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Minnesota Resources

Family Issues
Care Quest Lethsa Wilson-Bannard, Care Quest Contact 1628 Elliot Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 Telephone: 612-341-1177, ext. 510 www.gmdca.org	Care Quest provides dependent care resource and referral services for employers.
Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc. 2116 Campus Drive Southeast Rochester, MN 55904 Telephone: 507-287-2020 Toll-free: 1-800-462-1660 Contact: Tutti Sherlock, Executive Director www.c2r2.org	Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc. provides and promotes access to rural child care services in 11 Southern Minnesota counties.
Child Care WORKS Ann Kener-Roth, contact 1628 Elliot Avenue South, Suite 306 Minneapolis, MN 55404 Telephone: 612-349-0543	Child Care WORKS is a statewide coalition that develops and promotes the state child care agenda.
Children’s Defense Fund-MN Marcie Jefferys 550 Rice Street St. Paul, MN 55103 Telephone: 651-227-6121 Fax: 651-227-2553 E-mail: jefferys@cdf-mn.org www.cdf-mn.org	Childrenís Defense Fund-MN is an advocacy group focusing on youth, children and families.
Discovery Program – United Way of Minneapolis Karen Nutter, contact 404 South 8th Street Minneapolis, MN 55404-1084 Telephone: 612-340-7594 E-mail: info@unitedwaytwincities.org www.unitedwaytwincities.org	The Discovery Program offers free and low cost speakers, video, and literature on work-life topics such a stress management, health issues, and balancing work and family.
Fatherhood Initiative Joyce A. Thomas Mid-West Regional Hub Director for Regional Affairs, Region 5 233 North Michigan Ave, Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-353-4237 Fax: 312-353-2204 http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/fi-regions.htm	This initiative works to coordinate fatherhood activities throughout the states and sponsors a variety of forums to bring together local, public and private organizations and individuals to support fathers' involvement in their families and communities.
Greater Minneapolis Day Care Association 1628 Elliot Ave. South Minneapolis, MN 55404 www.gmdca.org	GMDCA defines itself as a learning and teaching organization which serves as a catalyst for public discourse on the importance of the healthy development of all children, and the role of child care and early childhood services within the dialogue. GMDCA provides general and contact information on numerous Minnesota child care resources and providers.
Life’s Working Solutions 10469 Barnes Way East Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077 Telephone: 651-457-1302 Contact: Mary Rose Remington	Lifeís Working Solutions assists individuals and businesses in developing solutions to work and family issues, educational presentations to employee groups, and writing services.
Minnesota Child Care Innovations, Inc. 2804 Highland Dr. Burnsville, MN 55337 Telephone: 612-894-0727 Contact: Kathy Kacher, President	Minnesota Child Care Innovations, Inc. provides resource and referral service to employers to link employees with family, parenting and care services.
Shiftworker.com Janie O’Connor, M.Ed. 3545 Owasso Street, Suite 106 Shoreview, MN 55126 Telephone: 651-481-3152 www.shiftworker.com	Shiftworker.com specializes in consulting, training, and workshops focused on shift work issues.
Work and Family Connection, Inc. Susan Seitel, President 5197 Beachside Drive Minnesota, MN 55343 Toll-free: 1-800-487-7898 Telephone: 612-936-7898 http://www.workfamily.com	Work and Family Connection, Inc. features extensive on-line information, news summaries, trend reports, and searchable database available to subscribers.
Working Parent Resource Center North Central Life Tower, Suite 520 445 Minnesota Street St. Paul, MN 55101 Telephone: 651-293-5330 Contact: Marcie Brooke, Director www.worklife.com	The Working Parent Resource Center offers employers within the state of Minnesota dependent care resource and referral, on-site parenting seminars and flexible work-life policies consulting.
Working Toward Success 7601 Kentucky Avenue North, Suite 101 Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 Telephone: 612-493-2802 Contact: Elizabeth Gardner	Working Toward Success is a free program designed to help small to mid-sized companies in the Northwest region of Hennepin County to support working families (a division of Northwest Hennepin Human Services).
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