Community Resource Directory
This directory lists organizations, groups, and community resources providing support across Minnesota. Resources are organized by support area to help you find what you’re looking for quickly.
The directory relies on community submissions to stay accurate and relevant. If you know of an organization, group, or resource that should be included, we encourage you to submit it. Keeping this information current and comprehensive is essential to making the directory useful and accessible for everyone who relies on it.
About Safety & Visibility
This site only lists public, widely shared resources that already maintain a public presence. We do not publish private groups, internal networks, or sensitive coordination.
This directory is meant to help people find existing entry points, not replace on-the-ground relationships. For deeper involvement, the safest and most effective step is still local and in person. Visit food shelves, places of worship, and community spaces, and talk directly with people doing the work.
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Resources are grouped by support area and resource type. Expand the sections below for an overview of what each category encompasses.
Support Areas
Advocacy & Political Action |
Organizing, protests, policy advocacy, civic engagement, court watching, campaigns. |
Daily Living & Essential Support |
Laundry, showers, hygiene supplies, clothing, pet support and other basic daily needs. |
Food Access |
Food shelves, community fridges, meal programs, grocery support, food distribution. |
Funding & Financial Support |
Donation links, emergency funds, bail funds, and financial support for individuals, families, or community efforts. |
Healthcare / Wellness |
Clinics, mental health support, harm reduction, mutual care networks. |
Housing / Shelter Support |
Tenant aid, eviction defense, shelters, housing navigation. |
Immigration Support |
Immigration legal services, ICE response, deportation defense, bond funds, accompaniment, and related support. |
Legal Support |
Legal aid, rights education, court support, and civil legal assistance. |
Transportation & Logistics |
Support related to rides, deliveries, accompaniment, and coordination. |
Resource Type
Community Space / Event | Physical or recurring spaces where people gather, distribute aid, or organize. |
Mutual Aid Organization | Grassroots groups directly providing aid or coordinating aid. |
Online Resource / Directory | Websites, Facebook pages, Discords, docs, directories. |
Resource Center | Food shelves, clinics, libraries, shelters, community centers, etc. |
Volunteer Coordination / Hub | Places organizing volunteers, deliveries, check-ins, rides, court support. |
- Mutual Aid Organization
Their primary bodies of work include grassroots food justice organizing through their flagship program, Plant-Grow-Share (PGS), and anti-racist organizing through the South Central Minneapolis Antiracism Collective (SMAC). They partner with HOME Line to bring tenant organizing to the Central, Bryant, Powderhorn, and Bancroft neighborhoods—and beyond.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Online Resource / Directory
COPAL, Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina, is a grassroots, membership-based nonprofit that organizes and empowers Latine communities across Minnesota to build social, economic, and political power. They have worked to improve quality of life for Latine families by expanding civic engagement, advocating for racial and economic justice, supporting health and wellness, fighting for immigrant rights, and creating resources like community programs, leadership training, legal support, and worker services.
- Volunteer Coordination / Hub
Defend the 612 exists to help people connect with one another at the neighborhood level. The goal is to strengthen local networks by linking community members to nearby groups already responding to ongoing harm, and by helping build new formations in areas where support structures are missing. This work focuses on connection, mutual support, and resourcing communities where it’s needed most.
- Resource Center
Groundwork Legal is a nonprofit legal organization providing direct legal services, education, and movement defense support for activists and communities facing state violence and political repression. Their work includes protest defense, legal observer programs, and strategic litigation to protect civil and human rights.
- Volunteer Coordination / Hub
Established in 2025, the Immigrant Defense Network (IDN) is a network of over 90 immigrant, labor, legal, faith, and community organizations dedicated to protecting and advancing the constitutional rights of immigrant communities across Minnesota. In the face of ongoing and escalating threats to immigrant rights, IDN delivers trusted information, referrals to legal support, and coordinated educational activities.
