Community Health Workers

​​​​​​​​The community health workers team helps individuals and families with health resources. They can provide you with:

• Food resources
  
• Dental and health appointments
• Rent, utilities and housing information​
  

If you're interested in working with a community health worker, please contact us at 651-554-6100.​

Community health workers

These team members can help you and your community with health education, ​social support and advocacy.​

Recent news and events

MinnesotaCare available to people with and without legal status​
MinnesotaCa​re offers free or lower cost health insurance to people without other health insurance options who live in Minnesota. In 2025, MinnesotaCare updated its rules for people without legal status:

• Kids under the age of 18 who are undocumented and from low-income families will keep their coverage and can continue to apply and gain new eligibility. After coverage begins for eligible undocumented kids, it can last up until the month after a child's 18th birthday.
• Adults who are undocumented and currently covered remain eligible for the program through the end of 2025. Those who had coverage on June 15, 2025, will keep it through the end of the year as long as they continue to pay their premium, if they have one, and meet the income and other eligibility factors. Coverage for these adults will end at the close of the day Dec. 31, 2025.
  

More options if you need care and have no insurance:

• Emergency Medical Assistance: Remains for undocumented residents. Program pays for emergency care.
• Medical Assistance:
• Any pregnant person regardless of immigration status and for 12 months postpartum or after giving birth. Learn more on the Health care coverage for pregnant people webpage.
• People receiving services at the Center for Victims of Torture.
  
• Minnesota Health Centers: Help regardless of ability to pay.
• Minnesota Insulin Safe​ty Net Program: You could be eligible for low-cost insulin through this program.
  

2025 Regions Hospital car seat clinic schedule
In partnership with local fire departments, Regions Hospital is offering car seat and b​ooster seat safety clinics.​

COVID​​-19 testing
Before you throw out "expired" tests, check FDA​'s website to see if the expiration date for your COVID-19 tests were extended. ​The Minnesota Department of Health has information regarding  testing locations and getting your test results.​​

Driver's Licenses for All 
The Driver's Licenses for All program removes the need to show proof of legal presence in the United States to get a standard Minnesota class D driver's license, instruction permit or standard identification (ID) card. ​

Minnesota's cannabis law: What non-U.S. citizens need to know
The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota created a YouTub​e presentation that talks about the new cannabis law, what it means for non-U.S. citizens, what you should do if you have a previous marijuana conviction, and what it means for your immigration case.​

Resources

Community Health Workers use many different resources to help individuals and families. The Community Health Worker R​esource List (Spanish, Somali) has frequently recommended resources for dental, food, health, housing, clothing, immigration, parenting and pregnancy.

The Community Resource Guide (Spanish, Soma​l​i) includes hundreds of county and community services, ranging from crisis, to education, to mental and behavioral health resources.

We will add additional resources to this section as they're created.

Learn more

If you're interested in learning more​, contact Lia Rob​erts. ​

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