We are here to help! Contact your Dean or an Equity Specialist at the school you/your child attends, or a district Integration and Equity Liaison with any questions about culturally validating and linguistically appropriate supports and resources and/or diversity, equity, and inclusion related issues.

Contact your Dean or an Equity Specialist at the school you/your child attends, or a district Integration and Equity Liaison with any questions about culturally and linguistically responsive support and resources and/or diversity, equity, and inclusion related issues.

Cultural Brokers (supports people’s well-being by bridging cultural gaps, linking people to culturally responsive support and resources, and co-navigating mainstream systems):

• African American Community: Rhonda Godfrey, 651-347-6618
• Hmong Community: Nou Vang, 651-470-3210
• Karen Community: LwePaw Kacher, 651-238-3505
• Latino/a/x Community: Jessica Moran, 612-297-5328

• Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health Crisis Hotline
  Call 651-266-7878 - provides 24/7 stabilization services, deescalation, crisis intervention, mental health assessments and initial crisis plans. Available to ALL children in Ramsey County (available in different languages)

• CLUES (Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio)
  Text “Moundsview” to 833-612-0742 for English or Text “CLUES” to 833-612-0742 for Spanish OR contact Emily Harris (Community Resource Navigator Supervisor) at 651-379-4229, eharris@clues.org - assistance accessing any basic need such as food, housing, rental assistance, health insurance, employment support and/or culturally specific resources; services available in Spanish and English. Click here for more information.

• COVID-19 Community Coordinators (CCCs)
  Serve communities hit hardest by COVID-19, including communities of color, American Indian communities, LGBTQ communities, and Minnesotans with disabilities. Click HERE to locate a CCC
• COVID-19 Information in Other Languages
  Follow language links on the right side of the screen for COVID-19 related information in Hmong, Somali, Spanish and American Sign Language

• MN Healing Justice Network
  Works with you to craft your own village of support, and expand your healing justice, resiliency, and community-care skills. Centers on black and brown wellness through mutual aid, holistic care, and solidarity work
• American Indian Family Center
  Provides American Indian families with programs and services enriched by traditional American Indian values and culture (housing support, meals kits, parent mentor program, children’s trauma-informed program)
• Progressive Individual Resources Inc (PIRI)
  Provides services to families, caregivers to children, youth, and adults, specializes in working with the African immigrant and/or refugee population
• Sewa-Aifw
  Provides health care access, wellness information, and resources to enhance wellness for the South Asian community

• Behavioral Health Alliance
  Culturally responsive mental health therapy for children and families
• Change Inc.
  Mental Health Support Line (651-262-5858) – brief support, referrals to community resources, or ongoing mental health services. They have the capacity to provide phone support in Burmese, English, Hmong, Karen, Poe Karen, Spanish, and Thai.
• Minnesota CarePartner
  A social-justice based agency that provides quality and culturally focused mental health services, mentors, and wrap-around services
• Natalis Counseling & Psychology Solutions
  Gender therapy services (individual, family, and group therapy services for people across the gender spectrum using the Gender Affirmative Lifespan Approach) and therapy services for LGBTQ+ concerns
• Wilder Foundation, Mental Health & Wellness Services
  Culturally validating and trauma-informed services; insurance accepted but not required; walk-ins available

Click HERE for a more comprehensive list of culturally responsive resources such as more mental health resources and LGBTQ+ specific resources as well as educational resources for kids and families (i.e. how to talk to kids about race and tools to raise kids who think critically about racial inequity)