Welcome to Community Resources: Minnesota - a new podcast that I’m giving a try. My name is Jerome Evans, I host the TV Show Bottomless Coffee with Jerome and another podcast called Bottomless Coffee Podcast. Those two projects are based around conversation. But for this podcast - Community Resources Minnesota - I want to focus on sharing information about the community resources that we have at our disposal! 

Now I get resources emailed to me all the time and that’s what I’m drawing from. Emails from the Department of Health from neighborhood associations - from all over. And here are the general announcements, job opportunities, and COVID Community Vaccination clinics that have come to me this week.

For this episode we’re going to start with Announcements, then move into Jobs, and then to Vaccine Events. Oh! And links to all of the info as well as additional resources are at BottomlessCoffeeShow.com/Community.

Announcements

1. The MN Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (MNCCD) is partnering  with the Minnesota Department of Health to address issues impacting people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.  They’re hosting an event called Let’s Connect on Zoom. ASL and CART services provided. That Zoom meeting will take place on Thursday, February 24, 2022 from 3:00-4:30PM
2. Minnesota Department of Health announced adjustments to COVID-19 testing network. The Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport testing site has resumed accepting walk-ins, though appointments are recommended. The federally operated testing site at the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) will close as scheduled on Feb. 14. MDH has secured the federal testing team for an additional three weeks, and it will take over the testing site at the Anoka Armory beginning Feb. 16 and ending March 8. As of Feb. 16, the Anoka site will offer nasal swab PCR testing instead of saliva PCR testing. It will also offer limited rapid testing.
3. The Department of Human Services and YMCA are partnering on a Family Assisters program. The Family Assisters connect families to community resources. The program erves refugees, asylees, & certain other humanitarian-protected immigrants. Please contact them to determine eligibility. The Family Assisters connect families to community resources like: Employment, ESL courses, Housing Energy assistance, Language access, Navigation, Letter-reading, Health care, Application assistance for public programs, Immigration services, and more.

Jobs

1. MnDOT Phoenix Student Worker Program for Cohort 2022- see attachments. Phoenix Program Flyer – student worker opportunities, application with instructions. One year positions for high school juniors going into senior year. Students may work up to: 15 hours per week during school year, 40 hours per week during summers/breaks. Pay rate: $15.63 per hour. Visit mn.gov/careers and search for keyword 52367.
2. MnDOT Seeds Student Worker Program-College Students. MnDOT's Seeds Program provides paid college-level student worker positions to highly motivated minority or economically disadvantaged college students, students who are recently separated veterans, students with disabilities or female students in STEM or non-traditional fields of study. For more information, visit the Seeds Student Worker Program webpage. https://www.dot.state.mn.us/careers/seeds.html

 Vaccine Events

1. COVID 19 Vaccination Pop Up Clinic Feb 21 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Rose Garden, 1925 Coon Rapids Blvd NW Coon Rapids MN 55433  Pfizer & Moderna, 5+ See Attached Flyer
2. HACER Aurora Charter School COVID-19  Vaccine Event Feb 26 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 213 East 26th Minneapolis MN 55404 See Flyer
3. COPAL Community Vaccination event Feb 28th 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. Pfizer Folwell Community School English, Spanish See flyer
4. COPAL The Center Clinic Dodge Center 14 W. Main St Dodge Center  Feb 28 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. English, Spanish – see flyer
5. IANA family vaccine clinics February, March and April dates on Fridays.  See flyer for dates, locations and times in Bloomington, Minneapolis, and St Paul
6. Briva Health vaccine clinic every Saturday 9 am – 5pm   Minneapolis MN call 1-833-567-6662 for appointment English and Somali
7. COPAL Vaccine Clinic Minneapolis Mercado Central 1515 E. Lake Street 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.  March 5th – see flyer