- Resource Center
The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM) is a nonprofit organization that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. ILCM also works to educate the community about immigration matters and advocates for public policies which respect the universal human rights of immigrants.
- Volunteer Coordination / Hub
Indivisible Twin Cities, a local chapter of national Indivisible, is a grassroots group of volunteers dedicated to increasing civic engagement and education on progressive policies at the city, state and national level. We encourage civic engagement by organizing informative actions and events to spotlight issues and candidates who support our values of strengthening our democracy and defeating the MAGA authoritarian agenda.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
For more than 15 years, Mi CASA has been a trusted, community-led organization rooted in the Hispanic community. They create welcoming spaces where trust and safety come first, so people feel seen, supported, and connected. Their work promotes healthy lifestyles through mental health awareness, healthy eating, and active living, all within an environment that centers inclusion and racial equity. Just as importantly, they lift leaders from within the community, equipping neighbors to carry the mission forward and expand its impact.
- Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A grassroots, volunteer-driven coalition focused on rapid response and collective action to defend civil liberties and democratic norms in Minnesota. The name “50501” reflects coordinated nationwide action across all 50 states, rooted in mutual aid, protest, and civic pressure. Minnesota 50501 helps organize demonstrations, share calls to action, and connect people to ways they can show up quickly when rights, communities, or democratic processes are under threat.
- Online Resource / Directory, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A grassroots coalition that works to defend and advance the rights of immigrants and refugees across Minnesota. MIRAC organizes community members, advocates for humane and just immigration policies, and mobilizes rapid response to detention, deportation, and enforcement actions. Through education, direct action, and coalition-building, the group focuses on protecting families, challenging harmful systems, and building collective power within immigrant communities.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Online Resource / Directory, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A faith-based coalition of congregations, clergy, and community members working to support immigrants and refugees across Minnesota. Rooted in shared moral and spiritual values, ICOM provides accompaniment, emergency support, and advocacy for immigrant families facing detention or deportation. The coalition also educates faith communities, mobilizes collective action, and works to build a more just and welcoming Minnesota through solidarity and compassion.
- Volunteer Coordination / Hub
Monarca is rapid response network that trains community members to be “upstanders” and legal observers during federal immigration enforcement actions (like ICE raids) to document activities and support affected immigrant communities, aiming to prevent people from being taken without due process and build community power. It’s an initiative of the larger Unidos Minnesota non-profit, providing trainings, resources, and a hotline to create a visible, organized community presence against what they see as cruel enforcement tactics. Rapid Response Line (612-255-3112)
- Mutual Aid Organization, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
The South Minneapolis Mutual Aid Autonomous Zone Coordination (SMMAAZC) is a grassroots network that emerged after the George Floyd protests to provide community-led support, connecting residents with essential resources like food, housing assistance, mental health care, and political action info, operating largely through Facebook groups to coordinate volunteers and donations for those underserved by traditional systems, focusing on mutual care and community empowerment
- Mutual Aid Organization, Online Resource / Directory, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A non-profit organization dedicated to fostering a safe, equitable, and connected community in the South Uptown neighborhood of southwest Minneapolis. The site serves as a community hub for news, local events, safety initiatives, and resources for residents in the area. They established a Neighbors Helping Neighbors mutual aid effort. Email info@southuptown.org to get connected.
- Resource Center, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A nonprofit human rights organization providing legal services, education, and advocacy to protect and promote international human rights. Work includes immigration and asylum representation, anti-trafficking efforts, monitoring detention conditions, and training advocates, lawyers, and community members.
- Online Resource / Directory
An immigrant-led, BIPOC-majority, multiracial, statewide organization building power for Minnesotan working families to advance social, racial, and environmental justice. They are an organization born out of the immigration justice movement. Immigration reform, democracy, education, healthcare, worker justice, and climate justice are at the core of their work.
