Miscellaneous Information

Community Resources

Project FINE
Focus on Integrating Newcomers through Education
202 West 3rd Street Winona, MN 55987
(located in the Winona County Office Building)
Phone: (507) 452-4500
www.projectfine.org
The mission of project FINE is to strengthen and enrich our community by facilitating the integration of people who are ethnically diverse. Their vision is to create a respectful and welcoming community. They work to build bridges across cultures, to build respect and trust in the community, to carry out our work with passion, and to honor partnership and collaboration.
Programs & Services: Interpreting, advocacy & Information referrals, legal assistance, employment services, Welcoming Table gatherings, Healthy Connections, Diversity Training, Empowering Youth Programs.

Domestic Violence Resources

The Bridge to Hope
2110 4th Avenue NE
Menomonie, WI 54751
Phone: (715) 235-9074
thebridgetohope.org
Free and confidential services to victims and survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking in Dunn and Pepin Counties

Bolton Refuge House, Inc.
PO Box 482 Eau Claire, WI 54702
Eau Claire County Phone: (715) 834-9748
Jackson County Phone: (715) 333-2350
Buffalo County Phone: (715) 926-6080
www.boltonrefuge.org

Bolton Refuge House, Inc. creates safe space through programs and services for all persons impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault, and advocates for social change.

Buffalo County Outreach
Phone: (608) 685-2424
Free & Confidential Services

Women’s Resource Center-Winona, MN
100 Latch Square #201
Winona, MN
Hours: 8 am to 4:30 pm call: (507) 452-4440
After hours Line: (507) 452-4453
www.wrcofwinona.org
Their trained advocates provide immediate and on-going needs of victims of sexual assault and domestic violence 24 hours a day.

Haven of Hope- Goodhue and Wabasha Counties, Minnesota

Wabasha
611 Broadway Ave, Suite 30
Wabasha, MN 55981
651-565-4112

Red Wing
321 West Ave.
Red Wing, MN 55066
651-388-9360

24 hour Crisis and Support Help Lines
Domestic Violence: 1-800-369-5214
Sexual Assault: 1-800-519-6690
www.hope-coalition.org
Provides support and shelter if needed, for those facing trauma to help them rebuild their lives and restore hope.

State Resources for Migrant and Seasonal Workers

Minnesota

Wisconsin

A US passport for your Child

If your child was born in the US and you would like to obtain a passport for him or her, you will need the following information/documents:

Fill out this application
Passport photos (You can get them taken at Walgreens or Wal-Mart)
Birth Certificate-2 certified copies
Official Identification for each parent- matricula card is considered an official ID
Proof of Residence
Check or Money Order to pay for the passport cash or a written check for the local clerk of court to process the information. Fee information here.

Gather all of this information and take it to the Local Clerk of Court in your county of Residence. The child and both parents need to be present.

Resources for Learning English

Buffalo/Pepin Counties WI
Buffalo Pepin Literacy Alliance (BPLA)
Individual Tutoring Available. Contact Debra bplaorg@gmail.com
Website

Rochester, MN
Hawthorne Education Center
700 4th Ave SE
Rochester, MN
(507) 328-4440
Website

Winona, MN
Wesley United Methodist Church
114 W. Broadway
Winona, MN 55987
Phone: (507) 494-0924, (507) 429-0236
Classes are free and child care is provided
Call Community Education with the Winona Area Public Schools at (507) 494-0924 for more information

Website

Local Libraries and Resources of Where to find literature in Spanish

Libraries offer a multitude of resources. In addition to books and magazines, there are DVDs, digital audiobooks or audiobooks on CD, music on CD, and children’s CDs with accompanying books. Online resources include access to eBooks and downloadable audiobooks through apps like Overdrive. They also have reference materials such as the Chilton auto repair manuals.

You can access these resources with a local library card. To apply for a library card, go to the library that serves the area where you live and bring in any official form of ID (your license, a matricula card, or a passport works) and an official piece of mail with your local address on it.