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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is seeking proposals for the infectious disease Trusted Messenger program for people experiencing homelessness. The purpose of the Trusted Messenger program is to equip people living and working in homeless or congregate living settings to learn and communicate with their peers about COVID-19 and other routine vaccinations to prevent infectious disease. Participating organizations will select Trusted Messengers from their programs, either clients or staff, who will share their own experiences, and provide a non-medical, non-threatening perspective to aid their peers in making decisions about vaccinations and other preventative measures. Participating organizations can apply for funding to provide peer education and outreach within their own organizations or to work in other settings in partnership with the MDH. This opportunity is open to non-profit organizations, local governments (city and county), community health boards, and tribal nations working with people experiencing homelessness. Organizations can apply on their own or as part of a multi-organization collaboration. The RFP materials can be found on MDH Center of Excellence on Public Health and Homelessness Page. Proposals are due Friday, May 19, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. All questions regarding this RFP must be submitted by email to health.homelessness@state.mn.us and include “Trusted Messenger RFP Question” in the subject line.
The Shelter-Linked Mental Health RFP is now open. This request for proposals is to deliver culturally and developmentally appropriate Shelter-Linked or shelter-based mental health services to youth for the time period of July 1, 2023-June 30, 2025. The target population for services are youth who are uninsured or underinsured and are served by a Safe Harbor Shelter and Housing provider, and/or Homeless Youth Act (HYA) provider. The RFP can be found at Grants and RFPs / Minnesota Department of Human Services (mn.gov). Proposals are due Thursday, April 27, 2023. If you have any questions about the RFP or Shelter-Linked Mental Health, in general, please do not hesitate to reach out to Casey.yanta@state.mn.us.
If you have any questions about your webinar registration, please email elizabeth.dressel@state.mn.us. If you cannot attend the webinar, all materials and recordings are shared here: https://mich.mn.gov/webinars.
The beginning 10 minutes of each monthly webinar will be held to hear from the speakers bureau. 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, May 3 at 1:00 p.m. There is a monthly prep session held the Tuesday before the webinar. The prep session will be Tuesday, May 2 from 3:00-3:30 p.m. Follow this link to join the prep session. This is an ongoing opportunity that happens each month. Sign up is required. Please email elizabeth.dressel@state.mn.us or call/text Elizabeth at 651-248-5548 to sign up to speak or with any questions.
ServeMinnesota and Ampact support Minnesota's AmeriCorps programs and have two opportunities for organizations supporting people facing homelessness and opportunities for people to serve as member and support Minnesotans with housing stability. These AmeriCorps positions are a great opportunity to provide additional capacity to serve people in your community and could support the work to distribute additional resources that may be passed by the legislature this session.
Summer Impact Corps is a new program launching this summer to connect housing, climate, and youth-serving organizations with summer-only AmeriCorps members. AmeriCorps members serving in housing stability roles will serve full-time for twelve weeks in flexible positions and can assist organizations with:
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Implementing housing and related services that promote stability for participants,
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Helping people access food services such as food pantries, meal deliveries, or meal programs,
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Researching and connecting people to resources that promote stability in housing,
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Conducting outreach about housing services or other basic needs resources to unhoused individuals in a supervised setting, and
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Creating a welcoming environment to greet individuals seeking assistance.
Summer Impact Corps will provide AmeriCorps members with basic training, a living stipend of $1,100 every two weeks, a scholarship called an Education Award, and access to health insurance and childcare reimbursement at no cost to the AmeriCorps member. If you are interested in serving as a member, complete the application by May 5, 2023, to serve from May 22 to August 12 or by May 17, 2023, to serve from June 5 to August 26.
Help spread the word with organizations who would benefit from the extra help this summer! Partner organizations do not pay a fee to host Summer Impact Corps AmeriCorps members. Organizations can submit an application to partner here. Partner applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis until April 14 at 5:00 p.m. Central Time. Contact Chue Xiong, Program Director, with questions about the program.
Cases among people experiencing homelessness and the staff who support continues to remain steady this week. 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.
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The Olmstead Implementation Office is seeking a new Director. The Olmstead Implementation Office Director helps lead the implementation of the state’s Olmstead Plan to ensure people with disabilities have meaningful opportunities to live, learn, work and enjoy life in integrated settings. Learn more about the position and apply today with job ID #64936. Apply for the open position by Monday, May 8, 2023. You can learn more about the Olmstead Implementation Office’s work at https://mn.gov/olmstead/.
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Help us spread the word about a new newsletter for engagement opportunities for people who have faced or are currently facing homelessness. 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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