- Volunteer Coordination / Hub
WSCO organizes people of West Side to build collective power to advance justice and racial equity in the community for all people. The Hummingbird Initiative is a project of the West Side Community Organization (WSCO) created to share vital information and connect our community with trusted immigration resources, legal support, and rapid response networks.
- Community Space / Event
Women’s March Minnesota (WMM) is a grassroots, non-partisan, volunteer-led organization that works to empower women and marginalized communities in Minnesota through education, advocacy, and action to achieve social change, focusing on issues like reproductive rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, racial justice, immigrants’ rights, and economic equity, by organizing marches, workshops, and campaigns to influence policy and activate voters. They amplify diverse voices, support allied groups, and aim for systemic change, not just single events, to build lasting power for equality.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A nonprofit community organization offering free food access through a bimonthly food shelf, weekly community meals, holiday baskets, job training in food service, and volunteer opportunities. Programs focus on meeting basic needs and building community through shared food and skills.
- Mutual Aid Organization
Little Kitchen Food Shelf is a no-boundaries, no-restrictions food shelf serving Northeast Minneapolis and beyond. Funded through Grace Lutheran Church they serve all people. In addition, they stock dog and cat food to feed the companion animals of those in need.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A long-standing nonprofit offering a range of community support services, including employment and career assistance, family case management and referrals, a food shelf and Meals on Wheels, and resources to help individuals and families stabilize and build skills for independence.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A community food shelf, supported by the Minneapolis Central Church of Christ, providing free groceries, diapers, hygiene products, and essential supplies to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity in Minneapolis. Services are offered in a welcoming, nonjudgmental space with a focus on dignity and access.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A long-standing nonprofit based in St. Paul that provides essential services and support to immigrants, refugees, and low-income families across the Twin Cities. It offers programs focused on basic needs, food access, housing stability, education, employment support, and family services. Neighborhood House works to reduce poverty and promote stability by meeting people where they are and supporting long-term community well-being.
- Resource Center
North Minneapolis Pet Resource Center keeps families together. They believe that access to pet food and supplies should not prevent someone from having the companionship of a pet. They offer once a month shopping visits for those in need and also provide connection to a pet resource specialist. Visit the website to shop one of their community wishlists and donate.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A nonprofit organization providing free meals, groceries, clothing, bus tokens, and essential supplies to people experiencing poverty or homelessness. Services are offered daily with no cost or eligibility requirements, focusing on meeting immediate needs with dignity and respect.
- Mutual Aid Organization
A nonprofit organization supporting people and their pets during times of crisis by providing pet food, veterinary care assistance, temporary foster placement, and resources for housing instability, domestic violence, hospitalization, or detention. The goal is to keep families and their animals together.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
Runs the Fruit of the Vine Food Shelf, providing free groceries and basic needs support to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity. Services include crisis food access, resource assistance, and a welcoming, dignity-centered shopping model through community and faith-based partnerships.
- Mutual Aid Organization
Their primary bodies of work include grassroots food justice organizing through their flagship program, Plant-Grow-Share (PGS), and anti-racist organizing through the South Central Minneapolis Antiracism Collective (SMAC). They partner with HOME Line to bring tenant organizing to the Central, Bryant, Powderhorn, and Bancroft neighborhoods—and beyond.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
Community Aid Network (CANMN) is a grassroots volunteer-led organization located in the Bancroft neighborhood of Minneapolis, MN. We work to build solidarity with our neighbors, organize volunteers and redistribute resources to ensure everyone has the means for dignified survival.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A nonprofit community organization offering free food access through a bimonthly food shelf, weekly community meals, holiday baskets, job training in food service, and volunteer opportunities. Programs focus on meeting basic needs and building community through shared food and skills.
- Resource Center
A Native-led nonprofit working to restore health, well-being, and food sovereignty in the Native community by increasing access to healthy Indigenous foods, medicine plants, regenerative farming, youth education, leadership development, and seed stewardship. Programs include food share, farm education, and community outreach.
