Programs and Funding

State funded program that is designed to assist a family, single adult or youth experiencing a housing crisis. The household can be homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. Household income must be below 200% of Federal Poverty Guidelines. Household must be a Minnesota resident or approved by Minnesota Housing. Any band member in the state can be assisted. Funding can provide services and direct assistance such as damage deposits, back rent, utility payments.

State funded program that provides direct assistance and ongoing case management to households (families, youth, single adults) who lack a permanent place to live continuously for a year or more or at least four times in the past three years. There is not a time limit to how long a household can be served in this program.

Similar to the Long Term Homeless Supportive Services Fund but the household’s housing must have been impacted by opioid use. This is federal funding that is administered by the state. The program provides direct assistance and case management to help people get housed and maintain their housing as well as help for opioid addiction.

Federally funded program that supports selected communities in either improving an existing response system for youth homelessness or establishing and implementing a new youth homelessness response system. Focuses on systemic change by funding projects that create and build capacity for Youth Action Boards; collect and use data on at-risk youth and youth experiencing homelessness; develop strong leaders within a community; and improve the coordination, communication, operation, and administration of homeless assistance projects to better serve youth, including prevention and diversion strategies. these grants are designed to make and improve connections, coordination, and information sharing within and between systems that serve at-risk youth, including education, child welfare, and juvenile justice.