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Hennepin County Health and medical Clinics and services

Hennepin County helps residents stay healthy by offering low-cost medical and mental health services.

We are a multilingual, multicultural clinic that provides screening and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, HIV testing, tuberculosis control services, refugee health screening, immigration exams and family planning services.

Monday and Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Call the clinic at 612-543-5555, option 4, (TTY 612-348-4729).

Health Services Building, 4th floor 525 Portland Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55415

The clinic accepts most forms of insurance; we also accept self-pay and will apply a sliding fee scale for services. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay.

Online access to portions of your electronic medical record

HIM (Health Interventions for Men)

CAPS (Care Access and Prevention Services)

NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center offers medical care, dental care, behavioral health, and community-based services, all in one north Minneapolis location. We also provide many supportive services including health education classes, transportation assistance, interpreters, health advocates, cancer screenings, pharmacy and pregnancy support.

Monday and Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday - Thursday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday 8 a.m. - noon

For care when the clinic is closed, call 612-873-3000.

1313 Penn Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55411| Map

NorthPoint accepts many forms of insurance. Patients without insurance may be eligible for one of our reduced fee programs. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay. 

This clinic provide a variety of health and wellness services to people who are homeless. It operates at 9 different shelters and drop-in centers in Minneapolis, to address health concerns, provide treatment including medications, coordinate health care services, provide health education and coordinate access to health and social services in the community. Any homeless adult or child is eligible. This includes those living outside or on the street, in shelter or transitional housing, with friends or relatives or who have been homeless within the past year.

Hours vary by location. See listings below. 

Appointments aren't required, but we recommend calling to confirm the clinic is open. You can call the individual clinic (see list below) or the main phone number: 612-348-5553. If you know a homeless person who needs medical care, have them call 612-348-5553 or direct them to a Health Care for the Homeless clinic site listed below.

740 East 17th Street, 612-375-9372

Monday: 8 a.m. to noon

Tuesday: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday: 8 a.m. to noon

41 N. 12th St., 612-252-1200

Monday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

614 S. Third St., 612-332-4500 ext. 226

Monday–Wednesday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday 8 a.m. to noon

1010 Currie Ave., 612-596-9643

Monday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

Wednesday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thursday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

165 Glenwood Ave. N., 612-348-5553

Tuesday 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Thursday 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

2740 First Ave. S., 612-874-0306

Monday 5 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday 5 to 8 p.m. 

2211 Clinton Ave. S., 612-874-9292

Thursday: 6 to 9 p.m.

525 Portland, fourth floor, 612-543-5555

Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday: 8 a.m. to noon

Wednesday: 8 a.m. to noon

Contact United Way 2-1-1

Online access to portions of your electronic medical record

Health care for the homeless brochure (PDF)

The respite program provides a shelter bed and nursing care for homeless adults recovering from illness or injury or who have recently been released from the hospital. By providing respite care, Hennepin helps homeless individuals recover and prevent further complications or re-hospitalization. To make a referral to respite care, call 612-236-5916.

Health care for the homeless respite program (PDF)

The Hennepin County Mental Health Center (HCMHC) serves adults who have serious mental illness and who may also have a co-occurring substance use disorder. We also serve children and adolescents who have severe emotional disturbance, have been abused or neglected, or have been court-ordered for evaluation. We’re licensed by the State of Minnesota as a DHS Rule 29 Community Mental Health Center. 

Monday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Hennepin County Medical Center is closed on these holidays. 

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The Hennepin County Mental Health Center provides ongoing, comprehensive, client-centered treatment that promotes whole-person wellness and recovery, self-efficacy and life enhancement. 

Our experienced team of professionals understands that recovery is a personal process and tailors treatment to individual needs. We work with each client to develop a plan of care that builds on strengths, focuses on person-specific goals and invites the participation of the client’s support system and other service providers.   

HCMHC is a county-supported facility designed to serve residents of Hennepin County or people for home Hennepin County has financial responsibility.

As a safety net provider, we primarily serve people who do not have commercial insurance or who may be uninsured or underinsured. In addition, we welcome those who may benefit from our flexible service model. We offer scheduled appointments as well as walk-in visits and strive to be accessible and responsive to our clients’ needs.

HCMHC approaches mental health care using a multidisciplinary approach, offering a range of services, including: Assessments and evaluations

Immunizations prevent diseases at all ages. Immunizing is the best way to prevent the spread of many infectious diseases - and protect lives. Immunizations can also slow down, or even stop, some disease outbreaks before they become widespread - seasonal flu, for example. Making sure young children are immunized is especially important. A child who is not immunized is more susceptible to dangerous and sometimes deadly diseases than a child who is immunized. 

Get low-cost shots for families and singles who do not have adequate insurance, at regularly scheduled Hennepin County Immunization Clinics. We offer all routine immunizations for children, plus vaccines for the flu and shingles. For adults 19 and older, we have all recommended immunizations except for travel vaccines.

Call 612-543-5555 to schedule an appointment. All immunizations will be provided at the Hennepin County Public Health Clinic, Health Services Building, 525 Portland Avenue, Minneapolis. | Map

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Children's vaccination schedule (PDF)

Vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases

Childhood vaccines and their safety 

Vaccine recommendations for adults (PDF)

The Minnesota Immunization Information Connection is Minnesota's statewide immunization registry. ImmuLink administers the program in Hennepin County. Immunization registries are confidential databases that contain information about immunizations.

