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Open Arms of Minnesota

One-on-one Nutrition Coaching · About this organization

What you get

Nutrition coaching about meals, treatment symptoms, food resources, and follow-up by phone, video, or in person.

How to start

Call the program to ask for this help.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Call To Confirm

Currently enrolled Open Arms meal clients can receive free individualized nutrition support from a registered dietitian or dietetic technician. Sessions may address menu selection, treatment symptoms, meal and snack ideas, nutrition education, food resources, and follow-up by phone, video, or at the Minneapolis or St. Paul locations.

What help you may get

Meals And Food

One-on-one Nutrition Coaching — meals and food

Currently enrolled Open Arms meal clients can receive free individualized nutrition support from a registered dietitian or dietetic technician. Sessions may address menu selection, treatment symptoms, meal and snack ideas, nutrition education, food resources, and follow-up by phone, video, or at the Minneapolis or St. Paul locations.

Amount not published

Navigation Guides And Advocacy

One-on-one Nutrition Coaching — navigation guides and advocacy

Currently enrolled Open Arms meal clients can receive free individualized nutrition support from a registered dietitian or dietetic technician. Sessions may address menu selection, treatment symptoms, meal and snack ideas, nutrition education, food resources, and follow-up by phone, video, or at the Minneapolis or St. Paul locations.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. An enrolled pediatric B-ALL client may use coaching for treatment-related nutrition needs.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

How to get started

Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.

Who can start: Patient, Parent Or Guardian, Caregiver

  1. Be enrolled in Open Arms meal service.
  2. Contact Nutrition Services to request coaching.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Phone · 612-767-7333 — Ask to speak with a registered dietitian to schedule the first coaching call.
  • Email · nutrition@openarmsmn.org — Use the Nutrition Team email to request a one-on-one coaching appointment.

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsCall To Confirm
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Only current meal clients qualify; session limits and wait time are not published.
  • What appointment capacity and session limits apply?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program