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Alaina Dehnke
Alaina Dehnke
School Social Worker
alaina.dehnke@fridley.k12.mn.us
Google Voice Number available Monday-Friday 8am-4pm: (612) 405-8812
Office Phone: (763)-502-5121
Please leave a message and I will return your call as soon as I can.Information includes:
Low cost internet service
Meals and groceries
Mental health services
Social emotional support
Get help supporting your student's social-emotional health, incorporating sensory supports into the home environment, accessing care coordination and other community resources, and managing parent mental health
Parents ask important questions about supporting their children during this time and get answers from Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and Dr. Jenny Radesky who are leading experts in children's health and learning.
Anoka County Transit Link Grocery Pick-Up
Anoka County Transit Link Grocery Pick-Up
Transit Link Food Shelf Flyer for Housing (002).pdfLow Technology Resource List
Low Technology Resource List
Crisis Lines
Minnesota Statewide Crisis Hotline – Call 1-866-223-1111 or Text 612-399-9995
24-hour crisis hotline offering counseling and crisis intervention services specifically for MN residents.
Anoka County Crisis Line – (763) 755-3801
Mental Health Crisis Line – (763) 755-3801
24-hour Mobile Mental Health Crisis services for children and adults: crisis assessment, crisis intervention, and crisis stabilization services.
Crisis Text Line 24/7 – Text “MN” to 741741
24-hour crisis hotline offering counseling and crisis intervention services.
Alexandra House – (763) 780-2330
24-hour helpline for those who have/are currently experiencing domestic and sexual violence.
If you are need of immediate emergency support, please call 911.
Youth Services
YMCA Youth Resource Line – (763) 493-3052
Free for youth 12-24 who are homeless or at-risk. Available 8am-8pm.
Youth Service Network (YSN) – ysnmn.org
· App to help locate shelters, drop in centers, basic need providers, counseling, and medical providers.
Food
Southern Anoka Community Assistance (SACA) – (763) 789-2444
Food Shelf – Call for an appointment
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday – 8am-4:00pm & Wednesday 10am-6:00pm
Community Emergency Assistance Programs (CEAP) – (763) 566-9600
No Barriers Youth Food Shelf – Wednesdays 3-6pm
7051 Brooklyn Boulevard, Brooklyn Center, MN 55429
ACBC (Anoka County Brotherhood Council) - (763) 422-0046
· 2615 9th Ave N, Anoka. Serves Andover, Nowthen, Coon Rapids, Oak Grove, Ramsey, & Anoka.
· Mon & Wed 12 pm-2:30 pm, Tues & Thurs 6:30 pm-8:00 pm.
CEAP (Community Emergency Assistance Program) – (763) 783-4930
· www.ceap.org. 1201 89th Ave NE Suite 130, Blaine. Serves all of Anoka County.
· Monday-Friday, 8 am-4:30 pm. Call for appointment.
Site/App to Find Food for Students Near You
· Hungersolutions.org/findhelp
· Download the App “Free Meals for Kids” in the App Store
Fridley Public Schools (FPS) Food Distribution Sites
Families can pick up meals and distance learning packets at the following school locations from 11:00am – 1:00pm, Monday through Friday, as well as the bus stop locations listed below. Student must be present, and will be provided to all regardless of Free and Reduced lunch status.
· Fridley High School - Door 16, horseshoe parking lot by gym doors in front of building
· Hayes Elementary School - bus drop off area in front of the building
Bus stop locations:
11:00am Locations
· Rice Creek Town Homes - 68th Avenue, second/middle set of mailboxes
· Commons Park - north end parking lot off 7th Street and 63rd Avenue
· Redeemer Church - parking lot
11:30am Locations
· Fridley Area Learning Center (ALC) - parking lot
· Medtronic Parking Lot - Medtronic Parkway parking lot just east of 7th Street
· River Pointe Apartments - north garages
12:00pm Locations
· Totino-Grace High School - parking lot
· Home Depot in Fridley - parking lot
· Georgetown on the River Apartments - sidewalk north of office
Income/Parental Job Support
MN Department of Employment & Economic Development - Unemployment Resources
· (651) 296-3644 Due to increased call volume wait times are longer than usual. Call our Customer Service Center only if you need help.
· Apply Online https://www1.uimn.org/ui_applicant/applicant/login.do
Anoka County Economic Assistance (EZ Info Line) – (763) 422-7200
MNSure Open Enrollment March 23, 2020 – April 21, 2020
· Apply online at https://www.mnsure.org/
WiFi
WiFi for Families who Qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch
· Comcast - 1 (855) 846-8376 or Internetessentials.com
· Charter/Spectrum - 1 (844) 488-8395; Spectrum Internet Assist program is available to anyone who doesn’t have internet access free for 60 days
Energy Assistance Program
· Anoka County Residents – (763) 783-4747
· Hennepin County Residents – (952) 930-3541
Xcel Energy - Suspends Service Disconnections
· As communities and families face the challenges caused by the spread of COVID-19, Xcel Energy will not disconnect residential customers’ electric or natural gas service until further notice.
District Provided Meals
District Provided Meals
MEAL DISTRIBUTION GUIDELINES
To support required guidelines for social distancing, and to ensure an efficient process of distributing meals to students, please be aware of the following:- Distance learning materials will also be available for students who do not have technology.
- Students must be 18-years old or younger to receive meals.
- Students must be present when picking up meals.
- When picking up meals, please maintain social distancing of 6 feet from others in the line and staff. If you are coming to one of the listed stops, please line up in a single file line behind the posted orange cones.
- You will be able to pick up one bagged meal containing lunch for the day and breakfast for the next day for each child 18-years old and younger.
