Minnesota Mental Illness Disability Benefits


Mental Illness Disability Benefits

Minnesota Mental Health Resources

If you or a loved one is trying to get mental illness disability benefits through Social Security there are a number of good organizations in Minnesota that can help with various aspects of mental health. From treatment through advocacy, the resources listed below can help with the various challenges of a mental illness.

Minnesota Mental Health Agency

For more information regarding admission, care, treatment, release, and patient follow-up in public or private psychiatric residential facilities, contact your Minnesota mental health agency:

Department of Human Services
Mental Health Program Division
Human Services Building
444 Lafayette Road
Saint Paul, MN 55155-3828
Phone: 651-431-2225
Spanish Language Referral Line: 888-428-3438
Internet: www.dhs.state.mn.us
Spanish language assistance and resources available

Minnesota Substance Abuse Agency

Contact your MN substance abuse agency for information about treatment and care of substance abuse disorders:

Department of Human Services
Chemical Health Division
P.O. Box 64977
Saint Paul, MN 55164-0977
Phone: 651-431-2460
Fax: 651-431-7449
Internet: http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/Contcare/chemicalhealth

Minnesota Protection and Advocacy Agency

Minnesota agency that helps protect and advocate for the rights of people suffering from mental illnesses and to investigate reports of abuse and neglect in mental illness care facilities.

Minnesota Disability Law Center
430 First Avenue North, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55401-1780
Phone: 612-332-1441
Toll-free: 800-292-4150 (Statewide)
TDD: 612-332-4668
Fax: 612-334-5755
Internet: www.mndlc.org
Spanish language assistance and resources available

The Office of the Ombudsman is an independent state agency appointed by and reporting to the Governor of Minnesota. It reviews complaints regarding the service delivery system for persons with mental disabilities, and also reviews deaths and serious injuries of persons receiving services.

State Office of the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities

Metro Square Building
121 East 7th Place, Suite 420
St. Paul, MN 55101-2117
Phone: 651-296-3848
Toll-free: 800-657-3506
Fax: 651-296-1021
Internet: www.ombudmhmr.state.mn.us

Minnesota Family Support

The Center for Mental Health Services awards grants to statewide, family-run networks to provide support and information to families of children and adolescents with serious emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders. For more information, contact:

PACER Center, Inc.
8161 Normandale Boulevard
Minneapolis, MN 55437-1044
Phone: 952-838-9000
Toll-free: 800-537-2237 (Statewide)
TDD: 952-838-0190
Fax: 952-838-0199
Internet: www.pacer.org

Minnesota Advocacy Organizations

The MN chapter of Mental Health America has information regarding community services and engage in national and state level advocacy. For more information about the association, contact:

Mental Health Association of Minnesota
2021 East Hennepin Avenue, Suite 412
Minneapolis, MN 55413-2726
Phone: 612-331-6840
Toll-free: 800-862-1799
Fax: 612-331-1630
Internet: www.mentalhealthmn.org

The National Alliance on Mental Illness maintains a helpline for information on mental illnesses and referrals to local groups. For information about the Alliance’s affiliates and activities in Minnesota, contact:

NAMI Minnesota, Inc.
800 Transfer Road, Suite 7A
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Phone: 651-645-2948
Toll-free: 888-473-0237
Fax: 651-645-7379
Internet: www.namimn.org

Statewide consumer organizations provide information about mental health and other support services at the State level and actively advocate for mental health system issues. For information about consumer activities in Minnesota, contact:

Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Network of Minnesota
1821 University Avenue West, Suite S-160
Saint Paul, MN 55104-2803
Phone: 651-637-2800
Toll-free: 800-483-2007
Fax: 651-637-2777
Internet: www.mhcsn.net

A Fields Law mental illness disability benefits attorney will assist you in getting the help from the various Minnesota resources that are available. In addition, we can help you with the documentation of your mental illness and disability. Benefits through SSA are available if you are unable to work because of limitations caused by your disorder. If you have been denied disability benefits we can work with you to put together the best evidence and appeal your case.

We offer a Free case review. Our Minnesota mental illness disability benefits attorneys understand how frustrating it is to suffer from mental illness and be denied disability benefits when you are unable to work. There are never any fees unless we win your disability case.

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We are a Minnesota Disability Law Firm dedicated to helping people in Minnesota get the Social Security Disability benefits they deserve.

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