Northpoint

Intervention and Education Programs, LLC

Northpoint Intervention and Education Programs, LLC. was started in 2023 as a response to community needs in northern Minnesota. Northpoint provides programming to the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Arrowhead Regional Corrections, Itasca and St. Louis County probation, as well as outpatient behavioral health agencies. Northpoint seeks to establish community safety through community education and intervention programs.

CURRENT PROGRAMS

Domestic Abuse-Intervention and Prevention Program (DA-IPP)

Program description and format:

DA-IPP is a batterer’s intervention program designed to prevent and end domestic abuse and intimate partner violence in our community. The program is 24-weeks and follows a structured curriculum. DA-IPP groups focus on understanding domestic abuse/intimate partner violence, as well as developing personal accountability, awareness for problematic beliefs and patterns of thinking, teaching relationship and communication skills, and teaching emotion-regulation/coping skills.

The program draws from the Duluth model and incorporates a socio-behavioral framework for understanding community violence, including factors such as gender roles, culture/ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual identity, age, socioeconomic status, substance use, current and past mental health disturbances, beliefs about law enforcement and government, community safety, and media/entertainment. The program is open for anyone to attend, however most participants are referred from Minnesota Department of Corrections or Itasca County probation.

Program length, cost, and location:

Participants attend 24 weekly one-hour groups. Group size typically ranges from 5-7 participants. Participants pay $20 per group. The program is held each Wednesday from 4:30-5:30pm and 5:30-6:30pm at the Itasca County Courthouse in room J135.

Anger Management/Emotion-Regulation Program (AM/ER)

Program description and format:

AM/ER is a skills and psychoeducation program designed to teach participants how to regulate their emotions. Participants are taught how to identify their anger/emotion-dysregulation triggers, cues, patterns, supporting beliefs and thoughts, as well as extensive training on coping skills. AM/ER works with each participant to identify and develop an explanatory framework or “working model” for understanding their own unique anger patterns.

AM/ER incorporates a socio-behavioral approach for understanding anger/emotion-dysregulation by focusing on factors such as family or origin and current family history, culture/ethnicity, gender roles, gender identity, sexual identity, race, age, socioeconomic status, substance use, current and past mental health disturbances, social support and community interactions, societal and personal values, media/entertainment exposure, as well as socioeconomic factors. The program is open for anyone to attend; however most participants are referred from Minnesota Department of Corrections or Itasca County probation.

Program length, cost, and location:

Participants attend weekly one-hour groups, as needed. Group size typically ranges from 2-4 participants. Participants pay $20 per group. The program is held each Wednesday from 3:30-4:30pm at the Itasca County Courthouse in room J135.