- Mutual Aid Organization
Every Meal is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to fight child hunger. They focus on filling the food gaps children face, especially on weekends when they’re not able to eat school meals. Through their primary Weekend Meal Program, children in Pre-K through 8th grade experiencing food insecurity receive weekend food bags directly and discreetly in their backpacks at about 375 schools across Minnesota.
- Mutual Aid Organization
Good in the ‘Hood is a Twin Cities-based non-profit providing food, shoes, holiday support, and medical foot care to low-income individuals and families, aiming to foster community and personal transformation through acts of kindness, offering essential resources like groceries, hot meals, and gently-used footwear, with a focus on dignity and engagement for underserved populations.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A community food shelf providing free groceries and essential household items to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity. Services are offered with dignity and accessibility, often without income or documentation requirements, to support immediate nutritional needs.
- Mutual Aid Organization
Little Kitchen Food Shelf is a no-boundaries, no-restrictions food shelf serving Northeast Minneapolis and beyond. Funded through Grace Lutheran Church they serve all people. In addition, they stock dog and cat food to feed the companion animals of those in need.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A long-standing nonprofit offering a range of community support services, including employment and career assistance, family case management and referrals, a food shelf and Meals on Wheels, and resources to help individuals and families stabilize and build skills for independence.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
For more than 15 years, Mi CASA has been a trusted, community-led organization rooted in the Hispanic community. They create welcoming spaces where trust and safety come first, so people feel seen, supported, and connected. Their work promotes healthy lifestyles through mental health awareness, healthy eating, and active living, all within an environment that centers inclusion and racial equity. Just as importantly, they lift leaders from within the community, equipping neighbors to carry the mission forward and expand its impact.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A community food shelf, supported by the Minneapolis Central Church of Christ, providing free groceries, diapers, hygiene products, and essential supplies to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity in Minneapolis. Services are offered in a welcoming, nonjudgmental space with a focus on dignity and access.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A long-standing nonprofit based in St. Paul that provides essential services and support to immigrants, refugees, and low-income families across the Twin Cities. It offers programs focused on basic needs, food access, housing stability, education, employment support, and family services. Neighborhood House works to reduce poverty and promote stability by meeting people where they are and supporting long-term community well-being.
- Mutual Aid Organization
North Country Food Alliance (NCFA) is a worker-run non-profit that takes action to strengthen food sovereignty in the Twin Cities Metro Area. With your help, we share healthy, culturally appropriate food; build community gardens; support local farmers; and reduce commercial and local food waste.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
Second Harvest Heartland is a leading hunger-relief organization. In partnership with more than 1,000 food shelves and hunger-relief programs in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, we provided more than 145 million meals to neighbors last year. We also help families enroll in food assistance and provide prepared meals for people who need more than groceries. Second Harvest Heartland is a leader, convener and voice in hunger-related policy discussions.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A nonprofit organization providing free meals, groceries, clothing, bus tokens, and essential supplies to people experiencing poverty or homelessness. Services are offered daily with no cost or eligibility requirements, focusing on meeting immediate needs with dignity and respect.
- Mutual Aid Organization
Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid is a grassroots and community-led queer organization quickly growing to be one of the largest in Minnesota. Our mission is to assist GNC (gender non-conforming) and intersex individuals within Minneapolis and St. Paul with meeting their needs.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Online Resource / Directory
COPAL, Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina, is a grassroots, membership-based nonprofit that organizes and empowers Latine communities across Minnesota to build social, economic, and political power. They have worked to improve quality of life for Latine families by expanding civic engagement, advocating for racial and economic justice, supporting health and wellness, fighting for immigrant rights, and creating resources like community programs, leadership training, legal support, and worker services.
- Mutual Aid Organization
Good in the ‘Hood is a Twin Cities-based non-profit providing food, shoes, holiday support, and medical foot care to low-income individuals and families, aiming to foster community and personal transformation through acts of kindness, offering essential resources like groceries, hot meals, and gently-used footwear, with a focus on dignity and engagement for underserved populations.
