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2008 Funded Agencies.

 

Advocates For Developmental Disabilities

Provides advocacy and support for persons with developmental disabilities and their families.  Contact Phone (507) 457-9769.


Adaptive Recreation

A program for school-age children with special needs.  A wide variety of activities, crafts, and trips are offered twice weekly during the school year. For more information, call the Waseca Community Education office. Contact Phone (507) 835-5626.


Arthritis Foundation

Provides information and referral services, audio-visual materials, support group services and newsletters to people with arthritis.  
Contact Phone (
800) 333-1380.


Fact Sheet

Boy Scouts

The Twin Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

A values-oriented development program for boys ages 7-20 and girls 14-20 that teaches self-reliance, teamwork and leadership skills.  Click Here for a printable fact sheet. 
Contact Phone (800) 944-1886.


Contact

CONTACT was founded on the premise that people need people and one person can help another by caring listening over the phone. The CONTACT Help line offers 24 hour availability to persons who would like someone to talk to.
Reassurance Call Program-CONTACT volunteers make daily calls to adults, homebound adults and children at their request or the request of their families. Calls vary from a simple check in to medication reminders. Calls are available at all times of the day
  Contact Phone (800) 648-2330.


Courage Center

Provides comprehensive rehabilitation, enrichment, vocational, independent living and educational services to people with physical disabilities and sensory impairments. 
  Contact Phone (612) 520-0546.


Exchange Club Center For Family Unity

Provides education programs to prevent child abuse, to identify and discourage bullying, teach how to respect yourself and others and introduces a process for conflict resolution.   
Contact Phone (800)
642-0089.

 


 

Faith - In - Action

Services include support to caregivers, companionship and assistance with life management tasks and respite care for family caregivers.  Lifeline is a personal emergency response system.  

Contact Phone (507) 837-4227.


Girl Scouts

An informal educational program carried out in small groups with adult leadership that provides a wide range of activities developed around the interest and needs of girls.  
Contact Phone (800) 344-4757
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Infants Remembered in Silence

Offering support, resources and education to bereaved parents, family, friends, and care-providers on early pregnancy loss, miscarriage, stillbirth, neo-natal death, early infant death and SIDS.  

Contact Phone (507) 344-4748.


Jobs Plus, Inc.

Provides job coaching to adults with developmental disabilities to assist these employees in performing their job.  Contact Phone (507) 835-5004.

  

Life-Work Planning Center

Provides pre-employment services and peer personal counseling to women in transition.
  Contact Phone (507) 345-1577.


Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota

Provides marriage, family and individual counseling, as well as consumer credit counseling. Fees on a sliding scale.   
Contact Phone (507) 83
3-4301 or (507) 625-7660.

 


LSS Financial Counseling Service

Consumer Credit Counseling agency covers budgeting and debt repayment options for all types of credit problems including collection activities, credit reporting and credit card delinquency.  HUD approved housing counseling is available for pre-purchase, post-purchase or foreclosure prevention.  All services are confidential.

Contact Phone (507) 625-7169 or (888) 577-2227.


Minnesota Senior Federation

MnSF is a statewide, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization with 25,000 active members and 400 affiliated organizations, representing 100,000 individuals in all 87 counties. Membership is open to people 55 and over, although anyone can join as an associate member! MnSF’s state legislative priorities include: prescription drug prices, tax policy, quality health care delivery, and energy policy/utility deregulation. MnSF's congressional priorities include:  Medicare reimbursement rates, prescription drug prices, and Social Security.

Contact Phone (507) 345-7814


Parent Involvement

Provides volunteers who work students on their basic skills:  reading, writing and mathematics.  Contact Phone (507) 835-5626.


Waseca Area Neighborhood Service Center

Assists income-eligible residents of Waseca County with Food Shelf programs, clothing and household items, Santa Anonymous and School Supply programs, Crisis financial assistance from WCCF Family Development Grant, with referral.  Contact Phone (507) 835-4119.


American Red Cross 

Waseca County Chapter

Provides water safety and first aid instruction, health and safety services and disaster relief.  Serves bloodmobile.  
  Contact Phone (507) 835-8369.

 


RSVP

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program 

Matches persons 55 and over with meaningful volunteer opportunities in nonprofit public or proprietary health care agencies to enhance self-esteem and serve the community.  
Contact Phone (507) 835-0613 or (800) 584-5450.


Senior Citizens Center Waseca

Offers participants 55+ social, recreational, employment and educational programs.  Site for weekday noon meals.  Contact Phone (507) 835-4552.


Senior Transportation Program

Enables seniors to remain independent by taking the bus to medical, personal, and recreational services.  Contact Phone (507) 835-4551.


SMILES

Assists individuals with disabilities to live independently, pursue meaningful goals, and have the same choices and opportunities as all persons.  Services include: Individual and Systems Advocacy, Information and Referral, Independent Living skills Training, Peer counseling, Assistive Technology, Community Services, Recreation and Ramp Construction .  
Contact Phone (507) 345-7139.


St. Peter Treatment Center

 Volunteer Council

A mental health organization, provides clothing and hygiene supplies to newly arrival patients and recreational and educational tools to build self-esteem as they develop new skills and interests.  Contact Phone (507) 931-7250.


Waseca County Victim Services

Provides personal advocacy and referral to all domestic violence, sexual assault and general crime victims within Waseca County whether prosecution takes place or not.  
Contact Phone (507) 835-7828
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Volunteer Services Program

Provides health education to the area population.  Classes are free and taught by RNs  who work in the Maternity Department at the Waseca Medical Center Mayo Health System.  Contact Phone (507) 837-4227.
PRENATAL CLASSES  

are offered at the Waseca Medical Center-Mayo Health System four times a year. Class content includes: 
First Class- Prenatal care, Labor, and Delivery. 
Second Class focus primarily on the baby; tour of the maternity department and question and answer period with an OB nurse. 
MY MOM IS HAVING A BABY"
is the title for the sibling class. This class helps prepare children (ages 2-10) for a new brother or sister. Children experience strange mixed-up feelings when a new baby comes home. The class includes films, discussion and a tour of the Maternity Department. The class is taught by a OB nurse, who talks with the children about their feelings and explores the emotions of jealousy and affection. They also practice holding a baby. Parents will find this program useful in helping children adjust to a new baby.   

Waseca Collaborative for Families (Parents as Teachers)

Early learning program enabling parents to be their child's first and most influential teachers; guiding those first years' experiences toward future, life-long, successes.  Free program for families with children from birth to age three.  Contact Phone (507) 835-1601.

Waseca School Age Care

A supervised before and after-school quality childcare program for youth in grades K-6. During the summer months, a 5-day per week program is offered to assist families as well. The program is designed to assist parents who need a quality childcare program.
Contact Phone (507) 835-3187.