Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Business

• Business consulting

Environment and energy

• Recycling, waste reduction and waste management
• Organics recycling and composting
• Hazardous waste
• Natural resources
• Environmental education

Elections

• Elections overview

General information

• Assessor's office
• County government 101
• Volunteering

Geographic information systems (GIS)

• Overview of GIS technology and software
• County GIS mapping applications
• GIS as a profession
• Open data
• Project management and collaboration

Health

• Hennepin County Medical Center

Human resources

• Employee engagement
• Leadership development
• Workforce development
• Careers at Hennepin County
• Job opportunities for students
• Hennepin County information technology recruiting
• Diversity recruiting

Human services

• Burial assistance
• Child protection
• Helping clients navigate services
• Immigration services
• Child support
• Eligibility and work support
• Services and supports for seniors
• Services and supports for people with a disability
• Help for families and children

Law library

• Lawmaking process
• Free legal help and education

Libraries

• The future of libraries
• Early learning
• Social media
• Historical collections
• Career resources
• Selecting and purchasing library materials
• Peer learning, workforce development and teen employees
• Book recommendations and research help
• Resources for K-12 teachers and students

Public health

• Opioid response
• Food safety
• Stopping the spread of HIV
• Measuring the health of Hennepin County residents
• Education for parents and guardians on talking to youth about sex

Public safety

• Public defender
• Data-driven decisions in corrections
• Corrections reform
• Contracted and community services offered to correction clientele
• Re-entry from local confinement
• Request a speaker from the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.
• Request a speaker from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.

Public works

• Healthy community planning
• Community and economic development
• Bike and pedestrian planning
• Affordable housing
• Snow and ice removal
• Construction projects
• Traffic management

Veterans services

• Benefits pertaining to recently discharged veterans
• Financial assistance benefits
• Service-connected disability and presumptive disabilities
• Benefits and services for aging and/or disabled veterans
• Burial benefits