Community Outreach to Diversity Organizations

Adult Options In Education is an adult basic education program serving, and supported by, the community education departments of the Hopkins, Minnetonka and St. Louis Park school districts, along with the Hennepin County Adult Correctional Facility.

RECONNECT provides re-entry services that help inmates prepare for release and gives ex-offenders much-needed resources in their search for jobs, housing, clothing, family services and more. We also participate in numerous support classes such as SRD (Stop the Revolving Door), TRIAD (Chemical Dependency Unit), Sex Offender classes, Mock Job Fairs, and Transition Fairs.

The Aurora St. Anthony Neighborhood Development Corporation's (ASANDC) purpose is to address the needs of neighborhood quality of life issues, advocacy, and community economic and housing development. Our mission is to foster positive relationships within and between neighborhoods, and to support its community members in effecting their choices relative to the quality of life in their neighborhoods.

Metro North ABE is a free program to help adults age 16 years or older (who are not enrolled in a secondary school) develop basic skills; such as reading, writing, math, work skills, English and technology. Several sites are located in northern Minneapolis and St. Paul metro area.

Catholic Charities is one of the Twin Cities' largest private providers of social services, working to strengthen families and reduce poverty in the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan area. With a diverse range of programs, Catholic Charities helps tens of thousands of people annually, regardless of faith.

Centro is a partnership with Latino and Chicano families. Centro is a place where we offer respite from troubles, understanding to solve crises, education and encouragement to make change, nurturing and healing to strengthen families, art and culture to reaffirm our identity and value, and resources to build a better future.

CAC is able to provide holistic, long-term services for families and the community because all staff are trained to provide basic assistance in a multitude of areas including: food, financial assistance, child care, child neglect and maltreatment, domestic violence, sexual assault, safety planning, mentoring partnerships, and school success. When more intensive services are needed in a particular area, interdisciplinary teams, comprised of staff with the needed expertise, work directly with the family until problems are resolved.

Community Action of Minneapolis provides programs and services for low-income residents of Minneapolis. We are dedicated to helping people improve their lives. Community Action of Minneapolis identifies, interprets and translates the needs of people with limited resources to key decision makers—that result in greater sensitivity, the elimination of barriers to access and increased opportunities for people with limited resources to experience success in their lives.

Our mission is to mobilize community resources to reduce poverty in Ramsey & Washington counties. We accomplish our mission through community engagement initiatives, including the Community Blueprint to End Poverty. We also provide direct services to low-income families through our Energy Assistance, Energy Conservation, Foundations for Success, Head Start and Early Head Start, Self-Sufficiency, and Senior Nutrition programs.

ABE offers programs for adults to improve their skills so they can move ahead in their jobs, prepare for further education or improve their daily lives. Learn English, earn your High School Diploma or GED! Our caring, patient teachers will help you achieve your goal.

Organized in 1915, East Side Neighborhood Services, Inc. (ESNS) is a nonprofit human service agency that provides social and other services to individuals, families and neighborhoods primarily of Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis and surrounding communities. Its purpose is to assist people of all ages and backgrounds in realizing a higher quality of life. Family, youth, senior and employment programs are offered.

Metro North ABE is a free program to help adults age 16 years or older (who are not enrolled in a secondary school) develop basic skills; such as reading, writing, math, work skills, English and technology. Several sites are located in northern Minneapolis and St. Paul metro area.

EMERGE is a new housing, employment and community development organization, built on years of experience and stability within Pillsbury United Communities. EMERGE Workforce®™ delivers training, career counseling, job placement and ongoing support for participants in an effort to develop their wage-earning and wealth-building potential and increase access to professional development.

Employee Development Corporation (EDC) is a private rehabilitation firm, certified by the State of Minnesota, which provides Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant (QRC) services to persons who are industrially injured. We work with all parties (employers, insurers, attorneys, doctors, etc.) who are involved with each injured worker, coordinating their input within a rehabilitation process to result in that worker's return to suitable work as quickly and safely as possible.

Over the past five years, the Jobs for Veterans program has served over 1,500 veterans from every branch of the military by helping them to find employment. Partnering with the Minnesota National Guard, Reserve units and veteran service organizations, we provide tools, resources, and referrals for success in job search and career transition.

E-Quality is an organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex ( GLBT or QLBTQIA ) students and allies of GLBT's at the University of Minnesota - Morris . Through social events, educational programs, pride activism and political awareness, we strive to end stereotyping. We work to promote an understanding of and equal rights for GLBT's and for diversity.