- Mutual Aid Organization
Their primary bodies of work include grassroots food justice organizing through their flagship program, Plant-Grow-Share (PGS), and anti-racist organizing through the South Central Minneapolis Antiracism Collective (SMAC). They partner with HOME Line to bring tenant organizing to the Central, Bryant, Powderhorn, and Bancroft neighborhoods—and beyond.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A long-standing nonprofit based in St. Paul that provides essential services and support to immigrants, refugees, and low-income families across the Twin Cities. It offers programs focused on basic needs, food access, housing stability, education, employment support, and family services. Neighborhood House works to reduce poverty and promote stability by meeting people where they are and supporting long-term community well-being.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A nonprofit organization providing free meals, groceries, clothing, bus tokens, and essential supplies to people experiencing poverty or homelessness. Services are offered daily with no cost or eligibility requirements, focusing on meeting immediate needs with dignity and respect.
- Resource Center
Food pantry with on-site and mobile pantries, and deliveries. Serves 200k residents yearly. Also offers rental assistance programs (for Edina ONLY), and social services for “individuals, families, children, and seniors experiencing food insecurity, high-risk of eviction or homelessness, and financial crisis”. Volunteering opportunities available.
- Resource Center
Accola’s mission is to welcome neighbors, cultivate community, and foster justice by responding boldly to the needs of the time. To accomplish its mission, the organization improves opportunity for immigrants through education; provides safe and dignified housing for women as they heal from trauma; and helps connect people’s spiritualty with social justice action.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Online Resource / Directory
COPAL, Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina, is a grassroots, membership-based nonprofit that organizes and empowers Latine communities across Minnesota to build social, economic, and political power. They have worked to improve quality of life for Latine families by expanding civic engagement, advocating for racial and economic justice, supporting health and wellness, fighting for immigrant rights, and creating resources like community programs, leadership training, legal support, and worker services.
- Volunteer Coordination / Hub
Established in 2025, the Immigrant Defense Network (IDN) is a network of over 90 immigrant, labor, legal, faith, and community organizations dedicated to protecting and advancing the constitutional rights of immigrant communities across Minnesota. In the face of ongoing and escalating threats to immigrant rights, IDN delivers trusted information, referrals to legal support, and coordinated educational activities.
- Resource Center
The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM) is a nonprofit organization that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. ILCM also works to educate the community about immigration matters and advocates for public policies which respect the universal human rights of immigrants.
- Resource Center
A nonprofit organization supporting immigrants and refugees through workforce training, employment assistance, citizenship and immigration services, education, and social support. Programs focus on economic self-sufficiency, legal stability, and successful integration into local communities.
- Resource Center
MIBF posts immigration bonds for residents of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Kentucky (or individuals who intend to live in one of these states upon release) regardless of where they are detained. MIBF also posts bonds for people detained by ICE in facilities in IN, WI, MN, and KY regardless of their residency. Beyond that, they “do not have any eligibility requirements.”
- Online Resource / Directory, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A grassroots coalition that works to defend and advance the rights of immigrants and refugees across Minnesota. MIRAC organizes community members, advocates for humane and just immigration policies, and mobilizes rapid response to detention, deportation, and enforcement actions. Through education, direct action, and coalition-building, the group focuses on protecting families, challenging harmful systems, and building collective power within immigrant communities.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Online Resource / Directory, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A faith-based coalition of congregations, clergy, and community members working to support immigrants and refugees across Minnesota. Rooted in shared moral and spiritual values, ICOM provides accompaniment, emergency support, and advocacy for immigrant families facing detention or deportation. The coalition also educates faith communities, mobilizes collective action, and works to build a more just and welcoming Minnesota through solidarity and compassion.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A long-standing nonprofit based in St. Paul that provides essential services and support to immigrants, refugees, and low-income families across the Twin Cities. It offers programs focused on basic needs, food access, housing stability, education, employment support, and family services. Neighborhood House works to reduce poverty and promote stability by meeting people where they are and supporting long-term community well-being.
