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The Greater Minnesota Toll-Free Program
TCCVM offers links that expand beyond the Twin Cities. In 1999, four Minnesota Department of Economic Security (DES) Greater Minnesota WorkForce Centers added TCCVM service to their range of services for Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) recipients as a pilot program. By the end of 2002, 27 Greater Minnesota WorkForce Centers and their contracted agencies made the link available, giving their clients without phones a way to connect through the 1-800 number provided by the DES. With additional financial help from the ADC Corporation and the Mardag Foundation, their neighbors not on MFIP received information not only about jobs, but also about housing, health care and safety from domestic abuse in these communities:
- Alexandria
- Bemidji
- Cambridge
- Crookston
- Detroit Lakes
- Duluth
- E. Grand Forks
- Faribault
- Fairmont
- Fergus Falls
- Gaylord
- Grand Rapids
- Hutchinson
- Litchfield
- LeCenter
- LeSeuer
- Mahnomen
- Mankato
- Marshall
- Milaca
- Mille Lacs Reservation
- Monticello
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- Montevideo
- Mora
- Moorhead
- Morris
- Naytahwaush
- Olivia
- Onamia
- Owatonna
- Pine City
- Princeton
- Rochester
- Roseau
- St. Cloud
- St. Peter
- Thief River Falls
- Wahkon
- Walker
- Waseca
- White Earth Tribal Council
- Willmar
- Winona
- Worthington
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In 2002, as word of their success spread, 17 programs in Greater Minnesota joined TCCVM.
Last year, 278 Greater Minnesota families completed their TCCVM service. Of those clients:
- 51% found jobs
- 69% found housing
The TCCVM Greater Minnesota Toll-Free Program offers communications to those who were not connected. And that means jobs and housing for families, health care and safety can be within reach in Greater Minnesota.
Interested in joining TCCVM's network? Staff from agencies throughout Minnesota can call TCCVM at 651-643-0883 for more information.
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