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We have been reviewed by the Charities Review Council and are proud to have met its Accountability Standards. To read our charity review report, visit the Charities Review Council click here.

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Welcome to Volunteers of America-Minnesota
Making a difference. Changing lives.

Volunteers of America-Minnesota is a nonprofit organization founded in 1896 which offers a wide variety of services for more than 28,000 children, adolescents and their families, older adults, students, persons with disabilities and special needs, and ex-offenders each year. We are one of the oldest, largest and most comprehensive human service organizations in the state and have more than 60 programs, 900 employees and 8,000 volunteers.  We have a rich history of developing innovative programs to meet emerging social needs. We pride ourselves on sponsoring programs which are able to explicitly articulate the outcomes achieved in our program participants' lives.

Welcome to Volunteers of America-Minnesota
Making a difference. Changing lives.

Volunteers of America-Minnesota is a nonprofit organization founded in 1896 which offers a wide variety of services for more than 28,000 children, adolescents and their families, older adults, students, persons with disabilities and special needs, and ex-offenders each year. We are one of the oldest, largest and most comprehensive human service organizations in the state and have more than 60 programs, 900 employees and 8,000 volunteers.  We have a rich history of developing innovative programs to meet emerging social needs. We pride ourselves on sponsoring programs which are able to explicitly articulate the outcomes achieved in our program participants' lives.


EVENT: (Pictured left) Minnesota Twins players Nick Punto and Kevin Slowey joined high school student volunteers from our Minnesota Action Team, as well as other special volunteers, for "Homerun to Health," a baseball-themed health fair for older adults at Volunteers of America’s Park ElderCenter June 16. The event provided older adults with... awareness and information about improving and maintaining their health including blood pressure/blood sugar management, maintaining flexibility, engaging the brain and improving eye-hand coordination.  <Click here to learn more>

EVENT: Congratulations Graduates! On June 9, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak delivered the commencement address and presented diplomas to 26 of our Adult High School students. The graduates were all English language learners age 18+ who enrolled in the program to acquire English skills and earn a high school diploma. <Click here to learn more about our Adult High School program>

NEW PUBLICATIONS: Check out upcoming activities, programs and more for older adults at our senior centers.  <Click here to read/view Southwest Center Newsletter>  <Click here to read/view Park ElderCenter Newsletter>

NEW PUBLICATION: Take a peek at our fiscal 2009 Annual Report which contains select stories of participants whose lives have been changed by our programs, financial information and more.  <Click here to read/view Annual Report> 
<Click here to request a printed copy
(provide your name and address)>

NEW PUBLICATION: Check out our latest Bar None Residential Treatment Services newsletter (published May 2010) to find out how we are helping kids with emotional and behavioral problems. <Click here>

NEWS: Volunteers of America-Minnesota was one of six charter school authorizers in the state to be approved by the Minnesota Department of Education under a new law passed by the legislature in the 2009 session. All charter school authorizers (formerly known as “sponsors”) have to be approved by the department by June 30, 2011. The new criteria for authorizers include stricter financial and academic controls and adherence to national standards for charter school oversight and quality.  <Click here to learn more>

THANKS A MILLION! Our Phoenix High School had no student library. So, Boy Scout Jeffrey Arcuri (pictured to the right) of St. Paul decided to provide our school with a library complete with bookshelves and books. To accomplish this daunting feat, Jeff led a group of scouts and volunteers to construct and paint six bookcases, as well as raise money for and conduct a book drive for more than 100 new and used books. Jeff himself spent 105 hours on the project, and scouts and volunteers spent another 169 hours on the project for a total of 274 hours. Wow! The project was completed in April for an Eagle Scout Leadership Services Project. The students and teachers of our Phoenix High School and Volunteers of America-Minnesota are eternally grateful for your enormous contribution! Read more about our Phoenix High School <Click Here>.

Minnetonka Mayor Terry Schneider thanks some of the Comcast volunteers who cleaned the grounds, mulched flower gardens and painted the fence at Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka.   (Pictured above L-R: Tom Elliot and Joe Thill of Comcast, Minnetonka Mayor Terry Schneider, and Lance Leupold of Comcast.)

