What does a case manager do? A case manager assesses a child’s changing needs, develops a plan with other services providers and the child’s family to best address the child’s needs, links the child and family to appropriate community resources and monitors the effectiveness of planned services. For example, a case manager might interact with educational services if a child is experiencing performance problems at school or coordinate with transitional services to assist a youth in successfully making the move to adulthood. (Minnesota Statute)

Olmsted County Youth Behavioral Health

Goodhue County Social Services

Dodge County Social Services

Children’s Therapeutic Services and Support (CTSS) - Family Service Rochester

Parent Support Outreach Program (PSOP) 

Guiding Partners to Solutions (GPS) - Family Service Rochester

Children’s Mental Health Respite care services

PACE (Parents and Children Excel) - Family Service Rochester - A program for children of color. Social workers partner with families to help foster a positive working relationship between the family and school, as well as to support and empower families to provide stability, safety, and well-being for their children, through targeted case management services and mentorship programming. Call FSR at 507-287-2010 to get more information. 

Family Involvement Strategies (FIS) - Family Service Rochester - Trained staff coordinate and facilitate meetings where families develop plans to address child welfare, child maltreatment, juvenile corrections and children's mental health concerns. Call FSR at 507-287-2010 to get more information. 

Father Project - Family Service Rochester

Need help applying for / changing health insurance? - Health Access MN

Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association (IMAA) - fosters the well-being and independence of refugees and immigrants who have resettled in the Rochester and surrounding areas through its programs including victim services, employment, community health worker, interpretation, and translation. 

Mayo Clinic - Parenting Guidance around COVID-19

Goodhue County SMART - Sexual Assault Multi-Disciplinary Action Response Team. 

Victim Services - Olmsted County

Safe Harbor

Runaway & Homeless Youth Emergency Hotline 

Von Wald Youth Shelter

504 Plans and Your Child - Understood.com

PACER Center

Educational Advocates - Family Services Rochester - Social workers partner with families and schools when children and youth are experiencing school attendance concerns. The program seeks to identify barriers and help create solutions to increase educational engagement with students between the ages of 12-17 years old. Call FSR at 507-287-2010 to get more information. 

Family Access Center - Family Services Rochester - Supervised Parenting Time, Monitored Parenting Time, Safe Exchanges

Divorce Resources

Family Separation Hub - Child focused information around all aspects of divorce and family separation.

Child Care Assistance - Child Care Assistance helps families pay for day child care so that parents can pursue employment or education. It is for children age 12 and younger. For more information see mn.gov/dhs/child-care.

Pine Island Baby Closet - helps families of preemies, newborns, babies, and toddlers to age 15-months that find themselves in financial difficulty. We will help meet the physical needs of babies by providing clothing, formula, and diapers. The closet will be available to families that live within a 15-mile radius of Pine Island, but we will work to help all families that come to us in need of assistance.

Need Diapers?!

Family Resource Center - Child Mind Institute

Families and Youth - University of Minnesota

Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP)

Emergency Assistance - Emergency Assistance helps with shelter payments, such as past due rent, to stop evictions or foreclosure. It can also be used for utilities when there is a threat of disconnection.

WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Program 

General Assistance (GA)

Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA)

Financial Coaching Programs - Catholic Charities

Child Care Assistance - Child Care Assistance helps families pay for day child care so that parents can pursue employment or education. It is for children age 12 and younger. For more information see mn.gov/dhs/child-care.

Need help applying for health insurance? - Health Access MN

Pine Island Elementary School - Food for Friends "backpack program" - Available to all elementary students. Contact Cait Carr to sign up to receive a weekly bag of free food. cait.carr@pineisland.k12.mn.us

Pine Island Middle / High School - Support Our Panthers (SOP Space) - Located in the 5-12 library, the SOP space has clothing, snacks, school supplies, and personal hygiene products available FOR FREE to students to help them have a successful school year. Contact Cait Carr with any questions. cait.carr@pineisland.k12.mn.us

Agency List - Local Food Options

Ruby's Pantry - $25 for an abundance of food! Locations in Zumbrota and Rochester

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (Formerly known as "Food Stamps")

Want help completing the SNAP application? Three Rivers Community Action

Apply for Benefits easily! https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/

Dental Resources - Agency List

Are you homeless? Pine Island Schools families - complete this form to determine whether you qualify for certain services under the McKinney-Vento Act. 

McKinney-Vento Poster - Pine Island Schools

Agency List

Three Rivers Community Action - has Family Homeless Prevention Funds that are typically used for past due rent and late fees. Three Rivers also does Coordinated Entry assessment for those who are homeless.

Beyond Backgrounds - Are you denied housing in Minnesota because of a criminal background, low credit score, or recent eviction? Beyond Backgrounds by HousingLink can help!

Hope Coalition - Goodhue County - HOPE Coalition works with ordinary people facing extraordinary trauma: domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, homelessness, and inability to meet their basic needs.

Red Wing Housing and Redevelopment Authority - Goodhue County - This program is an income based rental assistance program

Southeastern Minnesota Multi County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (SEMMCHRA) - Goodhue County - Help to find affordable housing. 

Olmsted County - Housing Choice Voucher - Affordable Housing

Rochester Youth Services - Lutheran Social Services - provides a safe environment where youth ages 16-24 can receive nonjudgmental assistance from caring and trustworthy adults who are knowledgeable in overcoming the barriers of homelessness.

Runaway & Homeless Youth Emergency Hotline 

Delegation of Parental Authority (DOPA)

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS)

Can I be Emancipated? 

Volunteer Lawyers Network (VLN)

Family Access Center - Family Services Rochester - Supervised Parenting Time, Monitored Parenting Time, Safe Exchanges

Mayo Clinic - Family Stress Resource Center

Digital Safety - How to Navigate

Screentime Concerns - Family Media Plan

Parent's Guide to Screentime

Three Rivers Community Action

Internet: T Mobile Free Hotspot

Project 10Million’s Direct to Parent/Guardian program provides internet access to eligible families that have a student who meets the eligibility criteria. Approved families receive 200GB of mobile data per year for 5 years and a FREE mobile hotspot, plus the opportunity to purchase additional Wi-Fi devices at a low cost.

• New and existing T-Mobile (including Metro by T-Mobile and Assurance) as well as Non-T-Mobile customers are eligible to apply.

• Available to residents of the United States and Puerto Rico. Not currently available in the US Virgin Islands.

• One free T-Mobile hotspot device and 200GB/year data line per household, max one per student.

• Data service ends when allotment is reached until the yearly renewal date (additional data passes are available for purchase).

• May purchase up to five select, at-cost Wi-Fi-only tablets and laptops for use with the hotspot device

Internet: BevCom Internet Assistance- $10 per month 

Internet: Rochester Public Library   Check out for 2 weeks at a time

Internet: Zumbrota Public Library Check out for a week at a time.