African American/African Cultural Resources
Thad Wilderson and Associates
475 University Ave.
St. Paul, MN. 55103
Ph: 651-225-8997
Services: Home-based services, individual psychological counseling, personal assessments, and group counseling.
Payment: Sliding fee scale. Fees are charged according to service provided. They can be paid by private health insurance, medical assistance (MA), or self-pay.
Intake Procedures: Self or agency referrals.
Minnesota Black Mental Health Resources
PO Box 11777
Minneapolis, MN. 55411
Website: http://www.bmhr.info/contact-us-2/
Servies: Referrals to Psychologists, Therapists, counselors and Consultants.
Angel Eyes Foundation
7710 Brooklyn Blvd, Suite 20F
Brooklyn Park, MN. 55443
Serves the African Immigrant Community-programs for alcohol and substance abuse.
African community Services Agency
Director: Hassan Omar
1305 E. 24th St.
Minneapolis, MN. 55404
Ph: 612-721-9984
Website: www.africancs.org
Programs and services available: refugee employment services, refugee social services, MNsure navigator, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program outreach, job skill supports, Minnesota Family Investment Program services, housing assistance, transportation help. Employment training offered: Job club, cultural orientation, work ethic, job readiness.
Languages staff speak: Arabic, English, Kiswahili, Oromo, Somali, Swahili.
Summit Guidance Center
Director: Ahmed Hassan
1821 University Ave. N
Suite 180
Saint Paul, MN.
Ph: 651-248-8073
Hours: Mon. – Fri. 8:00 am – 7:00 pm, Saturday 9:00am – 3:00 pm
Email: ahmedhassan01@yahoo.com
Offers outpatient mental health services in Somali.
Offers sliding scale fee option.
Somali American Parent Association Agency
Director: Mohamed Mahamud
1433 E. Franklin Ave.
Suite 10
Minneapolis, MN. 55404
Ph: 612-636-6644
Website: www.mnsapa.org
Programs and services available: Parent education, cultural crossing trainings, immigration legal services, student success program.
Languages staff speak: Arabic, English, Somali
African Immigrants Community Services Agency
Director: Mustafa Hassan
1933 13th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN> 55404
Ph: 612-871-9481
Website: www.aicsmn.org
Programs and services available: Refugee employment services, refugee social services, job skill supports, English Language Learner classes, immigration legal services.
Employment training offered: adult English classes.
Languages staff speak: Amharic, Arabic, English, Somali
Center for Africans Now in America, Inc.
S.A.F.E: Student, Adult, Family, Empowerment Therapy Services
6000 Bass Lake Rd.
Crystal, MN. 55429
Ph: 952-356-2953
Clinic hours; Mon. – Fri. 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sat. 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Website: www.mncana.com
Student, Adult, Family, Empowerment (SAFE) Therapy Services is a team of cross-cultural mental health professionals, practitioners, behavioral aides, skills trainers, interns, and volunteers who are trained an specialized in providing culturally sensitive mental health services to multiple cultural groups, and minorities such as individuals, children, students, adults, families and couples throughout Minnesota and beyond. Screening and diagnostic assessment, out-patient clinical based services, long term health care services.
Sliding fee: most insurance accepted.
All African languages including Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, French, Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Somali. Plus, others: Hmong, Persian, and Spanish
Volunteers of American: Mental Health Clinic
924 19th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN.
Ph: 63-225-4052
Hours: Mon. – Fri. 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Website: www.voamn.org
Somali & East African Behavioral Health Services Programs. Staff is fluent in Somali.
Medical Assistance, third party insurance payers and contractual agreements with counties.
Watercourse Counseling
3548 Bryant Ave.
Minneapolis, Mn. 55401
Ph: 612-822-8227
Hours; Mon. – Thurs. 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Fri. 9:00 am - noon
Website: www.watercoursecounseling.org
Provides individual, family, couples, and group counseling for adults and children of East Africans (one therapist provides services in Somali). Accepts most insurance plans and many EAP programs. Offers a sliding fee option. No interpreters but most insurance companies will cover interpreter fees.
Metro Behavioral Health
Director: Abdulahi Mohamed MSW, LICSW
2700 E. Lake St.
Suite 2100
Minneapolis, MN. 55406-1963
Ph: 612-767-7770
Website: www.metrobhealth.com
Metro Behavioral Health provides comprehensive, professional, and culturally appropriate behavioral health services. Our purpose is to provide the necessary behavioral health services, such as mental health diagnosis. These services are tailored to individual/family capacity, current life context and cultural background. Services will be provided by using holistic, eclectic, and strengths-based approaches. Services are provided by qualified and licensed mental health clinicians with many years of experience in the field.