- Upon arriving at a school meal distribution site, please take the food bags from the table. If you are not able to get out of your vehicle, a staff member will hand you the food bags. To prevent back up, we are asking that parents and students leave the area as soon as they have received their meals.
- No meals will be consumed on site. Please take the meals with you and eat at home.
MEAL DISTRIBUTION LOCATIONS
Please click here for a map of school meal distribution locations.Families can pick up meals at the following school locations (meals distributed Monday - Friday):
11:00 am - 1:00 pm: Fridley High School - Door 16, horseshoe parking lot by gym doors in front of building
11:00 am - 1:00 pm: Hayes Elementary Schools - bus drop off area in front of the building
Bus stop locations (meals distributed Monday - Friday):
11:00 am: Rice Creek Town Homes - 68th Avenue, second/middle set of mailboxes11:00 am: Commons Park - north end parking lot off 7th Street and 63rd Avenue
11:00 am: Redeemer Church - parking lot
11:30 am: Fridley Area Learning Center (ALC) - parking lot
11:30 am: Medtronic Parking Lot - Medtronic Parkway parking lot just east of 7th Street
11:30 am: River Pointe Apartments - north garages
12:00 pm: Totino-Grace High School - parking lot
12:00 pm: Home Depot in Fridley - parking lot
12:00 pm: Georgetown on the River Apartments - sidewalk north of office
Additional Meal Distribution Sites
Additional Meal Distribution Sites
In addition to the meal distribution locations in our school district, students who are open enrolled can access school meals at locations within closer to them in their home school districts.
For our students who live in Spring Lake Park, Columbia Heights or Minneapolis School Districts, please click on the links below to find the meal distribution site closest to you:
Columbia Heights Public Schools
Minneapolis Public Schools
Spring Lake Park Public Schools
For our students who are enrolled through Northwest Suburban Integration School District (NWSISD): Please click on the links below to find the meal distribution sites closest to you:
Anoka-Hennepin Schools
Brooklyn Center Schools
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools
ISD 782 (Elk River, Otsego, Rogers, Zimmerman)
Osseo Area Schools
Rockford Area Schools
If you are not sure about your home district boundaries, please visit the NWSISD information and resource page.
Family Wellness
Family Wellness
Helpful Websites
Helpful Websites
Minnesota Department of Education Family Engagement Week
Managing Stress During COVID-19
Protecting Yourself and Your Family
Ages 0-3 Parent Activity Guide
Ages 3- 5 Parent Activity Guide
How to talk to you kids about COVID-19
Cómo hablar con los niños sobre el Coronavirus
"Why do I have to stay home?" - A Social Story for COVID-19
Wide Open Schools- "Helps to make learning from home an experience that inspires kids, supports teachers, relieves families, and restores community."
Calm App- Meditation, bedtime stories, yoga and more
"Constant Love and Learning"- Coping Tools for Parents and Kids
Connect with Nature with Live Feeds
Activities
Activities
Spidey Senses- best done outside
This is a great activity to do as a brain break, to get fresh air, and begin any outdoor play time. Mindfulness is a practice that helps calm our bodies and focus our sensory systems. 5-10 minutes is all it takes to exercise all five senses and bring awareness to you and your child’s surroundings.- Find a comfortable spot outside OR go for a walk
- Take a deep breath and begin using your SPIDEY SENSES
- Find something you can SEE
- Close your eyes and notice something you can HEAR
- Close your eyes and notice something you can SMELL
- Close your eyes and notice something you can TOUCH
- *Add TASTE if you are inside*
Gratitude Drawings
Practicing gratitude on a regular basis can greatly improve attitude, confidence, relationships and overall mental health. Teaching children what it means and how it feels to have gratitude gives them a healthy and positive coping tool when they are feeling stressed, angry, or sad.Adults can make gratitude lists. Children can draw and color pictures of what they are grateful and thankful for.
To start this conversation, simply ask questions like:
- Who makes you happy?
- What things make you happy?
- What activities make you happy?
Follow these questions by listing things that you, the adult, are grateful for, using the phrasing “I am grateful for…”. This gives new language to the conversation so now your child can make the connection: “Things that make me happy are things that I am grateful for.”
Happy coloring!
Mindful Eating
Like other mindfulness activities, mindful eating helps us “tune in” to our senses in the present. During snack or meal time, have your child slowly activate their 5 senses one by one. As you eat, ask these questions:- What does your food LOOK like?
- What does your food FEEL like? (safe temperature to touch)
- What does your food SMELL like?
- After you take a bite, what does you food FEEL like? TASTE like? SOUND like?
Emotion Peek-a-boo
Our facial expressions are our best tool when it comes to learning and naming emotions. With this "Today I feel" emotion card as guidance, play a fun and easy game of peek-a-boo with your child!
- Hide your face with your hands
- When you reveal your face, choose an emotion to show with your face
- Have your child name that emotion
- Ask questions like:
- What might make you feel like this?
- If it is not a nice feeling, what might make you feel better?
- If it is good feeling, how could you help others feel this way?
- Take turns who shows the emotions and who guesses
Have fun!
Using books to talk about emotions, feelings, and problem solving
Characters in the books we read can teach us much more than just the lesson of the story. Using the faces and body language of characters in children's books is a fantastic way of teaching your child what that character might be feeling and why they are feeling that way. When you read a story to child, ask these questions to get them thinking about the emotions, feelings, and actions of the characters they love so much:
- What do you think is happening on this page?
- How is this character feeling?
- How can you tell?
- Have you ever felt that way?
- What do you think is going to happen?
Reading the words is not necessary when asking these questions. You can use picture books, magazines, and even videos you watch with your child.
For more tips and activities to foster your child’s Social-Emotional Learning, go to www.secondstep.org.
Themed Yoga Poses
Themed Yoga Poses
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