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mission
Our mission is to build a supportive community
network that links youth and their families to their
inner strength through life skills, education,
advocacy, supportive housing, and a dynamic
network of social services to transform lives.
vision
We see a future in which supportive communities
nurture confident, happy and secure youth.
about us
The Link is a nonprofit founded in 1991 by two former
Minnesota Vikings players in collaboration with the
late Leonard Lindquist who shared a vision of bringing
opportunity and positive relationships to
disempowered youth living in impoverished
neighborhoods. This grassroots initiative has since
blossomed into an experienced youth service
organization serving the community through
advocacy, housing, education, and intervention
services. Over the last 17 years, The Link has
touched the lives of nearly 15,000 youth and their
family members through our asset-based service
philosophy. Today, The Link continues to build
positive relationships with youth that create
sustainable positive changes.
our operational philosophy...
The Link is unique in that we enhance our capacity to
deliver the most effective direct service, by training all
staff and volunteers in the nationally recognized,
evidence-based Health Realization Community
Empowerment Model.
Health Realization (HR) is a simple but powerful
psychological model that has been successfully used
to create positive life changes for youth and adults.
In our work with youth and families, the use of HR has
improved the participants’ communication and
relationships, reduced anger and negative behaviors,
and participants have demonstrated a greater
willingness to accept responsibility for their own life
and actions.
We teach and model the principles of Health
Realization with the hope that our clients will
experience the internal change that they need to be
motivated to live successful, independent lives. This
is a model based on the premise that every person
possesses an innate capacity for health, strength and
well-being.
Disempowering systems of belief or thinking,
however, can create self-perpetuating world views
that are negative in nature. Such negativities are
primary obstacles in combating community issues like
truancy and crime.
Our use of HR and the HR trainings we offer give
individuals the tools they need to break the cycle of
disempowerment and hopelessness. When a person
begins to connect to their underlying reservoir of
strength and health, they begin to advocate for
themselves, and become our partners in community
change.
In a climate where strength based approaches are
becoming recognized as more effective, HR has
emerged as a best practice for implementing a social
service agency’s work.
The Link has used Health Realization for ten years
with youth in juvenile correctional facilities and now
brings it into the arenas of intervention work and
community support. In our work, we witness improved
communication and relationships, reduced stress and
anger, and a greater willingness to claim ownership of
one’s own life and actions.
Our mission is to build a supportive community
network that links youth and their families to their
inner strength through life skills, education,
advocacy, supportive housing, and a dynamic
network of social services to transform lives.
vision
We see a future in which supportive communities
nurture confident, happy and secure youth.
about us
The Link is a nonprofit founded in 1991 by two former
Minnesota Vikings players in collaboration with the
late Leonard Lindquist who shared a vision of bringing
opportunity and positive relationships to
disempowered youth living in impoverished
neighborhoods. This grassroots initiative has since
blossomed into an experienced youth service
organization serving the community through
advocacy, housing, education, and intervention
services. Over the last 17 years, The Link has
touched the lives of nearly 15,000 youth and their
family members through our asset-based service
philosophy. Today, The Link continues to build
positive relationships with youth that create
sustainable positive changes.
our operational philosophy...
The Link is unique in that we enhance our capacity to
deliver the most effective direct service, by training all
staff and volunteers in the nationally recognized,
evidence-based Health Realization Community
Empowerment Model.
Health Realization (HR) is a simple but powerful
psychological model that has been successfully used
to create positive life changes for youth and adults.
In our work with youth and families, the use of HR has
improved the participants’ communication and
relationships, reduced anger and negative behaviors,
and participants have demonstrated a greater
willingness to accept responsibility for their own life
and actions.
We teach and model the principles of Health
Realization with the hope that our clients will
experience the internal change that they need to be
motivated to live successful, independent lives. This
is a model based on the premise that every person
possesses an innate capacity for health, strength and
well-being.
Disempowering systems of belief or thinking,
however, can create self-perpetuating world views
that are negative in nature. Such negativities are
primary obstacles in combating community issues like
truancy and crime.
Our use of HR and the HR trainings we offer give
individuals the tools they need to break the cycle of
disempowerment and hopelessness. When a person
begins to connect to their underlying reservoir of
strength and health, they begin to advocate for
themselves, and become our partners in community
change.
In a climate where strength based approaches are
becoming recognized as more effective, HR has
emerged as a best practice for implementing a social
service agency’s work.
The Link has used Health Realization for ten years
with youth in juvenile correctional facilities and now
brings it into the arenas of intervention work and
community support. In our work, we witness improved
communication and relationships, reduced stress and
anger, and a greater willingness to claim ownership of
one’s own life and actions.
The Link's Headquarters
1210 Glenwood Avenue
Minneapolis , MN 55405
Phone (612) 871-0748
Fax (612) 871-0755
1210 Glenwood Avenue
Minneapolis , MN 55405
Phone (612) 871-0748
Fax (612) 871-0755