Lakes & Prairies Community Action Partnership

Lakes & Prairies Administrative offices in Moorhead are open Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Call 218-299-7000 or toll free at 800-452-3646. Visit us at www.lakesandprairies.net

Clay-Wilkin Head Start

Clay-Wilkin Head Start is enrolling children for the coming Head Start school year. For more information please call 218-299-7021 or visit our website.

Family & Community Services (FCS)

Lakes & Prairies Family & Community Services offices are open Monday-Friday, 8:00-4:30. Call 218-299-7314 or toll free 800-452-3646 or visit us at http://www.lakesandprairies.net/.

Run & Fun a Sucess

Run & Fun for Rainbow Bridge was a success! Our event was held in coordination with the Fargo Marathon 5k race. It featured game, music and food and was a family friendly event for the whole community.We would like to thank Gjesdahl Law Office, P.C., and Kennelly & O'Keeffe Attorneys who hosted this event and the dozens of other sponsors and contributors who donated items for the silent auction. The event helped raise $8,000, in support of Rainbow Bridge Safe Exchange/Visitation Center! For more photos please visit our website.

2010 Flood Updates

The following links are provided for flood information updates in the greater F-M area including Clay County, MN, Wilkin County, MN and Fargo, ND.

City of Moorhead Flood Information
Clay County Flood Information
Wilkin County
U of M/Extension Flood Recovery/Disaster Response
Flood Forecast Display Tool
KFGO Radio
City of Fargo

RAINBOW BRIDGE - Safe Exchange/Visitation Ctr

May is Rainbow Bridge - Safe Exchange/Visitation month.

A MINNESOTA WITHOUT POVERTY by 2020

"A Minnesota Without Poverty" gathering. was held on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at the Knutson Campus Center, Centrum, at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.

This gathering joined with others who were attending similar gatherings is Rochester, Duluth and Wilmar. Portions of the event wwere streamed live from St. Paul and featured keynote speaker Don Samuels, activist business leader, pastor and city council member.

Local presenters at the Knutson Campus Center include:

• MN House Representative Morrie Lanning, District 09A, who served on the LCEP 2020 Commisison
• Gregory Gray, who served as Director of the MN Legislative Commission to End Poverty (LCEP) by 2020;
• Bishop Larry Wohlrabe, Northwestern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in America (ELCA), and
• Bishop Michael Hoeppner, Catholic Bishop of the Crookston Diocese.
  

Donations were accepted with the money going towar gas and transit cards to assist workers and people seeking employment.