Comcast volunteers mulched flower gardens at Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka as part of Comcast Cares Day.”  (Pictured above L-R: Comcast employees Chad Brabant, Lisa Jones, Claudia Nordling.)   

THANK YOU COMCAST! On April 24, a volunteer crew from Comcast cleaned up the grounds, mulched flower gardens, and painted the fence at our Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka. As the economy continues to tighten its grip on Minnesota nonprofits, Comcast employees volunteered all over the Twin Cities to assist many nonprofits upgrade their facilities. More than 1,200 local Comcast employees and their families and friends volunteered at 30 Twin Cities nonprofit sites as part of Comcast’s 9th annual “Comcast Cares Day.”  “We are well aware of how the economy has pinched most nonprofits,” said Mary Beth Schubert, Comcast’s vice president of corporate communications.  “Comcast Cares Day is an important way for hundreds of our employees and volunteers to directly impact their communities through service.”

EVENT: Sharing sweet sounds! Seniors from our Southwest Senior Center and DayElders program spent the last ten weeks on a special project: The Mountain Dulcimer. Under the direction of musician, Karen Mueller, they learned the history of the fretted, stringed instrument along with its cultural significance.  What’s more, they each built and decorated their own mountain dulcimer. Now it’s time to share the music!  Performance dates: May 3 at 11:00 a.m. at Walker Methodist, 3737 Bryant Ave. S., Minneapolis, and May 17 at 1:00 p.m. at Volunteers of America’s Southwest Center, 3612 Bryant Ave. S., Minneapolis. 
<Click here for more information>

 

 

EVENT: (Pictured left) Minnesota Twins players Nick Punto and Kevin Slowey joined high school student volunteers from our Minnesota Action Team, as well as other special volunteers, for "Homerun to Health," a baseball-themed health fair for older adults at Volunteers of America’s Park ElderCenter June 16. The event provided older adults with... awareness and information about improving and maintaining their health including blood pressure/blood sugar management, maintaining flexibility, engaging the brain and improving eye-hand coordination.  <Click here to learn more>

EVENT: Congratulations Graduates! On June 9, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak delivered the commencement address and presented diplomas to 26 of our Adult High School students. The graduates were all English language learners age 18+ who enrolled in the program to acquire English skills and earn a high school diploma. <Click here to learn more about our Adult High School program>

NEW PUBLICATIONS: Check out upcoming activities, programs and more for older adults at our senior centers.  <Click here to read/view Southwest Center Newsletter>  <Click here to read/view Park ElderCenter Newsletter>

NEW PUBLICATION: Take a peek at our fiscal 2009 Annual Report which contains select stories of participants whose lives have been changed by our programs, financial information and more.  <Click here to read/view Annual Report> 
<Click here to request a printed copy
(provide your name and address)>

NEW PUBLICATION: Check out our latest Bar None Residential Treatment Services newsletter (published May 2010) to find out how we are helping kids with emotional and behavioral problems. <Click here>

NEWS: Volunteers of America-Minnesota was one of six charter school authorizers in the state to be approved by the Minnesota Department of Education under a new law passed by the legislature in the 2009 session. All charter school authorizers (formerly known as “sponsors”) have to be approved by the department by June 30, 2011. The new criteria for authorizers include stricter financial and academic controls and adherence to national standards for charter school oversight and quality.  <Click here to learn more>

THANKS A MILLION! Our Phoenix High School had no student library. So, Boy Scout Jeffrey Arcuri (pictured to the right) of St. Paul decided to provide our school with a library complete with bookshelves and books. To accomplish this daunting feat, Jeff led a group of scouts and volunteers to construct and paint six bookcases, as well as raise money for and conduct a book drive for more than 100 new and used books. Jeff himself spent 105 hours on the project, and scouts and volunteers spent another 169 hours on the project for a total of 274 hours. Wow! The project was completed in April for an Eagle Scout Leadership Services Project. The students and teachers of our Phoenix High School and Volunteers of America-Minnesota are eternally grateful for your enormous contribution! Read more about our Phoenix High School <Click Here>.

