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Topics and Issues for Providers Serving People Experiencing Homelessness
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August 30, 2022
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Join the weekly webinar tomorrow from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.to hear updates from the MDH staff on Therapeutics and Monkeypox and ask questions to the team. If you have any questions about your registration, please email sue.hite-kirk@state.mn.us
Help Spread the Word: September Speakers Bureau
The Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness hosts a weekly webinar and the opening 20 minutes of the webinar on the first Wednesday of each month is reserved for speakers bureau members to share. Anyone who has lived experience of homelessness is welcome to sign-up to share through the Speakers Bureau. This is open time each month for lived experience experts to share ideas and feedback with the webinar audience. Additional details can be found on this flyer.
The next webinar Speakers Bureau will be on Wednesday, September 7 at 1:00 p.m. (shifted from the first Wednesday of the month due to the holiday week). There is a monthly prep session held the Tuesday before the webinar. The prep session will be Tuesday, September 6 from 3:00-3:30 p.m. Follow this link to join the prep session. This is an ongoing opportunity that happens each month.
In 2021, the Minnesota legislature created a Task Force on Shelter. The legislature asked the group to develop recommendations for standards for shelters and to explore state oversight of shelters.
The Task Force has drafted recommended shelter standards and is working on recommendations about shelter oversight. Members are seeking feedback from the public and many stakeholders and partners to make improvements to the recommendations before submitting to the Legislature. Please add your voice to this important work!
The Task Force is seeking your feedback on two things:
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Standards for shelter: The Task Force has drafted 12 categories of standards for shelters in Minnesota. “Standards” means rules and guidelines for how shelters should work. The intention for developing standards is to ensure everyone using shelter has a good, safe experience.
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Oversight of shelter: The Task Force is also seeking your ideas on shelter oversight. Who has the oversight and how should it be done?
How you can share your thoughts: Visit the Task Force on Shelter website to find the draft recommendations for your review and directions on how to provide feedback. Here is an overview on the seven ways you can provide your input:
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Online comment form
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Community conversations (self-guided group discussions)
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Online, facilitated conversations with the general public (All the zoom links can be found on the Task Force on Shelter website.) Join us on Tuesday August 30 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. and/or Saturday, September 10 from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
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Online, facilitated conversations with shelter staff and volunteers (All zoom links can be found on the Task Force on Shelter website.) Join us on Wednesday, August 31 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m., Thursday, September 8 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., Monday, September 12 from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m., and/or Tuesday, September 20 from 10:30 – 12:00 p.m.
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Email
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Phone
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Mail
The Task Force is taking feedback through Friday, September 23. Please consider sharing your own thoughts with the Task Force and passing on these opportunities to people you know!
Cases among people experiencing homelessness and the staff who support continues to remain steady. The MDH team continues to monitor cases and our team continues to plan alongside local public health and emergency management on ways to be best prepared to support people experiencing homelessness through any future surges. If you are looking for any information or resources you can find information at https://mich.mn.gov/covid-19 or email Health.R-Congregate@state.mn.us.
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The Minnesota Shelter Emergency Staffing Pool continues to be available. This initiative provides temporary staff to congregate settings serving people experiencing homelessness or domestic violence to support settings that are experiencing acute COVID-19 related staffing challenges. This free resource is offered through a partnership between ServeMinnesota and Worldwide Travel Staffing. It does not require eligible settings to cover any of the costs of the temporary staff and there are staff ready to deploy. Both nonprofit and for-profit congregate settings serving people experiencing homelessness and domestic violence and are experiencing staffing impacts from an active COVID-19 outbreak are eligible to apply. You can fill out the application for emergency staffing support online. If you have questions about the application or process, please send an email to Naomi Zuk-Fisher, ServeMN consultant and Minnesota Shelter Emergency Staffing Pool lead.
- The Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness is building a new newsletter list to share opportunities for people who have faced or are currently facing homelessness to share their input, ideas, and expertise. Interested individuals can sign up for the newsletter by filling out this form. We will share a range of opportunities in this newsletter from state agencies and partner organizations and the newsletter will be sent out as opportunities are available. Please email elizabeth.dressel@state.mn.us if you have any questions
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