What is Help Me Connect

Help Me Connect [www.helpmeconnectmn.org] serves as Minnesota’s Part C Resource Directory. Help Me Connect helps expectant families, families with young children, and professionals working with families find and connect to services in their local communities. 

How do Help Me Connect and Help Me Grow work together?

Many families who are seeking a referral for developmental concerns through Help Me Grow MN may also want connections for additional family supports that can be found in Help Me Connect. Help Me Grow MN and Help Me Connect work in partnership to help children and families access needed services.

What will I find on the Help Me Connect website?

Visit Help Me Connect [www.helpmeconnectmn.org] to find local resources that provide family support and early childhood services across Minnesota and eleven Tribal Nations’ lands. The online resource directory is available in English, Spanish, Somali and Hmong.

More than 15,000 database listings provide access to programs such as:
  • home visiting 
  • developmental screening 
  • parenting and pregnancy support 
  • early learning/pre-K 
  • mental health
  • food and housing assistance
  • immigrant/refugee support

Users can search for resources closest to their homes that support individual family needs, such as language access, children with disabilities, and flexible payment options.

Does Help Me Connect offer resources to professionals?

Yes! Service coordinators, case managers, community navigators and others working with young families can order free outreach materials and download translations, videos/podcasts and other resources online. They can also create an account to keep “favorites” lists for each family they are supporting.

Funding

Help Me Connect is state funded through MN Statute 145.988 and is a joint initiative between Minnesota's Departments of Children, Youth and Families; Education; Health; Human Services; and the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet.

Contact

Contact helpmeconnect@state.mn.us to share new resources, ask questions, receive connection support and request a demo or presentation.

Services are free!

Regardless of:

  • Income
  • Immigration Status