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Serving At-risk Families With Children From Central Minnesota | | P.O. Box 366
310 S. Ashland St.
Cambridge, MN 55008
Phone (763) 691-0121
Toll Free (866) 503-9270
Fax (763) 552-0122 |
BRAINERD SITE
Interfaith Hospitality NetWork (IHN)
714 South 6th St., Brainerd, MN 56401
Email Daniel Tupy, LSW, Program Manager, Family Educator: dtupy@brainerd.net
Email Mary Wohl, Case Manager: mwohl@brainerd.net
Phone: 218-454-0460
The IHN Brainerd Site, located at 714 South 6th Street, Brainerd MN 56401, provides services and transitional shelter for homeless families with children in the following counties :
- Aitkin
- Cass
- Crow Wing
- Morrison
- Todd
- Wadena
After a thorough screening process, qualifying families complete orientation paperwork which is the official beginning to their commitment to the IHN program. Under program guidelines, families are expected to follow through with Action Plans, which are set up by a Case Manager. Action Plans include a list of goals (i.e. housing, employment, counseling, job/school training, ect.) and concrete steps to reach those goals. Most work is done at the Family Day Center where families can access internet equipped computers, low-income housing lists, and a guest phone for business inquiries.
IHN Brainerd Site has an on-site Family Educator, who assists families with skills building. An Educational Plan is developed with each family including a list of goals (i.e. parenting, budgeting, interviewing skills, ect.) with specific steps to reach each goal. IHN Brainerd Site works with community agencies, such as local school districts, who provide assistance with basic education skills, meeting GED requirements, and child development.
After spending the day at the Family Day Center, families either drive or are driven to the designated church. IHN Brainerd Site collaborates with 20 churches and hundreds of volunteers who provide hospitality in the form of home-cooked meals, added support system, and private sleeping rooms. In the morning, the families arrive back at the Family Day Center to begin a new day of work, schooling, or to work on their program goals.
Families can stay with the IHN Brainerd Site program for a temporary stay enabling time to become self-sufficient again. The IHN Brainerd Site can serve up to 6 families at one time not to exceed 18 persons.
Staff
- Cheryl Gray, Executive Director
- Daniel Tupy, LSW, Program Manager/Family Educator
- Mary Wohl, Case Manager
- Tammy Moreland, Special Services Advocate
- Cindy Cooley, Special Services Advocate
- Camille Reiser, Administrative Assistant
Board Members
- Carrie Doom: Board President
- Lisa Tunell-Nowacki: Board Vice-President
- Pat Nowacki: Board Treasurer
- Dan Werthman: Board Secretary
- Lloyd Paulson: Board Member
- Ray Magnuson: Board Member
- Brian Anderson: Board Member
- Kathie Madsen: Board Member
- Jim Crecelius: Board Member
- Marge Burns: Homeless Representative
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