LLBO Essential Service List

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Essential Services

*All LLBO sponsored events have been postponed until further notice.
**All LLBO buildings are closed to public access, but services will be available on a limited basis as follows:
  • Elders Hotline for COVID-19:
  • Housing Authority
    • LLHA Administrative Office is Closed
    • Emergency pager will be utilized for all emergency maintenance calls 218-759-6035
  • Fleet
    • Public Transportation is suspended until further notice, maintaining and providing support to essential services and programs
  • DRM
    • Administrative building and public services closed, Exceptions:
    • Wild Rice Sales– Thursdays ONLY (9AM-330P). Orders of 5 lbs or more: 218-335-7426 or http://llwildrice.com
    • Licensing Agents– CLOSED (all 2019 fishing permits extended to July 1, 2020)
      • May 2nd– LLBO Citizens Angling Opener
      • May 9th– Personal Netting Opener
    • Conservation Officers– Patrolling as normal
    • Environmental Incident Response and Regulatory Oversight- Continuing as normal
  • Human Services
    • Opiate Treatment Program– OPEN M-F: 7AM-2:30PM (for dosing), Transportation available
    • Homeless Shelters- OPEN, not accepting new clients at this time
    • Child Welfare OPEN (218-335-8270)
    • Family Preservation OPEN
    • Behavioral Health – (218-335-3050)
      • Mobile Crisis Response Team, on-call only (218-335-3021, Leave voicemail, checked every 15 mins)
    • Addiction & Dependencies– Crisis contact: Corey L. (605-838-6158)
    • Recovery Center (218-335-6880)
    • Tribal Assistance (218-335-3626)
      • Staff are working remotely
      • Check pickup will be arranged on a case by case basis
    • Bimaaji Abinoojiiyeg– Emergencies Only
    • Energy Assistance
  • Public Relations (Public/Media Inquiries: 218-335-4483)
    • Onsite at Incident Management Team HQ, maintaining all digital communications, media relations
    • KOJB Radio– Continuing operations as normal with as much remote work as possible
    • News– Operating remotely, regularly updating LLNews site and prepping Debahjimon for monthly publication.
    • Events– all upcoming events cancelled until further notice
  • Human Resources
    • New Hiring and Application Intake has been temporarily halted
  • Health Division – The following services continue to be available via phone or with limited services:
    • Ball Club Clinic:
      • Available for telehealth & phone triage. Limited medication delivery also available. 218-246-2394
      • Inger clinic patients are encouraged to call Ball Club clinic for their needs as well.
      • Medications from pharmacy are being delivered daily to Ball Club clinic and weekly to Inger clinic.
      • Patients may call from the parking lot for delivery to their car (preferred) or knock on the clinic door to pick-up.
    • Bemidji Clinic:
      • Available for phone triage, medication pick-up and delivery only. 218-444-7186
    • Onigum & Bena Clinics:
      • Patients in these communities who normally have medications delivered to clinics may be eligible for medication delivery to their homes. Contact Stephanie Oothoudt at 218-335-4500 to arrange delivery.
    • Diabetes Clinic:
    • Behavioral Health – Health Division:
      • Referrals for Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence and Suicide Prevention, Case management care services by phone, 218-335-7211 or email [email protected] 
      • Also Crisis Response advocate and liaison to appropriate help.
    • CHR:
      • Available for essential appointments:  Dialysis & cancer appointments. 218-335-4500
    • Elderly Nutrition Program:
      • Continued meal delivery (no congregate dining) 218-335-8314
    • Elder Services
      • Avis Poupart  612-759-0787
      • Transportation suspended, Limited commodity delivery
    • Elderly Waiver:
    • Food Distribution:
      • Services available with social distancing in place. 218-335-2676
      • Phone orders only. Applications through door only. Will do intake over phone and issue food by passing through door.
