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 TCARE is a caregiver support platform that aims to alleviate caregiver bottlenecks such as burnout and delays in nursing home placement. With a focus on supporting at-home care TCARE offers services such as monitoring and support for caregivers (TCARE Assist), a database of 168 categories of social determinants of health resources to simplify caregiving (TCARE Connect), an online database of caregiving resources (TCARE Insights) and a family engagement app (TCARE Engage).  
 
 
 The company operates on a B2B basis working with caregiving organizations and health plan providers mainly. 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 As of September 2022, the company has partnered with companies such as United Healthcare, Cigna, and Prudential.
 
 
 
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NorthPoint offers medical, dental, mental health, human service, and wellness services.

American Indian Community Housing Organization offers permanent supportive housing, youth programming, and domestic violence shelter.

La Red Latina de Educacion Temprana is a model and intermediary developed by the community with the aim of educating and assisting FFN providers.

Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College promotes educational opportunities for the residents of Cloquet, Minnesota. Students are able to earn associate’s degrees and vocational certificates that can benefit their future. Fond du Lac offers great associate degree options for students wishing to receive vocationally relevant instruction as well as for those who are more academically minded. Students can transfer to four-year universities after earning their associate’s degree or go straight into the workforce. Associate’s degrees are offered in several fields, including Business, Child Development, E-Crime, Geospatial Technologies, Law Enforcement, Nursing, Nutrition, and much more. Certificates allow students to learn vocational skills more quickly. Certificate programs include: Clean Energy Technology, Computer Forensics, Finance, Home Health Aide, Child Development, and a few more. Though Fond du Lac is a community college, students still desire an active student life. Students can get involved in several student organizations and honors clubs, as well as participate in student government and try out for the school newspaper. Support services at Fond du Lac promote academic and professional success. Students are exposed to academic tutoring, extensive career services, and financial aid advising. Fond du Lac puts its students first by promoting hard work, a supportive academic community, and listening to the vocational needs of the community.

Lakes and Prairies Community Action Partnership is a non-profit entity that engages communities to counter poverty and empower families.

Healthy Community Initiative focused on health related issues, including physical activity, healthy eating, mental health, chronic disease prevention, and access to healthcare. Healthy Community Initiatives include park and recreation programs, community gardens, health fairs, and educational events.

Nexus Community Partners is Building More Engaged and Powerful Communities of color. Nexus Community Partners is the key to building more engaged and powerful communities of color lies in the connections between authorship, leadership and ownership.

The Northland Foundation is a publicly supported foundation serving seven Northeast Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis, and all or parts of five Native nations: Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

The Northside Achievement Zone mission is to end generational poverty and build a culture of achievement in North Minneapolis.

Northwest Minnesota Foundation offers residents and friends a personal approach to making a meaningful donation. NMF fosters all forms of giving, with an endowment funds, which use exclusively the earnings to support charity activities. NMF, as the regional community foundation for Northwest Minnesota, provides a variety of fund types to help donors meet their charitable objectives.

SPARK is a first-of-its-kind early education initiative in Minnesota. It will provide a path to early education for all Saint Paul families. The program creates easy access to finding the learning environment that works best for every child, with no cost to lower-income families and reduced costs to other households. Early childhood education shouldn't be a luxury only available to a few families.

United Community Action Partnership offers innovative programs and services to address meeting basic needs, education, and employment training.

Voices for Racial Justice is a team of organizers, trainers, and storytellers invested in strategies for racial justice.

Wildflower is a network of micro-schools that assist children, teachers, and parents. Wildflower wants to provide all children and families with the chance to choose high-quality, excellent learning settings as they travel through life. The goal of Wildflower is to be an experiment in a new learning environment, dissolving the lines between home and school, between scientists and instructors, and between schools and their surrounding areas. Their schools are small and teacher-led, with a high level of parental involvement. Wildflower is headquartered in Minneapolis , Minnesota and was founded in 2013.

YWCA Minneapolis's mission is to promote health, education, and gender and racial equity throughout the Twin Cities.

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal advice and representation on civil law matters to low-income individuals with disabilities and seniors. It offers - legal services advocacy project, which engages in policy advocacy on issues affecting low incomes.

The Northwest Indian Community Development Center’s mission is to identify, coordinate, and deliver resources that promote wellness and equity for American Indian families.

Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota leads programs to serve and empower children, families, and communities.

All Nations Rise is a non-profit organization.

African Economic Development Solutions builds wealth within African immigrant communities through economic development activities.

Native American Community Clinic's mission is to promote health & wellness of mind, body, and spirit in Native American families.

Seeds of Justice is a group of Worthington leaders who are committed to make all communities in Worthington stronger by pushing for equal representation in local decision making, and creating spaces for Worthington community members to create and advocate for the solutions they need.

State Health Access Data Assistance Center is a multidisciplinary health policy research center with a focus on state health policy.

Rainbow Health helps people navigate healthcare systems by breaking down barriers, particularly LGBTQ+ people and those affected by HIV.

Open Door Health Center is a non-profit community health center, providing quality affordable health care to everyone.

HAP specializes in the workforce, economic and community development, health and wellness, prevention, and social enterprise services.

CLUES is a linguistically and culturally relevant resource and service non – profit organization that was founded in 1981 by Latinos for Latinos.CLUES' work is to ensure the advancement of social and economic equity and wellbeing for Latinos in Minnesota by building upon our strengths and cultures, uplifting our community, and activating leadership for systemic change.

C.A.R.E. Clinic is a nonprofit clinic caring for underserved low-income residents of Goodhue County and Lake City, Minnesota.*

African Community Senior Services is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization serving senior African immigrants and refugees.

African Community Services aims to help individuals and families with their struggles by providing effective assistance through goal-oriented problem-solving.

TCARE offers a family carer support program thus preventing nursing home placement. The company platform reduces care claims for medicaid and life insurance carriers. They offer nursing home placement services.

RetraceHealth is a primary care clinic that brings personal, high-quality primary care directly to patients through home and video visits. Its mission is to make high-quality primary care medical services personal, affordable, and convenient. RetraceHealth brings personal, high-quality primary care directly to patients through home and video visits. It's full-service primary care at Minute Clinic prices but delivered to a patient's doorstep. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Learn to Live provides online CBT-based programs to address psychological problems such as depression, stress, anxiety, and others. It is driven by its mission is to help sufferers of mental health problems who have been too uncomfortable to ask for help, or have struggled to find available psychologists or therapists, grown tired of traditional self-help, or just want to try something new.  It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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