Minneapolis opens assistance center for people affected by shootings

The help is being provided in a collaboration with The Family Partnership.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
September 20, 2025 at 11:26PM
A man bikes in front of the Lake Street encampment, where an upside-down American flag hangs as a symbol of distress. (Susan Du/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minneapolis is providing free services ranging from mental health support to snacks and water to people affected by recent shootings on Lake Street.

The neighborhood assistance center, run in collaboration with the Family Partnership, a family support and advocacy nonprofit, opened Thursday. It is scheduled to run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, its last day, at 1527 E. Lake St. (entrance on Bloomington Avenue).

Services include mental health support, nondenominational spiritual care and victim services information.

There also are informational resources and referrals for unsheltered people, human trafficking prevention resources, household safety and security information and snacks and water.

“Minneapolis is making sure every impacted neighbor has a safe place to turn for support,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a news release from the city. “The Neighborhood Assistance Center will provide immediate resources — from trauma care and victim services to health and safety support — for anyone who needs them."

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Richard Chin is a feature reporter with the Minnesota Star Tribune in Minneapolis. He has been a longtime Twin Cities-based journalist who has covered crime, courts, transportation, outdoor recreation and human interest stories.

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