Resources
Resources Available:
- Minnesota Hands & Voices created a very thorough resource guide for Minnesota parents. Click here to access that guide.
- Additional Resources: Click here for some additional education and medical resources
- Your county may be able to provide services, click here to access our information on Minnesota counties
Additional Resources:
- Education
- Medical/Mental Health
- Misc.
- Camps
- Deaf Mentor Program and the Department of Health and Human Services-Deaf mentors are a resource to help parents learn sign language. DHHS has collaborated with the SKI-HI Institute of Utah to train deaf adults in Minnesota as mentors. For more information go to the DHHS web site www.dhs.state.mn.us and type "deaf mentor" in the search topics box.
Education:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (MSAD)
615 Olaf Hanson Drive
Fairbault, MN 55021
800-657-3996 V/TTY
www.msad.state.mn.us
"we build the foundation so they can build the future", providing education to deaf children
The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Galluadet University provides this national communication network for parents and professionals involved in the education for deaf and hard of hearing children. http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/
Medical/Mental Health:
MinnesotaChemical Dependency Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
2450 Riverside Ave So.
Mpls, MN 55454
800-282-3323 V/TTY
www.mncddeaf.org
The Minnesota Chemical Dependency Program for deaf and hard of hearing provides individuals an in patient chemical dependency program located at Fairview hospital in Mpls.
Mental Health Access Project
The Children's Mental health Partnership is a statewide alliance of parents, decision-makers at the state, county and local levels, corrections and health care representatives, and those who serve children in school and community settings, created to affect significant improvements in Minnesota's children's mental health system.
www.mentalhealthaccessproject.org
Misc.
MinnesotaState Resources
Publication of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
www.Nichcy.org/stateshe/mn.htm
Camps:
Courage North
Box 1626, Lake george, MN 56458
218-266-3658v/t
E-mail: couragen@wcta.net
Camp Knutson
11169Whitefish Ave, Crosslake, MN 56442
218-543-4232
E-mail: rlarson@lssmn.org
Camp New Hope, Inc
53035 Lake Ave, Mcgregor,MN 55760
218-426-3560
E-mail: cnewhope@kp2.net
West Metro Horse Camp
961 Garrison Ave NE, Buffalo, MN 55313
763-682-1046
E-mail: info@westmetrohorsecamp.com
CountyResources:
Your county may also be able to help provide some services. Health and Human Services that may be provided by your county:
Financial Services
- food stamps
- medical assistance
- cash assistance
- emergency assistance
Social Services
- children services
- developmental disability services
- elderly services
- mental health services
- chemical dependency assessments
- waver programs
- adoption services
Below is a list in alphabetical order of all of the county websites in Minnesota:
www.co.aitkin.mn.us
www.co.anoka.mn.us
www.co.becker.mn.us
www.co.beltrami.mn.us
www.co.benton.mn.us
www.bigstonecounty.org
www.co.blue-earth.mn.us
www.co.brown.mn.us
www.co.carlton.mn.us
www.co.carver.mn.us
www.co.cass.mn.us
www.co.chippewa.mn.us
www.co.chisago.mn.us
www.co.clay.mn.us
www.co.clearwater.mn.us
www.co.cook.mn.us
www.rrcnet.org/~cotton/index.html
www.co.crow-wing.mn.us
www.co.dakota.mn.us
www.co.dodge.mn.us
www.co.faribault.mn.us/index.cfm
www.co.fillmore.mn.us
www.co.freeborn.mn.us
www.co.goodhue.mn.us
www.co.grant.mn.us
www.co.hennepin.mn.us
www.houstoncounty.govoffice2.com
www.co.hubbard.mn.us
www.co.isanti.mn.us
www.co.itasca.mn.us
www.co.kandiyohi.mn.us
www.visitnwminnesota.com/Kittson.htm
www.co.koochiching.mn.us
www.ci.madison.mn.us
www.co.lake.mn.us
www.co.lake-of-the-woods.mn.us
www.co.le-sueur.mn.us
www.co.lincoln.mn.us
www.lyonco.org
www.visitnwminnesota.com/Marshall.htm
www.co.martin.mn.us
www.co.mcleod.mn.us
www.co.meeker.mn.us
www.co.mille-lacs.mn.us
www.co.morrison.mn.us/wsite/index.htm
www.rootsweb.com/~mnmower/
murray-countymn.com
www.co.nicollet.mn.us
www.co.nobles.mn.us
www.co.norman.mn.us
www.olmstedcounty.com
www.co.otter-tail.mn.us
www.visitnwminnesota.com/Pennington.htm
www.pinecounty.org
www.pipestone-county.com
www.co.polk.mn.us
www.mncounties.org/pope
www.co.ramsey.mn.us
www.visitnwminnesota.com/RedLake.htm
www.co.redwood.mn.us
www.co.renville.mn.us
www.co.rice.mn.us
www.co.rock.mn.us
www.visitnwminnesota.com/Roseau.htm
www.co.scott.mn.us
www.co.sherburne.mn.us
www.co.sibley.mn.us
www.co.st-louis.mn.us
www.co.stearns.mn.us
www.co.steele.mn.us
www.co.stevens.mn.us
www.swiftcounty.com
www.co.todd.mn.us
www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21497
www.co.wabasha.mn.us
www.co.wadena.mn.us
www.co.waseca.mn.us
www.co.washington.mn.us
www.co.wilkin.mn.us
www.co.winona.mn.us
www.co.wright.mn.us
yellowmedicine.govoffice.com/
Other Community Resources:
Appointments & Referral
Metro:
612-840-0749 [VOICE]
651-265-2379 [TTY]
Toll Free:
866-840-0749 [VOICE]
866-857-2379 [TTY]