    • Home Health Care:
      • Essential prescription delivery. Essential cares:  wound care, injections, labs, blood monitoring. 218-335-4500
    • Maternal Child Health:
      • Available for telehealth for existing and new patients. 218-407-2989
    • WIC:
      • Contact 218-335-8291 or 218-335-4546
      • Available by phone for scheduling, phone interviews for services, curbside essential services.
      • Supplement program will be delivering, left at front door
    • EMS Services
      • Continuing as essential and critical with no change in service.
    • Assisted Living
      • We will be operating 24/7 for our residents but our building is closed to visitors and the general public.
      • Contact 218-335-4500 and your call will be directed to Assisted Living staff.
  • Facilities Management
    • All LLBO Community Centers- CLOSED, exceptions made for official community food prep/distribution and funeral services
    • All emergency operation will continue as requested. All regular work orders and cleaning will be put on hold. Cleaning supplies for essentially staffed programs will be delivered upon request.
    • All services can be accessed through the main office.
  • DPW
    • Vern Lyons, Director 218-760-7256
    • Karrie Wilson 218-407-3657
    • Community Services
      • All emergency operations will remain accessible. All regular work orders will be put on hold.
      • All services can be accessed through the main office.
      • Dave Jones Work: 218-335-3785
  • Solid Waste
    • All garbage runs will continue on the regular schedule; Friday will be a makeup day if residence is missed during regular run.
    • Call ahead to be picked up on Fridays.
    • Cass Lake transfer site will maintain regular hours
    • Inger, Ball Club, Bena and Onigum Transfer sites will retain normal operating hours.
  • Well & Septic
  • Leech Lake Tribal Police Department
    • Dispatch- Open 24/7
    • Administration M-F 8-4:30, Limited in-person contact
    • Crime Victims’ Advocates (On-Call), Limited in-person contact
    • DMV– CLOSED, Registrations expiring prior to October 1, 2020 extended until October 31, 2020
    • Animal Control/Pets for life, Limited in-person contact
  • General Election Board (218-335-7222 or 7219/7249)
    • Open 10am-2pm for phone inquiries only
    • In person absentee voting will resume April 13th *(date subject to change)
  • Education
    • WIOA
    • YouthBuild
    • TERO
    • MFIP/NEW
    • TEP
    • Ed Admin
    • EHS/HS/Child Care- 218-335-8345
      • ECD Adm Pgm Super Tracey Rich
      • ECD pgm Super Bethany Stangle
      • Nutrition pgm Super Cree Fredrickson
      • Transport Pgm Super Natalie Zobava
      • Maintenance Pgm Supr Reuben St. Cyr
      • AOB HS Class Isabella Rushmeier
      • AOB HS Class Erika Kiley
      • AOB Early HS Lead Mary Seelye
      • AOB Early HS Cheryl Ballek
      • Curriculum Melissa Week
      • Curriculum Support Stormy Campbell
      • Curriculum Emma Gillman
      • Curriculum Support Amanda Sutton
      • Kitchen Mackenzie Goodrich
      • AOB Nutrition Lead Cree Headbird
      • Maintenance Jeff Leecy
  • Tribal Roads
  • Child Support Office
    • Contact 218-339-8600 
    • Open Monday & Tuesday 8AM-2PM, Thursday 10AM-4PM
  • Leech Lake Twin Cities Office
  • Tribal Court
    • 218-335-3682 Anyone with questions or concerns regarding their case, can call us anytime.  If no one answers, please leave a voice mail and we will return your call.
    • We are conducting Child Protection hearings on Monday and Wednesday’s.  All other cases have been continued for at least 2 months.
    • ​We are still accepting all case type filings, however: only those deemed an emergency will be put on or court calendar. We are allowing for telephone appearances for all parties.
    • Hours of operation remain Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
      • The Court issued two (2) Administrative Orders to begin accepting E-Filing of court documents and E-Service of court documents until the threat of COVID-19 is diminished.

  • Health & Safety – First Report of Injury