Pine River-Backus Family Center

Major services provided include; Family Center home visiting to engage with at-risk first time prenatal mothers through their child's third birthday with weekly visits, curriculum, and support, working together to build a secure foundation for babies and their Family; Family support through available resources in support of families when no other agency or service is available to meet basic needs, providing for assistance applications for county services, faxing, computer, and telephone availability; working together coalition to provide leadership and infrastructure to prevent substance abuse through community level awareness. Pine river area food shelf coordinates emergency food programs in the cities of Pine river and backus and eighteen area townships; christmas for kids raises funds and distributes gifts to children in need; parent education provides love & logic parenting classes in collaboration with the Pine river school district; and provides office space, meeting rooms, and clinic areas for cass county public health wic clinics, Family planning clinics, monthly child and teen outreach clinics, Minnesota workforce Center cep program office space.