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MINNESOTA VOTING PLAN, V2: (1) If you have a mail in ballot, complete it and hand deliver to your local election office. You're done. (2) If you're waiting for... a mail in ballot, don't wait. Go to you election office and complete an early absent ballot on site. Turn it in. You're done. (3) If you're waiting to vote in person on Election Day, don't. Go vote ASAP before election day, which will now be busier than expected with all the people with voting plans cancelled out by today's 8th Circuit Appellate decision preventing mail ballots from being counted after election day. Go vote in person early, now. You're done. This is a complete list--if you haven't voted, you are one of these three categories of voter. Find your polling place here: https://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/ Go VOTE!!!

To All MN Renters, Landlords, and Homeowners: please see the useful information contained in this article concerning Gov. Walz temporary moratorium on evictions. https://tinyurl.com/y9vfh9tz

While addressed to the moment, the premises in this article for caring to one's children provide insights for all times. For our children, and ourselves, let us also remember what once Oscar Wilde observed: "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." ;)... https://nyti.ms/2zjPZcc

** !!! ** Through the CARES Act, Hennepin County has up to $15 million in emergency housing funds for rent and utilities assistance available on a first come, first served basis. Eligibility Requirements:... Live in suburban Hennepin County, excluding Plymouth, Bloomington or Eden Prairie. Have total gross annual income (before deducting taxes) of 50% or less of the area median income (AMI), preference given to household at or below 30% of AMI. Have lost income (from self-employment or any other source) due to the COVID-19 emergency. Not receiving Section 8 or other ongoing rental assistance. Immigration documentation status does not apply; all eligible Hennepin county residents can seek funds regardless of documented or undocumented. : https://tinyurl.com/y7uv75zu

Navigating the other "co-parent" often involves sublimated difficulties; coronavirus has laid these more bare. Breathe, stay safe, and call if help is needed. https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-families-struggle-//

, ! Listed below are links to a variety of MN state benefit programs. These are shortened versions of the original links (which are often very long); each will to direct you to the agency providing help. We're all hurting due to the COVID-19 crisis; we get through this by helping one another. If you have any questions, please know you can message or call us anytime without charge to you!... Stay home, wash your hands, and be safe. #ThisIsHowWeMinnesota 1. MNSure (Health Insurance; MinnesotaCare; Medical Assistance; CHIPS [NOTE: ALL CHILDREN UNDER 18 CAN BE COVERED BY CHIPS]): https://tinyurl.com/vfbhye5 1. MN Unemployment Insurance (Cash Benefit for Displaced Workers): https://tinyurl.com/rlsslp8 1. General Assistance: (Cash Benefit for Qualified Individuals without Children): https://tinyurl.com/vev8c7n 1. Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) (Cash and Food Assistance for Families with Children): https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/1666 2. Minnesota Food Assistance Program (Food Assistance Program for people/families not eligible for SNAP): https://tinyurl.com/sod3g73 3. Minnesota Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): https://tinyurl.com/qwb9mk6 1. Minnesota Housing Assistance (short- and long-term financial assistance): https://tinyurl.com/tj2fhvd 2. Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA) Housing Assistance (housing assistance for people with disabilities paying 40% of monthly income for housing): https://tinyurl.com/va8pbmj 3. Minnesota Foreclosure Assistance and Mortgage Help: https://tinyurl.com/ugahpza 4. MN Energy Assistance Program: (Direct Benefit Energy Payment for Low-Income Residents): https://tinyurl.com/ybqpnrpq 1. ApplyMN (One-stop location for applying to Cash Assistance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP], Child Care or Emergency Assistance): https://tinyurl.com/qo9464l : ; . , .