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Hennepin County > Projects and initiatives > Continuum of Care partnership to end homelessness

Continuum of Care partnership to end homelessness

The Continuum of Care supports coordination of the countywide effort to prevent and end homelessness. This effort addresses homelessness at all levels. Continuum of Care committees include elected officials, housing and service providers, advocates, people who’ve experienced homelessness, and cross-sector partners. 

 

Office to End Homelessness

endhomelessness@hennepin.us

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Governing boards and committees

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

Previous meetings:

Monday, March 27, 2023

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

November 2, 2022

  • November agenda (DOCX)
  • November meeting minutes (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)

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
 

Hennepin 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, 10 - 12 p.m.
  • Attend virtually through Microsoft Teams 

Contact

Email Susannah at susannah.king@hennepin.us or Cassie at cassiek@cornerstonemn.org.

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

2023 CoC notice of funding opportunity (NOFO)

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 (coming soon)
  • Notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for fiscal year 2023 Continuum of Care program competition (coming soon)
  • Continuum of Care information from Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (coming soon)
  • 2023 Point In Time Count (PDF) (coming soon)
  • 2023 Housing Inventory Count (XLSX) (coming soon)
  • FY2023 NOFA overview and timeline (DOCX) (coming soon)
  • FY2023 CoC priorities, ranking process, procedures & appeal process (DOCX) (coming soon)
  • FY2023 CoC priority list (DOCX) (coming soon)
  • FY2023 collaborative application (PDF) (coming soon)

Gender Identity Equity Terms and Conditions

  • City of Minneapolis - Gender Identity Equity Terms and Conditions for the Provision of Emergency Shelter Services (DOCX)

 

 

2023 CoC NOFO new project pre-applications

Hennepin County, on behalf of the Hennepin Continuum of Care (CoC), competes annually with other CoCs across the country to secure federal funds to help end homelessness. In 2022, Hennepin was awarded $14,523,473 for all projects, including projects funded through both reallocation and bonus dollars. In preparation for the 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) competition, Hennepin County is seeking new project pre-applications be considered for inclusion in the CoC’s 2023 application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) program.

Seeking new project pre-applications

Hennepin CoC is seeking applications for the following project types and populations:

  • Permanent Housing-Supportive Housing (PH-PSH) – Rental Assistance and Support Services site based or scattered site
  • Permanent Housing-Supportive Housing (PH-PSH) – Support Services only (PSH) with housing subsidies leveraged from other sources (Section 8 etc.) for a set number of households within a project or inclusive of a housing project as a whole
  • Permanent Housing- Rapid Rehousing (PH-RRH)- traditional RRH projects and RRH projects dedicated to serving survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are defined as homeless
  • Projects dedicated to serving families experiencing homelessness and/or projects dedicated to serving people meeting the HUD definition of chronically homeless will be prioritized in the 2023 new project application review
  • Priority will be given to new PH projects that are able to leverage housing (units funded by another rental subsidy – services through CoC funds) and/or healthcare resources provided through an array of healthcare service providers in their pre-applications

Project applicants can apply for multiple project types, but most complete separate applications for each project type. 

Hennepin CoC encourages applications from applicants that have never previously received CoC funds, as well as from applicants that are currently receiving or have in the past received CoC funds. Hennepin CoC and HUD provide limited technical assistance to ensure that the process is accessible to all eligible applicants, including those who have not received CoC funds in the past.

Application documents:

  • 2023 Project Overview
  • 2023 HUD CoC Pre-application Form
  • 2023 HUD CoC Budget Form

New project application overview meeting

Interested projects are invited to attend a Hennepin CoC New Project application overview meeting on May 25th, 2023 from 10:00 -11:00 am. See below Microsoft teams link to join this meeting. The Hennepin CoC team and a HUD local field office representative will be there to both present the CoC project applicant process and answer any questions.

Meeting information:

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device

Click here to join the meeting

Meeting ID: 237 246 722 393
Passcode: qezQxv

Download Teams | Join on the web

Or call in (audio only)

+1 612-263-6117,,746497401#   United States, Minneapolis

Phone Conference ID: 746 497 401#

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Questions

Questions can be sent to Laura DeRosier laura.derosier@hennepin.us

Deadline for submission for pre-applications

Pre-application & budget forms must be submitted to Laura DeRosier - laura.derosier@hennepin.us and Lindsay Anderson – lindsay02anderson@hennepin.us by June 9th, 2023, by close-of-business. Hennepin County reserves the right to announce an extended deadline as needed.

Data and research

Current data and trends

Hennepin County single adult homeless shelters dashboard

  • Adult Shelter Connect bed availability dashboard

Weekly shelter

  • Shelter report for April 25, 2023 (XLSX)

Monthly chronic homelessness

  • Progress to zero dashboard

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

  • Investing in ending single adult homelessness - May 2023 (PDF)
  • "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)
News archive

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
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