Hennepin County is proud to be the collaborative applicant on behalf of the Hennepin Continuum of Care. In this capacity, our responsibilities include:

• Preparing and submitting an annual collaborative application to HUD
• Submitting the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), Housing Inventory Count (HIC), Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, and System Performance Measurement (SPM) data
• Convening and providing staff support as needed for CoC boards and committees

The Hennepin CoC boards and committees contribute to the governance structure of the Hennepin CoC. The Executive Committee is the lead decision-making body. Several active and engaged CoC committees, subcommittees, and working groups in Hennepin County contribute to and lead efforts to prevent and end homelessness.

Read the full description of the CoC governance structure (DOCX).

Continuum of Care governance committees

Heading Home Hennepin Executive committee

• Act as champions for efforts to prevent and end homelessness, as evidenced through public advocacy, funding and external communications
• Provide an enduring forum for broad-based, collaborative and strategic leadership on homelessness in Hennepin County

November 2, 2022

• November agenda (DOCX)
• November meeting recording (YouTube)

August 3, 2022

• August agenda (DOCX)
• August meeting recording (YouTube)

May 4, 2022

• May agenda (DOCX)
• May meeting recording (YouTube)
• May Meeting Minutes (DOCX)

April 11, 2022

• April meeting agenda (DOCX)
• April meeting recording (YouTube)
• April meeting minutes (DOCX)

December 8, 2021

• December agenda (DOCX)
• December meeting recording (YouTube)
• December Meeting Minutes

August 4, 2021

• August agenda (DOCX)
• August meeting recording (YouTube)

Contact

Email David at david.hewitt@hennepin.us.

HUD McKinney Vento CoC funding committee

• Monitors and evaluates performance of all projects funded by Continuum of Care, per HUD guidance
• Solicits new project applications (if new funds are available), and recommends the ranking of current projects submitted annually — HUD makes final funding allocations based on a competitive national application score and process, based on how our CoC is moving the gauge on HUD System Performance measures

Meetings

• First Monday of the month, 1–2:30 p.m.
• Attend virtually through Microsoft Teams

Contact

Email Laura at laura.derosier@hennepin.us.

Homeless prevention and rapid rehousing advisory committee

This committee helps the county develop and oversee homeless prevention and rapid rehousing services.

Meetings

• Third Tuesday of the month, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Meetings held virtually

Contact

Email Ahmed at ahmed.sirleafii@hennepin.us.

Family coordinated entry leadership committee

• Informs policy and procedure development and revisions for the family Coordinated Entry System
• Provides guidance to help ensure consistent application of CES policies and procedures

Meetings

• First Tuesday of the month, 9–11 a.m.
• Attend virtually through Microsoft Teams

Contacts

Email Sue Hackett at shackett@aeon.org.

Single adults coordinated entry leadership committee

• Informs policy and procedure development and revisions for the Sing Adult and Youth Coordinated Entry System
• Provides guidance to help ensure consistent application of CES policies and procedures

Meetings

• First Tuesday of the month, 10 a.m. to 12 noon
• Meeting held virtually

Contact

Email Susannah at susannah.king@hennepin.us

Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG)

• A committee of community members, that draw from their own lived experiences to be voices for those that otherwise go unheard
• Work with government officials and grant administers to influence how money is spent and decisions are made
• Partner with neighbors and community members to educate and advocate for a better future where homelessness no longer exists in our community.

Meetings

• Second Thursday of the month, 2:30–4 p.m.
• Meeting held virtually

Contact

Email Eric at eric.richert@hennepin.us

Current data and trends

Hennepin County single adult homeless shelters dashboard

• Adult Shelter Connect bed availability dashboard

Weekly shelter

• Shelter report for January 17, 2023 (XLSX)

Monthly chronic homelessness

• Progress to zero dashboard
• Inflow and outflow
• Detailed breakdown (engines)

Quarterly family shelter utilization

• Quarter 3, 2021 Family shelter utilization report (PDF)
• Quarter 4, 2021 Family shelter utilization report (PDF)
• Quarter 1, 2022 Family shelter utilization report (PDF)

Annual point in time

• Hennepin CoC 2022 Point In Time (PIT) Count (PDF)

Detailed evictions overview

Find data on where, when and how evictions happen in the county. See this detailed overview, known as the evictions dashboard.

Evictions research

• Humphrey capstone presentation on evictions – May 2018 (PPTX)
• Humphrey report on eviction and homelessness – May 2018 (PDF)
• Carlson School presentation on model to predict evictions among county clients – April 2018 (PPTX)
• Final report from Carlson School on predicting evictions among county clients – April 2018 (PDF)
• Preserving Home: improving eviction prevention in Minnesota 2017 (PDF)

Homeless response system research

• "Missed Opportunities" in the Pathway from Referral to Housing (PDF)
• Strategies to Improve Point-in-Time (PIT) Counts of Unsheltered Homelessness: An Evaluation of Hennepin County's Current approach and Summary of Lessons Learned from Other Communities (PDF)

Family homelessness research

• Assessment of the Provision and Use of Emergency Assistance, Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program, and Shelter in Hennepin County – 2019 (PDF)

Youth homelessness research

• Voices of Youth Count 2017 (PDF)

2022 newsletters and announcements

January

• January Heading Home Hennepin Monthly Newsletter: Volunteer for PIT Count, Care Coordination (govdelivery.com)

December

• December Heading Home Hennepin Newsletter - Hennepin Shelter Hotline (govdelivery.com)

October

• October Heading Home Hennepin Monthly Newsletter - Point in Time Kickoff (govdelivery.com)

September

• September Heading Home Hennepin Newsletter: YHDP, Task Force on Shelter, Streets to Housing (govdelivery.com)

August

• Updates on the Special Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to address unsheltered homelessness
• Now accepting pre-applications for the Special NOFO to address unsheltered homelessness (govdelivery.com)

July

• New grant opportunity to address unsheltered homelessness

June

• June Heading Home Hennepin Newsletter: PIT Results are in
• Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program Seeking new project pre-applications
• You're Invited: Hennepin County Homeless Response System 2022 Community Meetings

May

• May Heading Home Hennepin Newsletter: Seeking annual meeting topic ideas
• Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project Request for Interest

April

• April Heading Home Hennepin Newsletter: CoC award information
• Now accepting expressions of interest: Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

March

• March Heading Home Hennepin Monthly Newsletter

February

• February Heading Home Hennepin News: Point in Time Count information

January

• January Heading Home Hennepin Monthly Newsletter: Elimination of Self-Pay

Grants to reduce homelessness

Hennepin County applies for federal funding on behalf of our partner nonprofits, to help their work to reduce homelessness.

• Federal money comes from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) McKinney Vento Continuum of Care
• Money goes for grants to local partners
• Partners help people find and stay in housing
• People served are single adults, families and youth who meet HUD’s criteria for homelessness
• The county and its partners compete nationally to receive the money

Grant application documents

• View Opportunity | grants.gov
• Notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for fiscal year 2021 Continuum of Care program competition
• Continuum of Care information from Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
• 2022 Point In Time Count (PDF)
• 2022 Housing Inventory Count (XLSX)
• FY2022 NOFA overview and timeline (DOCX)
• FY2022 CoC priorities, ranking process, procedures & appeal process (DOCX)
• FY2022 CoC priority list (DOCX)
• FY2022 collaborative application (posted 09/23/22) (PDF)

2020 grantees

• FY2021 grant awards (PDF)