Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches

Our Family of Programs

Division of Indian Work

In partnership with GMCC, this program provides parenting classes, family counseling, a food shelf, tutoring, and cultural activities to urban american Indian families. It also operates homes for american indian foster children and for young native parents working to better the lives of their children.

Minnesota FoodShare

This program provides more than half of the food distributed to almost all food shelves statewide since 1982.

Metro Paint-A-Thon

This program has improved more than 6,000 homes of low-income seniors and disabled individuals since 1984.

HandyWorks

This program provides house and yard chore services for seniors.

Urban Immersion Service Retreats

This program uses instructional opportunities and volunteer service to educate diverse groups about urban poverty.

Discover

This program teaches parenting and employment skills and reduces child protection cases.

Center for Families

This program provides a gathering place for a variety of family-oriented organizations, especially those servicing the growing West Africian immigrant community.

Compassion Capital Fund

This program awards grants to grass-roots groups working to help low-income families in their neighborhoods.

Community Justice Project

This program reduces crime and recidivism by mentoring ex-offenders.

Project Persevere

This program reconnects parents cut off from monthly government assistance with job counselors and benefits

Community Collaborations

Clinical Pastoral Education

This program trains seminarians, pastors, and faith leaders to provide spiritual care and counseling to family members in transitional housing.

Friendship Village of Minnesota

This program provides chaplaincy and spiritual counseling to residents of a large residential and assisted-living facility.
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Metro Paint-A-Thon

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HandyWorks

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Discover

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Division of Indian Work

A program of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches