In addition to the five core services Access North provides,
we provide many more services based upon the needs of our local community.
Access North offers the Ramp Project to provide home access ramps to people with disabilities who need them. The ramps are paid for by the consumer on a sliding fee scale. Many times there are MN DHS programs that can also pay for the ramps.
For more information about The Ramp Project, please click the link below:
PCA Choice is a Personal Assistance program in which the Consumer is the employer with all corresponding rights and responsibilities. Access North is the employer of record, conducting payroll activities and providing supports. The program allows Consumers to have the highest degree of control in regard to what gets done, how it is done and who does it.
To access our PCA Choice pages, please click the link below:
Homemaking Services are available to people who quality for a County Waiver. Homemaking services assist individuals in managing household activities and may include:
Respite Services provide short-term care and support for the consumer when the primary caregiver or family members needs to be absent from the home. Services may often be provided by caregivers of your choice.
Assistance is provided to individuals as they go through the process of relocating
from nursing facilities or other institutions to community settings.
Relocation Services include:
Please use the link below to navigate to our Nursing Home Relocation page(s):
A DHS certified support planner provides assistance with the development of a Consumer Directed Community Supports plan. The CDCS plan is an option of the MA waiver programs that allows individuals to direct their own care and services.
Access North provides a variety of 245D Waivered services. Among them are Independent Living Skills Training and Independent Living Skills maintenance. We also offer four Home and Community Based Services (HCBS). HCBS are services provided to a person who needs support to live in the home and or to engage in the community. These services are provided in the person’s own home and community, and they are directed at increasing and maintaining the person’s physical, intellectual, emotional and social functioning. Services can include assistance to develop, maintain or improve skills related to activities of daily living (ADLs). These services are Individual Community Living Supports, Personal Supports, Individualized Home Support and In Home Family Supports Services. These services are offered through the MN DHS waivered service system.
If you need more information on these services or would like to refer someone to Access North for these or other services, please reach out to referral@accessnorth.net. You can download our referral form below.
AccessNorth.net offers people the capability of doing their own Internet disability information and referral. Access North provides information and links to even more disability information.
We provide links to all of our staff which will enable visitors to ask questions via e-mail. We are also your accessibility resource for community businesses, local and county government and more on ADA and accessibility, providing building access surveys, site planning and analysis.
Assistive Technology is any customized item, piece of equipment or product system that is used to improve the functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities. Access North offers Assistive Technology assessments and can often help people obtain the assistive technology they need. Services include:
Please use the link below to navigate to our Assistive Technology page(s):
Access North provides home assessment, evaluation and installation, (grab bars, railings, accessible levers and handles, etc.), to enhance the accessibility of your home according to your individualized needs.
To learn more about home adaptations, please use the link below to navigate to our Home Adaptations page(s):
Access North offers basic to intermediate computer classes, teaching basic computer use as well as internet use in a variety of locations. Please contact our staff to learn the date and time of the next class in your area.
Access North has computer labs in all of our office locations. The computers are available for consumer use or to do your PCA testing.
Please use the link below to navigate to our Support Groups and Independent Living Skills Classes page(s):
In collaboration with Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Access North assists individuals to address employment barriers and to develop skills necessary to obtain and maintain employment.
Access North offers classes designed to assist people with passing the written portion of their drivers license test. Access North staff will also assist in obtaining reasonable accommodations necessary to take the drivers license tests. Contact one of our IL Specialists to work with you on this goal.
Access North is your community resource on disability related training topics including independent living philosophy, disability awareness, accessibility, accommodations, etc., for individuals, businesses, and the community.
Access North offers a program which assists youth with disabilities to transition from school to independent living. The purpose of the program is to ensure that youth are aware of available resources and learn appropriate skills so they may achieve maximum independence in the community.
We have more information about Transition Services.
To access our Educational Transitions page, please click the link below:
In addition, you may navigate to our Transitioning Into Living On Your Own page:
If you are in need of a service and cannot find it - please, ask us. We will refer you if
there is an existing service that you do not know about. If there is no service to meet your
needs, we will do our best to assist you.
Please use the link below to contact us.
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