Tonia Brinston, financial educator for LSS Financial Counseling, received an award as one of the Top Women in Finance by Finance & Commerce Newspaper on November 15. Brinston, based in Minneapolis, was recognized at an awards dinner attended by more than 450 people at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis. Each year, this award recognizes 45 outstanding women who make notable contributions to their professions and communities.

Mya Conrad, an LSS case worker who works with survivors of sex trafficking, says that her work isn’t necessarily over at the end of the work day. If there is a crisis after normal work hours, she tends to it. Chad Larimer, and LSS Financial Counselor, hopes to be a “light at the end of a tunnel, not a train” for the people he supports!

The Rochester Post-Bulletin covered the new initiative by Legal Assistance in Olmsted County, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota and other organizations to create a new avenue for addressing evictions.

The Duluth News Tribune reported that officials in Carlton County are leading efforts in suicide prevention. Kathy Hermes, whose Together for Youth programs in Greater Duluth and the Iron Range provide support to LGBTQ youth, applauded efforts to stem the tide of rising suicides.

Camp Noah, a Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota week-long day camp to help children recover emotionally and spiritually from natural disasters, provided support to children who fled to Pennsylvania after the devastation created by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Read more in the Living Lutheran magazine.

"A new law makes it easier for consumers to freeze and thaw their credit scores, one year after the historic Equifax that compromised 143 million consumers’ personal information." LSS Financial Counselor Shannon Doyle shares tips on preventing identity theft in this WCCO TV story.

September 26, 2018 - Currently, over 68,000 children in Minnesota are being raised by people other than their parents and include extended family members and friends, creating kinship families. 

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota has partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Minnesota to provide support for veterans struggling with mental health issues. Read more at Fox 9.