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The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC) is a non-profit social and educational services organization committed to the holistic growth and development of American Indian women and their families. Founded in 1984, MIWRC provides a broad range of programs designed to educate and empower American Indian women and their families, and to inform and assist those who work providing services to the community.

MIWRC is located in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis, which has the third largest urban American Indian population in the United States. MIWRC is the only organization addressing the gender and culturally specific needs of our community.

Programs are developed to reflect the needs of our families, and are tailored to address issues that significantly affect their well being; such as family services, child advocacy, child care services, legal services, affordable housing, parenting skills, chemical dependency, mental health care, cultural resilience, historical trauma and many other family and community issues.

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"To empower American Indian women and families to exercise their cultural values and integrity, and to achieve sustainable life ways, while advocating for justice and equity.


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Benefit Analysis

Report finds that early intervention to avoid sex trading and trafficking of Minnesota's female youth passes rigorous beneft-cost test with a return on investment of $34 in benefit for each $1 in cost.

This study was commissioned by Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center with funding from the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Additional support was provided by the authors.

For additional copies of the full report, or a copy of the executive summary, please contact the Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center at 612-728-2000, or Suzanne Koepplinger at skoepplinger@miwrc.org, or Joni Buffalohead at jbuffalohead@miwrc.org  or http://www.miwrc.org/aboutus

 

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“The month of September MIWRC received a referral on a young lady who had a domestic abuse issue. This young lady had many barriers in her way. She was seven months pregnant, homeless with a five year old child, who was scheduled to start kindergarten this year and also dealing with a problematic relationship with the father of her child. Our client was difficult to contact. She didn't even have a permanent address and was living with different relatives. We didn't give up. We finally connected with her and she came to our office to complete an intake and set up a case plan to assist her in achieving her goals. Part of her plan was to find affordable housing for her and her son before the new baby was born. This was not an easy task. After much searching, we were able to collaborate with a program that would work with the client on housing. Of course, our client had to do some of the foot work herself and prove that she was serious about being responsible and serious about maintaining the rules that were required for housing. The client was accepted in the housing program. MIWRC was able to assist the client with obtaining rental assistance, a referral to the Bridging for furniture, a crib, baby clothing, winter wear for her son, and holiday food and gifts for the family. The client was very appreciative of MIWRC help and now has a stable, safe, affordable housing for the family.”

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