- Online Resource / Directory
An immigrant-led, BIPOC-majority, multiracial, statewide organization building power for Minnesotan working families to advance social, racial, and environmental justice. They are an organization born out of the immigration justice movement. Immigration reform, democracy, education, healthcare, worker justice, and climate justice are at the core of their work.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Online Resource / Directory
COPAL, Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina, is a grassroots, membership-based nonprofit that organizes and empowers Latine communities across Minnesota to build social, economic, and political power. They have worked to improve quality of life for Latine families by expanding civic engagement, advocating for racial and economic justice, supporting health and wellness, fighting for immigrant rights, and creating resources like community programs, leadership training, legal support, and worker services.
- Resource Center
Groundwork Legal is a nonprofit legal organization providing direct legal services, education, and movement defense support for activists and communities facing state violence and political repression. Their work includes protest defense, legal observer programs, and strategic litigation to protect civil and human rights.
- Volunteer Coordination / Hub
Established in 2025, the Immigrant Defense Network (IDN) is a network of over 90 immigrant, labor, legal, faith, and community organizations dedicated to protecting and advancing the constitutional rights of immigrant communities across Minnesota. In the face of ongoing and escalating threats to immigrant rights, IDN delivers trusted information, referrals to legal support, and coordinated educational activities.
- Resource Center
The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM) is a nonprofit organization that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. ILCM also works to educate the community about immigration matters and advocates for public policies which respect the universal human rights of immigrants.
- Resource Center
A nonprofit legal services organization providing free civil legal advice, representation, and education to low-income people, seniors 60+, and people with disabilities in central Minnesota. They help with housing, family law, public benefits, disability, immigration, tax, and more.
- Resource Center
MIBF posts immigration bonds for residents of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Kentucky (or individuals who intend to live in one of these states upon release) regardless of where they are detained. MIBF also posts bonds for people detained by ICE in facilities in IN, WI, MN, and KY regardless of their residency. Beyond that, they “do not have any eligibility requirements.”
- Resource Center, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A national association of lawyers, legal workers, law students, and jailhouse lawyers dedicated to using the law to advance human rights and social justice. Founded in 1937, the Guild provides legal support, education, and advocacy for movements challenging systemic injustice, including protest defense, civil liberties protection, and accountability for government and law-enforcement actions.
- Resource Center
An interfaith, community-based organization providing immigration legal defense and support to individuals and families facing detention or deportation in southeastern Minnesota. Services include legal representation coordination, accompaniment, community education, and advocacy rooted in faith-based solidarity.
- Resource Center, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A nonprofit legal services organization providing free civil legal aid to low-income individuals, seniors, and agricultural workers across southern Minnesota. Services include housing, family law, public benefits, immigration, education, and consumer protection.
- Resource Center, Volunteer Coordination / Hub
A nonprofit human rights organization providing legal services, education, and advocacy to protect and promote international human rights. Work includes immigration and asylum representation, anti-trafficking efforts, monitoring detention conditions, and training advocates, lawyers, and community members.
- Resource Center
Volunteer Lawyers Network (VLN) helps Minnesotans experiencing poverty with civil legal issues by connecting clients with volunteer attorneys. They help clients with a wide range of civil legal issues, including bankruptcy, criminal record expungement, eviction defense, eviction expungement, family law, immigration, and much more. Every year, they provide thousands of free legal services through the commitment of hundreds of volunteer lawyers, ensuring better access to justice for the people of Minnesota.
- Mutual Aid Organization, Resource Center
A nonprofit organization providing free meals, groceries, clothing, bus tokens, and essential supplies to people experiencing poverty or homelessness. Services are offered daily with no cost or eligibility requirements, focusing on meeting immediate needs with dignity and respect.