HMIS software transition to ClientTrack
Minnesota’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is transitioning to a new software. The transition to the new system, ClientTrack, began on August 2nd. For the most up to date information on the progress of the transition, go to the "Go-Live Status Tracker" on the ICA homepage.
Here is the latest news shared by ICA:
If you have a specific question about Hennepin County and the software transition, please reach out to Teresa Howard (teresa.howard@hennepin.us).
Help for families with school-aged children
Hennepin County’s School to Housing is for families in the Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Eden Prairie, Hopkins, Minneapolis, Osseo, Richfield, Robbinsdale, and Intermediate 287 school districts, who are at risk of losing their housing.
Did you know?
- In the 2023-2024 school year, 3,768 students were identified as homeless and highly mobile (HHM) in Hennepin County.
- 60 - 70 percent of highly mobile families are doubled-up.
- Schools to Housing has served 455 families with services and rent assistance and nearly $2 million has gone directly to support families' rent.
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You can get help to identify your housing needs and goals
- Get referrals for county and community supports
- Find help to meet your needs: rent assistance (if eligible and resources available), employment, food and more
- Connect with resources to stabilize your living situation
Get Connected
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Apply now: Repair + Grow RFP
Assistance available to eligible non-profit affordable housing owners, proposals due September 26
Hennepin County has released its Repair + Grow RFP, funded by Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA). Repair + Grow will provide one-time assistance to local non-profit affordable housing owner-developers to help mitigate challenges standing in the way of new development.
Proposals are due by 3 p.m. on Thursday, September 26 and must be submitted via the Supplier Portal.
Hennepin County needs a healthy ecosystem of developers and owners to expand affordable housing production for low-income residents. Yet many non-profit partners are still struggling to keep existing projects in operation due to industry-wide rental revenue decreases and operating cost increases. Repair + Grow works to alleviate some of those challenges, with the goal of increasing local capacity to create new affordable housing that meets the needs of all Hennepin County residents.
Access the RFP via Hennepin County’s Supplier Portal.
Information session: September 5
An optional, online information session for the Repair + Grow RFP will be held on Thursday, September 5 at 3 p.m. There is no need to pre-register for this session. Join via the Microsoft Teams link at the meeting start time:
Join the information session on Microsoft Teams
For those not able to join on September 5, the information session will be recorded and a link to the recording will be posted to the Repair + Grow event on the Supplier Portal.
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Work to end chronic homelessness
Hennepin County has committed to ending chronic homelessness by the end of 2025.
According to guidelines from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a person is experiencing chronic homelessness if they are
- Without a stable home for at least 12 consecutive months OR
- Without a home on at least four occasions in the past three years that total12 months AND
- Living with a disability
Current data on people in Hennepin County that are experiencing chronic homelessness
- 254 are currently on the chronic homelessness by-name-list.
- 99 people have been housed in the last three months
- The last 3 months have seen the most people housed since spring of 2022.
- Zero people in July returned to homelessness after leaving the chronic homelessness by-name-list.
- 50% the $400,000 of flexible funds grant have been expensed. Flexible funds are used to cover costs like security deposits, moving costs, arrears and other similar costs.
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Tenant Resource Connections hotline
If you are at risk of losing your housing, call Tenant Resource Connection (TRC) at 612-767-9737. TRC will:
- Assist Hennepin County Residents in maintaining their housing stability
- Prevent eviction and homelessness through triage, emergency rent assistance
- Navigate to legal, mediation, employment or other stabilizing supports.
Visit Prevent eviction | Hennepin County for additional information.
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Outcomes from January through July 2024
Residents contact Tenant Resource Connections for a variety of reasons:
- Court-related (I have an eviction court hearing coming up)- 2506 calls
- Non-court-related (I am behind on my rent) - 2737 calls
- Submitted applications for emergency rent assistance – 2996
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September 16th and 17th
The Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless (MCH) Annual Conference brings together over 600 individuals from across the region working to ensure every Minnesotan has a stable, affordable place to call home. The two-day convening includes about 50 workshops, networking, advocacy, and continuing education opportunities.
For more information and to register:
2024 Annual Conference | September 16th & 17th | Duluth, MN (mnhomelessconference.org)
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