Typically, immunization information about a newborn child is entered into a local or state registry at birth or at his or her first well-baby check-up. Registries work hard to include all children in a community so that families, schools and clinics have complete immunization records whenever they need them. Registries also track adult immunizations, so adults are protected from diseases such as tetanus, influenza (flu), and pneumonia.

Only groups covered by the Minnesota Immunization Data Sharing Law can view this immunization data. This includes physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, school nurses, child care facilities, boards of health, community action agencies, and the commissioner of health. All organizations requesting access to MIIC sign a security and confidentiality agreement.

Sites or individuals that do not have access to MIIC may request MIIC records by calling Hennepin County Immunization Services at (612) 348-2741.

Sign up for the quarterly ImmuLink newsletter.

Minnesota Immunization Information Connection (MIIC)

Minnesota Immunization Data Sharing Law

Anyone may decline to register, by completing and returning the form below. If you have questions about this process, or the implications of removing yourself from this system, please contact Hennepin County Immunization Services at 612-348-2741.

Opt out form (DOCX)

How to enroll (some variables affect how long it takes to enroll)

Organizations not administering vaccines(schools, child care centers, community agencies, etc.)

The no-cost Coast2Coast Rx card could provide savings of up to 75 percent on tens of thousands of prescriptions with additional savings available on health care services including diabetes supplies, services such as lab and imaging, and vision, dental and hearing care. The program also offers discounts on pet prescriptions and some veterinary care.

Each time the card is used to fill a prescription, $1.25 will be generated for public programs in Hennepin County.

Residents can pick up a card from more than 69,000  participating pharmacies nationwide or print one from the Coast2Coast website, www.coast2coastrx.com/counties/mn/hennepin.

Participation has no restrictions on eligibility, so all residents are immediately qualified to use the card, regardless of their age, income or health status.

The program, provided through Financial Marketing Concepts, Inc., of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., can provide medical access to those with or without health insurance. For those who are uninsured or underinsured, it could provide access to the prescriptions and health care services that their families need. Even those with insurance can use the card to help offset the cost of high deductibles. In other cases the card could help relieve the out-of-pocket costs of the Medicare Part D ‘donut hole.’

The partnership creates no additional cost to the county and does not require additional work by county personnel to distribute or market the card. Nonprofit organizations and social service agencies are encouraged to e-mail [email protected]  to request free supplies of cards to distribute to their customers.

Primary Focus of the Provider

• Substance Abuse Treatment Services
• Mental Health Treatment Services
• Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
• General health services

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Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Substance abuse treatment
• Detoxification
• Methadone maintenance
• Methadone maintenance for predetermined time
• Methadone detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine maintenance for predetermined time
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Relapse prevention from naltrxone
• Buprenorphine used in treatment
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
• Methadone
• Transitional housing or halfway house
• Do not treat opiod addiction
• Use methadone/buprenorphoine for pain management or emergency dosing
• Do not use medication for opioid addiction
• Accepts clients on opioid medication
• Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone
• All Clients in Opioid Treatment Program
• SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program

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Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit of a general hospital
• Residential treatment center (RTC) for children
• Residential treatment center (RTC) for adults
• Other residential treatment facility
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Outpatient mental health facility
• Community mental health center
• Multi-setting mental health facility (e.g., residential plus outpatient)

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Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavioral therapy
• Behavior modification
• Integrated dual disorders treatment
• Trauma therapy
• Activity therapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Psychotropic medication
• Telemedicine therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling
• Rational emotive behavioral therapy

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted
• Smoking permitted in designated area
• Smoking permitted without restriction

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Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

• Hospital inpatient
• Residential
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Outpatient
• Short-term residential
• Long-term residential
• Residential detoxification
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Computerized treatment
• General Hospital(including VA hospital)
• Psychiatric hospital

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• State mental health authority
• Other state government agency
• Regional/district or county, local or municipal government
• Tribal government
• Indian Health Service
• State Government
• Local, county, or community government
• Department of Defense
• State substance abuse agency
• State mental health department
• State department of health
• Hospital licensing authority
• The Joint Commission
• Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation
• National Committee for Quality Assurance
• Council on Accreditation
• Healthcare Facilitiues Accreditation Program
• Other national oraganization

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• No payment accepted
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Access to recovery (ATR) voucher
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State education funds
• Other State funds
• County or local government funds
• Community Service Block Grants
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• U.S Department of VA funds
• Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

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Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

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Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

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Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish
• Native American Indian or Alaska Native languages
• Other languages(excluding Spanish)

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Military families
• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Seniors or older adults
• Adolescents
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Adult women
• Adult men
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons who have experienced sexual abuse
• Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Children with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Transitional age young adults
• Persons with eating disorders

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Ancillary Services

• Assertive community treatment
• Intensive case management
• Case management
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Consumer-run (peer-support) services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Housing services
• Illness management and recovery
• Integrated primary care service
• Legal advocacy
• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Screening for tobacco use
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Therapeutic foster care
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Cocaine Detoxification
• Methamphetamines Detoxification
• Opiods Detoxification
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for internet use disorder
• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Marital/couples counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Martix Model
• Community reinforcement plus vouchers
• Relapse prevention
• Residential beds for clients children

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Age Groups Accepted

• Children/adolescents
• Young adults
• Adults
• Seniors (65 or older)

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

• Methadone and buprenorphine clients only
• Methadone clients only
• DUI/DWI clients
• Serve only DWI clients

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