Community-crafted mural at Avivo Village beautifies space

A blank, industrial wall at Avivo Village has been transformed into a vibrant, community-crafted mural. Over three days, artists led open design sessions on-site. As residents sketched words and images, a core concept emerged which connects residents with their journey.

Avivo receives “Excellence in Workforce Development – Employer Partnerships” award for collaboration with Wildflyer Coffee

In February 2025, Avivo received the “Excellence in Workforce Development – Employer Partnerships” award for its collaboration with Wildflyer Coffee, recognizing their joint efforts to help youth experiencing homelessness gain valuable job skills and build stable futures.

Avivo’s Adopt-A-Family Program soars to new records

Avivo’s Adopt-A-Family program continues to soar to new records! In our recently concluded 2024 program, generous donors provided nearly 700 families and more than 2,500 individuals in Avivo’s programs with holiday gifts!

We believe everyone deserves the chance to live well and work well.

Avivo serves more than 11,000 individuals each year; helping them achieve recovery, find housing stability, and achieve employment and economic advancement. Serving Minnesota since 1960, we specialize in helping individuals and families who face complex barriers – poverty, homelessness, unemployment, chemical addiction or mental health concerns – achieve recovery and economic stability. Avivo’s holistic approach to providing chemical and mental health services, career education, and employment services embraces each person’s unique journey. Ultimately, our paired services lay a foundation of health, and social and economic wellness, that transforms lives.

Avivo is HERE. We work to end Homelessness. We provide Education and training. We support Recovery and mental health. We prepare people for Employment and success.

Chemical & Mental Health

Assessments, addiction treatment programs, mental health services, and more for individuals and families.

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Employment services

Unique to low-income adults, youth, single parents, immigrants, individuals with disabilities, and more.

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Avivo Institute of Career & Technical Education

Our licensed school of career and technical education offers credentialed training with employment services.

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Ending Homelessness

Street outreach, housing case management, Avivo Village indoor shelter, and more. Avivo believes housing is a human right.

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Mia

“That I could include my children in my recovery and not be separated from them for such a long period of time, it gave me hope. It gave me something to hold on to.”

This June, Mia will celebrate three years of sobriety and two years since completing Avivo’s recovery programs. She’s proud to be living in stable housing while working as a kitchen manager and sous chef at a local restaurant and reflects on her recovery journey, including significant obstacles she had to overcome. Read Mia’s story

Takeerah

“I have never met two people who care about their students like [instructors] Mickey and Bill. [It] made me feel different about humanity.”

After losing everything, becoming homeless, and needing to start over, Takeerah saw that the only way to push her life forward and take care of her family was to go to school and get training for a career. A year later, she and her family have an apartment and she is working in a career she loves! Read Takeerah’s story

Emmanuel

“Avivo is unique, I would say, because they have a diverse staff. A new arrival [to America] can easily talk to staff, which gives them hope… hope that things can turn out much better in the future.”

When Emmanuel moved to the United States from Rwanda in 2019, he wanted nothing more than a bright future for his wife and daughters. He partnered with Avivo and other nonprofits to achieve his dreams. Read Emmanuel’s story

1,729

individuals found work or entered careers

11,191

individuals served last year

1,479

people moved from public assistance to employment

98%

of people served live in poverty

2,198

Individuals increased wellness through chemical & mental health services

56%

of individuals served are people of color