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Thank you for joining us for our 2024 Achieving Dreams fundraising breakfast, presented by Marsden and Mortenson! If you had to miss the event, you can still make a donation.

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Avivo serves 270 additional families after expansion into Wright and Mille Lacs Counties

Avivo is excited to announce an expansion into Wright County and Mille Lacs County, offering family and employment services from new offices in Buffalo and Milaca.

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Avivo to expand opioid response efforts organization-wide

Avivo will expand its high-fidelity, harm-reduction practices organization-wide, thanks to a $175,000 grant from Hennepin County. The grant will allow Avivo to bolster opioid prevention, response and treatment to communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid crisis.

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Avivo teaching artists initiative and arts programming have positive impact

Avivo’s ArtWorks program facilitated a multi-month initiative of new arts workshops that provided paid teaching experiences for artists living with mental illness. The teaching experiences bolstered the artists’ sense of identity, helped debunk stigma and increased the positive impact on participants benefitting from their peers leading workshops.

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We believe everyone deserves the chance to live well and work well.

Avivo serves nearly 10,000 individuals each year; helping them achieve recovery, find housing stability, and achieve employment and economic advancement. Serving Minnesota since 1960, we specialize in helping individuals and families who face complex barriers – poverty, homelessness, unemployment, chemical addiction or mental health concerns – achieve recovery and economic stability. Avivo’s holistic approach to providing chemical and mental health services, career education, and employment services embraces each person’s unique journey. Ultimately, our paired services lay a foundation of health, and social and economic wellness, that transforms lives.

Avivo is HERE. We work to end Homelessness. We provide Education and training. We support Recovery and mental health. We prepare people for Employment and success.

Chemical & Mental Health

Assessments, addiction treatment programs, mental health services, and more for individuals and families.

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Employment services

Unique to low-income adults, youth, single parents, immigrants, individuals with disabilities, and more.

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Avivo Institute of Career & Technical Education

Our licensed school of career and technical education offers credentialed training with employment services.

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Ending Homelessness

Street outreach, housing case management, Avivo Village indoor shelter, and more. Avivo believes housing is a human right.

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Emmanuel

“Avivo is unique, I would say, because they have a diverse staff. A new arrival [to America] can easily talk to staff, which gives them hope… hope that things can turn out much better in the future.”

When Emmanuel moved to the United States from Rwanda in 2019, he wanted nothing more than a bright future for his wife and daughters. He partnered with Avivo and other nonprofits to achieve his dreams. Read Emmanuel’s story

LaShonda

“I am a strong example for my kids!”

When LaShonda entered Avivo’s family treatment program, she thought it was a blessing in disguise. Now living in recovery with her daughter, she is proud of her sobriety and looking to the future. Read LaShonda’s story

Takeerah

“I have never met two people who care about their students like [instructors] Mickey and Bill. [It] made me feel different about humanity.”

After losing everything, becoming homeless, and needing to start over, Takeerah saw that the only way to push her life forward and take care of her family was to go to school and get training for a career. A year later, she and her family have an apartment and she is working in a career she loves! Read Takeerah’s story

Toni

“This is the first time in years that I had a place where all my boys could come and visit.”

For two years, Toni lived in a tent in south Minneapolis along the Midtown Greenway. She moved into a new efficiency apartment last December and is happy to leave the vulnerability and harshness of homelessness behind. Read Toni’s story

Kamilla

“Avivo came to help me. It felt good, like I wasn’t alone. Like you won’t sink. Like someone is helping you.”

Kamilla is excited for her new career and new direction in life thanks to a unique program at Avivo that helps homemakers who need to pivot and fully provide for themselves and their children. Read Kamilla’s story

1,784

individuals found work or entered careers

9,918

individuals served last year

1,173

people moved from public assistance to employment

85%

of people served live in poverty

2,213

Individuals increased wellness through chemical & mental health services

58%

of individuals served are people of color