Minnetonka Mayor Terry Schneider thanks some of the Comcast volunteers who cleaned the grounds, mulched flower gardens and painted the fence at Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka.   (Pictured above L-R: Tom Elliot and Joe Thill of Comcast, Minnetonka Mayor Terry Schneider, and Lance Leupold of Comcast.)

Comcast volunteers mulched flower gardens at Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka as part of Comcast Cares Day.”  (Pictured above L-R: Comcast employees Chad Brabant, Lisa Jones, Claudia Nordling.)   

THANK YOU COMCAST! On April 24, a volunteer crew from Comcast cleaned up the grounds, mulched flower gardens, and painted the fence at our Omegon Residential Treatment Center in Minnetonka. As the economy continues to tighten its grip on Minnesota nonprofits, Comcast employees volunteered all over the Twin Cities to assist many nonprofits upgrade their facilities. More than 1,200 local Comcast employees and their families and friends volunteered at 30 Twin Cities nonprofit sites as part of Comcast’s 9th annual “Comcast Cares Day.”  “We are well aware of how the economy has pinched most nonprofits,” said Mary Beth Schubert, Comcast’s vice president of corporate communications.  “Comcast Cares Day is an important way for hundreds of our employees and volunteers to directly impact their communities through service.”

EVENT: Sharing sweet sounds! Seniors from our Southwest Senior Center and DayElders program spent the last ten weeks on a special project: The Mountain Dulcimer. Under the direction of musician, Karen Mueller, they learned the history of the fretted, stringed instrument along with its cultural significance.  What’s more, they each built and decorated their own mountain dulcimer. Now it’s time to share the music!  Performance dates: May 3 at 11:00 a.m. at Walker Methodist, 3737 Bryant Ave. S., Minneapolis, and May 17 at 1:00 p.m. at Volunteers of America’s Southwest Center, 3612 Bryant Ave. S., Minneapolis. 
<Click here for more information>

 

 

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Services Provided
Family and Children's Services
Avanti Center for Girls
Bar None Residential Treatment
Children's MH Case Mgmt
Children's Residential Treatment
DBT Services for Adolescents
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Family Focused Therapy
DHH IMPACT
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mental Health Services
Family Visitation & Transportation
Foster Care
Home Based/CTSS (Children's Therapeutic Services and Support) Mental Health
In-Home Relief
Mental Health Clinics
Omegon, Inc. Residential Treatment Center
Outpatient Mental Health Services
Corrections
Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs)
Women's Recovery Center
Education & Schools
Adult High School Diploma
Charter School Authorizing
Continuing Education Unit Committee
Opportunity High School
SALT High School
Phoenix High School
Stonebridge Community School
Housing
Ashland and Portland Homes
Assisted Living Programs
Columbia Heights Board and Lodge
Foley Home - Semi Independent
Milaca Homes
Monroe Village - Senior Housing
Mora Homes
Nicollet Towers - Family Housing
North Park Plaza - Senior Housing
Orono Woods - Senior Housing
Oxbowl Bend - Senior Housing
Princeton Homes
Village at Franklin Station
Legal Services
MAO Legal Services
Mental Health Services
Mental Health Clinics
DBT Outpatient-Adolescents
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
DHH Family Focus
DHH IMPACT
Home-Based/CTSS Mental Health
Outpatient Services
Senior Mental Health Services
Somali & East African Services
Mental Health Articles, Links, etc.
Persons with Special Needs
Foley Home
In-Home Support Services
Milaca Homes
Mora Homes
Princeton Homes
Senior Services
Adult Day Services
Assisted Living Programs
Care Management & Consultation
Caregiver Services
Experience Corps
Highrise Social Services Program
Hmong Elder Connections
MAO Legal Services
Memory Care/African Americans
Park ElderCenter
Protective Services
RSVP (East Central Minnesota)
RSVP (Twin Cities metro area)
Senior Nutrition Program
Senior Partners Care
Southwest Center
Total Living HC at Orono Woods
Unbefriended Elders Project
Services for the Professional
Volunteer Opportunities