How Beltrami County Residents Can Access Local Government Services

Beltrami County and local nonprofit providers offer multiple direct ways for residents to reach government and social services, from a redesigned county website to dedicated youth crisis lines and a broad community phone directory.

Beltrami County launched a site redesign in 2023 to make information easier to find. The county headline greets visitors with “# Welcome to our new website!” and explains, “The county website is one of the most important ways that we engage with you - our valued property owners, residents, visitors, and businesses. The website's purpose is to provide resources and information about all county services and functions in ways that are easy for you to find what you need. With that in mind, we set out on a mission in 2023 to create a completely new county website that fulfills that purpose. After months of hard work, we hope you find that the new website is a big improvement.” Top menus are organized under Living Here, Services (including an A-Z Services option), and Business & Development; the Departments menu remains available but is no longer the primary navigation. The site also includes a search tool and a cookie notice that reads, “This website uses cookies to enhance usability and provide you with a more personal experience. By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies as explained in our Privacy Policy.”

For families and young people in crisis, Evergreen Youth & Family Services in Bemidji operates two program sites and publishes clear contact lines. Evergreen states, “Evergreen operations a Drop-In Center for youth and young adults up to age 24, along with the Evergreen Youth Shelter for minors ages 9-17.” Evergreen lists emergency contact numbers as follows: “YOUTH CRISIS SHELTER: 218-751-4332 DROP-IN CENTER: 218-751-8223.” The nonprofit describes its reach: “In the past 48 years, Evergreen has developed a safety net of services to strengthen youth, preserve families, and help support successful transitions to adulthood.” It adds, “Every year, over 1,000 children, youth, and young families come to Evergreen for emergency food and shelter, mentoring, independent living skills training, counseling, parenting classes, housing assistance and community suicide prevention.”

A community resource compilation from BICAP supplies a wider local phone directory for health, housing, education and crisis services. Key entries include Mental Health Crisis Line 1-800-422-0045; Evergreen Community Services 751-8223; Habitat for Humanity 751-4649; Head Start Bemidji 751-4631; Beltrami County Nursing Service (Family Health) 333-8140 or 1-888-881-7801; and numerous other local contacts for pregnancy care, counseling, adult education and housing assistance.

Businesses and vendors that must register for Beltrami County Sales and Use tax should use Minnesota Department of Revenue e-Services. The department instructs businesses to log in to e-Services, access the Sales and Use Tax account, select Manage Locations, choose the Location Code to edit, use the Edit Location link in Available Actions, confirm General Information and the NAICS code and select Next, enter an end date if a tax must be ended or select Next if not, add any special local taxes or select Next if none apply, and in that flow explicitly “Select the check box for Beltrami County Sales and Use.” State guidance also explains taxable presence criteria and notes transitional rules tied to purchases and billing periods around July 1, 2024.

If you need street addresses or hours for the Beltrami County Administration building or Evergreen’s Bemidji program sites, use the county site search tool or call the numbers above; some published lists omit full addresses. For residents and businesses, the immediate steps are straightforward: use the county website menus to locate services, call Evergreen at 218-751-4332 or 218-751-8223 for youth needs, and follow Minnesota e-Services to register tax locations when required. These channels keep county services accessible as Beltrami County continues to update online access and nonprofit partners sustain frontline supports.