734.707.7550BIP Listing for Minnesota
| County | Notes/policies | Curriculum | Length | Meeting times | Meeting Place | Cost | Contact Referral Info |
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| Beltrami | Beltrami County BIP Amy Lindahl (North Homes)/Alicia Senenfelder (Probation) (Men’s group) Cindy Anderson (Contract)/Aeron Muckala (Probation) (Men’s group) |
Family Peace Initiative River of Cruelty | 25 weeks includes one intake session | Mon (men) 4-5:30pm Wed (Men) 1-2:30pm |
Beltrami County Historic Courthouse | $20 per session/Beltrami County DV Court related fees may be waived upon completion of BIP | Beltrami County Probation; 218-333-4169 |
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| Clearwater | on hold | 25 weeks includes one intake session | Thursdays – 3-4:30pm – men’s group. | Clearwater County Courthouse | $20 per session | Amy Lindahl | |
| Crow Wing | Closed group-new class starts every 24 weeks | Duluth/Creating a Process for Change | I intake session and 24 weeks of group | Every Tuesday from 5:30-7:30pm | CORE Professional Services 617 Oak Street Brainerd |
$580; $100 is due at the time of intake and $20 required for each session after that | 218-824-0444-LaDonna Scott (For questions about the group) but referrals should be made to Core facilitator Dustin Monson – 218-829-7140/dmonson@coretreatment.com |
| Hubbard | two excused absences/ talked with Jamie Bobby 2.2.18 and she will email intake form but as of 5.2.18 havent received it | Duluth/Creating a Process for Change | 27 sessions which includes a 3 hour orientation first day | Tuesdays – 10am-noon | Park Rapids Sanford BH 9 FKN UMMHC) | $20 per session | Jamie Bobby from Sanford (UMMHC) and Joe from Hubbard County probation |
| Itasca | 4 groups total/open group/attendance policy; John Downing would call probation agent with unapproved or excessive absences per our program guidelines but there is not a policy in place through their agency | Duluth/Creating a Process for Change plus facilitator additions | 24 weeks plus one intake session | Monday 6-7:30pm; Grand Rapids Zion Lutheran Church Wed 6-7:30pm; Deer River Goodall Resource Center Thursday 10-11:30am, Grand Rapids Zion Lutheran Church Thursday 6-7:30pm Grand Rapids Zion Lutheran Church |
3 Grand Rapids Groups meet at Zion Lutheran Church. Deer River group meets and Goodall Resource Center | sliding fee available. John Downing works with participant individually to establish cost | Advocates for Family Peace; 218-326-0388/Fax 218-327-4052 John Downing – Jdowning@stopdomesticabuse.org (for agent contact only) |
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| Koochiching | spoke with program assistant Dawn Flesland about group info/hoping to start another class in Nov 2018 if they have the numbers | Duluth/Creating a Process for Change | 24 weeks | Wednesday 6-7:30pm | Friends Against Abuse, 407 4th Street, I Falls, MN | sliding fee $5 – $15 | Jenell Feller 218-285-7220/jenell@friendsagainstabuse.com |
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| Leech Lake Reservation | Cassandra Tapio-BIP oversight Richard Croaker-Facilitator Andy Auginash-Facilitator |
Duluth/Creating a Process for Change with Indigenous Perspective | 24 weeks | Wednesday 11am-1pm | Outpatient Building-Cass Lake (blue House across from hospital) | $20.00 per session | Cassandra Tapio cassandra.tapio@llojibwe.org |
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| Polk | checking on group as one dv court participant said he was going to a group in Polk | ||||||
| Red Lake County | |||||||
| Red Lake Reservation | Culturally Specific Curriculum certified by reservation providers | minimum of 36 hours | Wednesdays-6pm | Red Lake Gaming Commission Office | no cost | Todd and Shari Smith (218)679-3029 (218)368-5231 todd.smith@redlakenation.org |
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| Roseau | Amanda Marquis and Jessica Dvertgen DOC agents and MH provider at LifeCare – Duluth Model Group; Closed group starts when enough referrrals are received LifeCare – extensive behavioral cognitive group-just started a women’s group too. Contact probation for specifics |
Duluth/Creating a Process for Change with CBT addition | 36 hours | starts when enough referrals are received/next group starts Aug or Sept 2019 | referral needed through probation agent | ||
| White Earth Reservation | 4 unexcused absences and the participant is terminated excused absences are at the discretion of the facilitator-illness, work conflict, transportation would be excused but they can’t be three in a row or terminated. An anniversary or birthday party, for instance, are considered unexcused. |
Duluth/Creating a Process for Change | 30 weeks | Wednesdays-3:30pm to 4:30pm | White Earth Health Building (Old RTC) | no cost-will accept white earth members currently on reservation or living elsewhere-will bill insurance if a qualified DX is obtained | Jim Schmidt 218-983-3286 email or call Jim-prefers both defendant and probation agent to make contact prior to starting. Jim.schmitt@whiteearth-nsn.gov |