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Handy Help has a satellite office located at Dayton Ave.  The DAYTON team consist of Designated Coordinators, mental health practitioners, ILS specialists, homemakers and direct support professionals to provide support and assistance to our clients in transition toward independent life.  The satellite office model is person centered, flexible and creative.  This unique team-based approach allows staff and clients to work one-on-one and or in group settings at the client’s own pace.  The Dayton team promotes a safe and positive environment to our clients while we provide them services, supports, and interventions based on their unique needs while honoring their personal goals and aspirations.  The services include but not limited to healthy community living, obtaining and maintaining gainful employment, money management, medication assistance, maintaining mental health and personal health. 

​​Handy Help uses a unique team-based approach which allows us to more aptly meet the needs of the people we support. Our teams consist of a manager which oversees the team leader. Team leaders oversee the rest of the team, generally comprising 3-4 staff members. This approach makes the entire team available for consumers instead of having one primary worker that works exclusively with that individual. This way the entire team knows how to provide support for a plethora of individuals and the individuals get the benefit of staff members working inconjunction and come up with creative ideas to support people in their lives.

At Healing Home we provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services to four adults who have mental health issues and other co-occurring disorders.  Healing Home strives to create an environment where all individuals, their friends and family feel valued and heard.  The program is committed to creating an individualized, comprehensive plan for each individual utilizing a team approach to develop a person-centered plan.  The team assists individuals with accomplishing their goals and supports them once they are ready to move to a place of their own in the community.

We have 24 hour staffing seven days a week.  There are two staff members during days and evenings and one staff member awake overnight.  Our registered nurse provides additional support and education to the individuals on their medications and health concerns.​

​Handy Help’s mission is to provide a person-centered approach to services that are culturally and linguistically appropriate services to those we serve. We believe that people with MI/CD and co-occurring disorders have special strengths, interests, aspirations, and abilities. The development of which is the key to recovery. We believe the values of a recovery model including:

Recovery can occur even though symptoms may persist or reoccur.
Recovery is holistic, and focuses on the person, not just the symptoms.
Recovery is the shared message of hope and promotes self-efficacy.
At Handy Help we strongly believe that recovery surpasses the limits imposed by MI/CD (mental illness and chemical dependency) and motivates the individual to seek and maintain fundamental social connections with one’s community, family and friends.

​​​​At Phalen Home we provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services to four Hmong adults that have intellectual disabilities.  The staff members at Phalen strive to create an environment where all individuals and their natural support are valued, respected, and heard.

Phalen is in a prime location on Lake Phalen in East Saint Paul, where individuals are a part of the community.  The program is committed to creating an individualized, comprehensive plan for each person, utilizing a team approach to develop a person-centered plan.  The team assists individuals to increase and develop independent living skills including community integration, money management, social skills, and interpersonal skills.  We have 24 hour staffing seven days a week.  There are two staff during days and evenings and one staff awake overnight.  Our registered nurse provides additional support and education to individuals regarding their medications and other health concerns. ​