County Board actions: Federal grant will help homeless families

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

08/25/2015

Contact: Carolyn Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969

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County Board actions: Federal grant will help homeless families

Votes Tuesday help homeless families find stable housing faster and set a framework for development along the Lowry Avenue corridor.

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Federal grant, state match will help homeless families transition from shelter to stable housing

The Hennepin County board voted to accept a $503,868 federal Department of Housing and Urban Development Department grant to provide a rapid rehousing program for families during 2016. The Continuum of Care grant will be supplemented by a 25 percent match from Minnesota Housing’s Housing Trust Fund and a variety of state-funded human services programs. Rapid rehousing helps families to find, secure and transition into housing from shelter. Once in housing, families receive supportive services to increase their incomes and access community-based resources. The program is working toward a goal to keep 70 percent of families in stable, permanent, decent, affordable housing for at least 12 months. 

  • In 2013, the program served 915 households – 1,135 adults and 1,639. Of those households, 71 percent successfully transitioned into permanent housing. 
  • In 2014, the program served 702 households – 880 adults and 1,266 children. Of those households, 67 percent successfully transitioned into permanent housing.

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Plan could shape the future of Lowry Avenue northeast corridor

The board voted to approve an updated Lowry Avenue Northeast Corridor Plan and Implementation Framework. The current plan grew out of a program the board established in 1999 to improve transportation options, offer housing choice, and support business growth along the 5-mile Lowry Avenue corridor in North and Northeast Minneapolis. The planning process evaluated opportunities for bicycle and pedestrian improvements along the Northeast corridor, with a focus on infrastructure improvements and redevelopment opportunities at six intersections, at Marshall Street Northeast, 2nd Street Northeast, University Avenue Northeast, Washington Street Northeast, Monroe Street Northeast and Central Avenue Northeast. Funding for any approved projects will be considered at a later date.

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Program will promote hiring opportunities in areas where projects are located

The County Board directed the county administrator to develop a joint application with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to participate in the Local Labor Hiring Program. Through the federal Department of Transportation, this program promotes hiring opportunities and offers limited hiring preferences for residents of the communities where infrastructure projects will be located, residents of economically challenged communities, Hennepin County veterans and people who are in training to become skilled workers. Projects proposed for the program in 2016 include Bottineau Boulevard, 66th Street and Highway 169.

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Appointments

The board appointed Maressia Twele to the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District Citizen Advisory Committee. 

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Look for more news on the Hennepin County website at www.hennepin.us/news.

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