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Neighborhood Helper is a free, private tool connecting Twin Cities residents with 191 verified community resources across Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Bloomington, Richfield, Edina, St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Crystal, New Hope, Robbinsdale, Plymouth, Minnetonka, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Eagan, Lakeville, Rosemount, and surrounding areas.
Available in English, Spanish (Español), Somali (Soomaali), and Hmong (Lus Hmoob). No account required. No data collected. Free forever.
Free food shelves, hot meals, groceries, and food delivery across the Twin Cities including Keystone Community Services (Midway, North End, Downtown Saint Paul), Merrick Community Services (East Side Saint Paul), Feeding Frogtown, Hallie Q. Brown Community Center (Rondo), West Seventh Community Center, Salvation Army East Saint Paul, NorthPoint Health and Wellness (North Minneapolis), VEAP (Bloomington, Richfield, Edina), STEP St. Louis Park, CEAP Brooklyn Center, Loaves and Fishes Minneapolis, and more. Many locations require no ID and no appointment.
Food resources include client-choice food shelves (you shop like a grocery store), hot meal programs open daily, WIC food benefits for pregnant women and children under 5, SNAP food stamp application help, home delivery for seniors and people with disabilities, culturally specific foods including halal, kosher, and East African foods, and school-based food programs.
Emergency shelter referrals, eviction prevention, rental assistance, and housing navigation across Ramsey County, Hennepin County, and Dakota County. Resources include Adult Shelter Connect (Hennepin County emergency shelter intake), People Serving People (largest family homeless shelter in Minneapolis), Catholic Charities Dorothy Day Center, Simpson Housing, Harbor Light, Higher Ground, and Avivo Village. Emergency rental assistance programs available through Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and county governments.
HOME Line provides free legal help for renters across all of Minnesota including help with evictions, repairs, and landlord disputes. Call 611-728-5767.
Free and sliding scale health clinics across Saint Paul and Minneapolis including Minnesota Community Care (multiple Saint Paul locations), Open Cities Health Center (Frogtown and North End), NorthPoint Health and Wellness, Hennepin Healthcare HCMC, and Community-University Health Care Center (Phillips neighborhood). Free dental care available through Hope Dental and Community Dental Care.
Mental health crisis resources: Call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) 24 hours a day. Ramsey County Adult Crisis Line 651-266-7900. Ramsey County Children Crisis Line 651-266-7878. Minnesota Warmline 651-288-0400 (peer support, not a crisis line).
Free legal help for low-income residents through Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, Southern MN Regional Legal Services, the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, Immigrant Connection Mosaic, the International Institute of Minnesota, and CLUES (Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio). Free expungement clinics in Ramsey County (4th Thursday monthly) and Hennepin County. Neighborhood Justice Center provides free criminal defense for low-income residents in Ramsey, Dakota, and Washington counties.
Immigration resources include Know Your Rights information, legal representation for immigration cases, naturalization help, and the City of Saint Paul immigration resources page at stpaul.gov/immigration-resources. All immigration resources serve clients regardless of immigration status.
Dedicated reentry resources for people recently released from incarceration including Ujamaa Place (housing, jobs, and mental health for Black men in Saint Paul), RS Eden (transitional housing Saint Paul), EMERGE Minnesota (job training Twin Cities), Amicus (drop-in reentry services Minneapolis), Kingsmen Project (peer mentorship Twin Cities), Portland House (residential reentry Minneapolis), Better Futures Minnesota (employment for returning men), TC Rise (job training Minneapolis), VOA Residential Reentry Centers (Lake Street Minneapolis and Roseville), Central MN Reentry Project (St. Cloud, Brainerd, Moose Lake corridor), and MN Department of Corrections Reentry Services (statewide).
Free expungement help and legal aid for people with criminal records. CareerForce locations across Minnesota including Duluth, Brainerd, St. Cloud, Mankato, and Rochester offer free job training and employment services.
Confidential support for survivors of sexual violence with no police involvement required. Day One Crisis Line 1-866-223-1111 (24 hours, statewide). SOS Sexual Violence Services Ramsey County 651-266-1000 (24 hours, SANE medical exams without police report). Sexual Violence Center Hennepin County 612-871-5111 (24 hours, all genders, ages 12 and up). Standpoint legal advocacy 1-800-313-2666 (statewide, all immigration statuses). Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA) find-help locator at mncasa.org.
Saint Paul neighborhoods: East Side (Payne-Phalen, Arcade, Dayton's Bluff), West Side (District del Sol, Cesar Chavez Street), Frogtown (Thomas-Dale, University Avenue), Rondo (Summit-University, Selby Avenue), North End (Rice Street, Maryland Avenue), Midway (Hamline, Snelling, Green Line), Downtown (Lowertown, Capitol area), Highland Park and West Seventh.
Minneapolis neighborhoods: North Minneapolis (Camden, Webber, Hawthorne), Northeast Minneapolis, Phillips and Midtown, Cedar-Riverside and Seward, South Minneapolis.
Suburbs: Bloomington, Richfield, Edina, St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Crystal, New Hope, Robbinsdale, Golden Valley, Plymouth, Wayzata, Minnetonka, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Eagan, Lakeville, Farmington, Rosemount.
Neighborhood Helper is available in English, Spanish (Español), Somali (Soomaali), and Hmong (Lus Hmoob). All 191 resources are translated in all four languages. Many listed resources also provide services directly in Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Karen, Amharic, Oromo, Arabic, and other languages - see individual resource listings.
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