthLink and the MCTC Resource and Referral Services. 

• Minneapolis Public Schools Homeless and Highly Mobile Student Record and Administration Support

Helps youth navigate school enrollment system, including access to transcripts, student records and other needed paperwork. A representative from MPS office of Homeless and Highly Mobile students is available onsite at the Youth Opportunity Center.

• Minneapolis Public Schools/ Youth Coordinating Board

Web:  http://www.ycb.org/

The Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board champions the well-being and healthy development of Minneapolis children and young people. They are a collaborative effort of the City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, and the Minneapolis Public Schools.

• The Workforce Center/The Zone

Provides onsite weekly services to help youth wit resumes, job applications, and other work readiness skills.

• We Want You Back

Connects with former MPS students.  Provides assistance to reenroll in school online, portfolio programs and/or other diploma options.  “We Want You Back” is a partnership between the City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board, Hennepin County and other community groups.

• YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis

Web:  https://www.ymcatwincities.org/