African American Counseling Center
2616 Nicollet Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN. 55404
Director: Lissa Jones
Email: lissa@aafs.net
Ph: 612-871-7878. Ext. 123
Website: www.aafs.net
The African American Counseling Center works to maintain family unity in the community through counseling and family preservation services, including individual, marital, and family counseling; parent educations; family violence advocacy and counseling; male/female support groups; walk-in counseling; grief and loss support groups; and codependency support groups.
African American Assistance Program
7714 Brooklyn Blvd.
Ste. 206
Columbia Heights, MN. 55421
Director: John Tarley
Email: admin@africanassistanceprogram.org
Ph: 763-560-9643
Website: www.africanassistanceprogram.org
The African Assistance Program (AAP) serves the needs of African immigrant and refugee families as they resettle in the United States, with the goal of empowering and helping immigrants and refugees to attain economic security. Services include an African Workers Center, economic self-sufficiency program, African Culture Center, and Better Health Alertness program.
African Women’s Resource Center
450 N. Syndicate St.
Ste. 80
St. Paul, MN. 55104
Chair: Philomina Mensah
Email: awre2000@hotmail.com
Ph: 651-646-5657
The African Women’s Resource Center (AWRC) was founded in 1997 by a group of African women advocates in Minnesota who recognized the need for a safe and culturally competent environment to provide community education, domestic abuse counseling, sexual assault advocacy, and other survival services to African women living in Minnesota. AWRC aims to empower African women’s voices and raise awareness through education, resources, and referrals.
Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota
420 S. 15th Ave.
Minneapolis, MN. 55454
Director: Saeed Fahia
Email: saeed@cscmn.org
Ph: 612-338-5282, ext. 216
Website: www.cscmn.org
The mission of Confederation of Somali community in Minnesota is to strengthen the capacity of Somalis to become contributing members of society, while preserving their native culture. The organization serves Somalis of all age groups and ethnicities. Services offered include youth and senior programs, employment services, advocacy and social service programs, education and outreach programs, employment services, advocacy and social service programs, education and outreach programs, community events, leadership training, tobacco cessation programs, and school support.
Immigrant Woman’s Advocacy Project
420 15th Ave. S.
Brian Coyle Community Center
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Director: Rhonda Eastlund
Email: eastlundr@puc-mn.org
Ph: 612-338-5282
Website: www.puc-mn.org
Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project serves East African women who need advice and assistance with domestic violence. The project also assists immigrant women in adjusting to life in the United States and refers and connects women to basic need and self-sufficiency services. Programs and services include a women’s support group, domestic violence advocacy, housing and shelter services, immigration services, emergency assistance, legal services, food assistance, and employment and education services.
Institute on Black Chemical Abuse
2616 Nicollet Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN. 55404
Ph: 612-871-7878, ext. 123
Website: www.aafs.net
The institute on Black Chemical Abuse offers adolescent and adult outpatient chemical dependency treatment programs licensed by Minnesota’s Department of Human Services.
Liberian Human Rights and Refugee Welfare Organization
5255 W. 82nd St.
Suite. 115
Bloomington, MN. 55437
Director: Kirkpatrick Weah
Email: kirkpatrickweah@yahoo.com
Ph: 763-438-5155
The Liberian Human Rights and Refugee Welfare Organization serves the Liberian community in Minnesota by providing free services in the areas of immigration/asylum, healthcare, housing, and employment.
Turning Point, Inc.
1500 Golden Valley Rd.
Minneapolis, MN. 55411
Ph: 612-520-4004
Turning Point’s mission is to provide comprehensive and collaborative services for African American’s focusing primarily on excellence in personal and community health. Turning Point pursues its mission by providing prevention and intervention services in the areas of education, family empowerment, chemical dependency treatment, housing, public health, abuse protection, and employment.
Somalian Women’s Association
2101 Hennepin Ave.
Suite. 113
Minneapolis, MN. 55405
Director: Amal Yusuf
Email: amalyusuf@somalianwomenassociation.org
Ph: 612-870-7001, ext. 14
Website: www.somalianwomenassociation.org
The mission of the Somalian Women’s Association is to strengthen the capacity of Somalian women immigrants to survive in their new country and become productive members of the Twin cities community by helping them counter the negative impacts of isolation, poverty, violence, and discrimination on themselves and their children. The organization serves include housing assistance, translation services, advocacy services, employment training and job search services, support groups, referral services, and English-as-a-second language programs.