Programs for people with disabilities in Minneapolis?

Question

I'm moving to Minneapolis in 3 weeks. I'm disabled and live on SSDI (bad back). Does anyone know about any programs I could look into that provide any kind of benefits for the disabled there? For instance, here in Colorado there is an Adult Home Care Program for ppl. who have trouble doing housework or caring for themselves. The program provides a person to come in for a certain number of hours per week and clean, perhaps cook, etc. This particular program runs thru Medicaid, so I got Medicaid because of the program. Now that I am moving and leaving the program, I lose my Medicaid, too! Anyone know about this stuff? Also, does anyone know of a discounted dental program for ppl. with no money or disabilities? Thank you, A. Randall

Answer 1

I'm answering this assuming you will continue to be disabled.

Minnesota State Resources
www.nichcy.org/stateshe/mn.htm

If your on SSDI then you should have MediCare (Federal)
If you're losing your Medicaid because that's a State program, then sign up for Medicaid (or whatever it's called - my state calls it MediCal) in Minneapolis. Contact them to see if you can sign up online before you move so its in place and ready to use when you get there. If you sign up and have/get Medicaid where your moving to, then you probably would also have Dental coverage. Since my state is MediCal, DentiCal is what they call it.

Also consider HUD housing, Section 8 project based or voucher; low income housing based on 30% of your income whatever that is.

When you look stuff up, search for Federal, State, City & County services but the link above should also provide that, and those contacts will know many other contacts. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

i'm not sure about all of the state funded insurance type of things because i'm not there. We had that same problem because we wanted to move my grandma back out by us but she would have lost all her funding, in CA you have to live here form 6 months before you get any of those types of benefits. If you can't find anything, look into some church organizations. Larger religious affiliations may offer services like that. I attend a large health oriented grad school with many programs and it has a religious affiliation and it has a meal and house type of service program...