The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Public Health and Homelessness Webinar Series will host their next webinar on Syphilis Prevention, Testing, and Treatment for People Experiencing Homelessness on Wednesday, June 28 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Central Time.
Syphilis rates in Minnesota have doubled between 2017 and 2021, including a 25% increase over the last year. There has also been a steep increase in congenital syphilis (babies born with syphilis). People experiencing homelessness may be at increased risk of contracting syphilis and face additional barriers to testing and treatment. Syphilis can be cured with antibiotics, but if left untreated, it can lead to dementia, blindness, organ failure, and death.
In this webinar, participants will learn from MDH staff about syphilis, how it is transmitted, and the resources available for testing and treatment. Staff from the Hennepin County Red Door Clinic will discuss the role of Disease Intervention Specialists and go through real world case studies and strategies specific to people experiencing homelessness. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions and provide recommendations.
Anyone who is interested can register. The intended audience for this webinar is people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness, people who work with people experiencing homelessness, and corrections, public health, and health care professionals.
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Minnesota’s HMIS is issuing a Request for Proposal (FRP) for a new software and wants your input! The public comment period for the MN HMIS Software Review RFP is open until June 30. Click here to view a PDF version of the draft RFP. Please keep in mind it is not yet complete and there will be changes, including incorporation of the feedback we receive from you and other contributors. Take some time to read over the RFP, then answer the questions in the feedback form linked here. The Institute for Community Alliances (ICA) is seeking feedback from people who use HMIS as a part of their daily work, so please share this opportunity with staff using HMIS to gather their input on how to make their data entry work easier. ICA is hosting a live feedback forum to hear thoughts on the draft RFP on Tuesday, June 27 from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
The Department of Human Services' (DHS) Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) has had funding available to support rapid responses to COVID-19 in overnight or day shelters, drop-in centers, and street outreach programs for people facing homelessness or domestic violence.
Funding is available for expenses on or before June 30, 2023 and can be used to support wages for staff who must isolate or quarantine due to COVID exposure, hiring temporary emergency staff due to staffing shortages caused by COVID, hazard pay, operating costs for quarantine and/or isolation space, and other needs. The funds began in December 2021 and expire June 30, 2023. Beginning July 1, 2023, the funding will no longer be available.
To cover eligible expenses incurred through June, 30, 2023, the survey will remain open until July 14. All requests for eligible expenses through June 30, 2023 must be submitted, via the survey, on or before the end of day on July 14, 2023 in order to be considered for funding. Any request received on or after July 15, 2023 cannot be considered for funding.
Learn more about eligible uses and how eligible settings can apply at https://mich.mn.gov/shelter-outbreak-funds. Please contact Demetri Vincze at demetri.vincze@state.mn.us with any questions.
Join us for the next Monthly Webinar on Wednesday, July 12 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Please note the webinar has shifted back one week due to the fourth of July holiday week. Staff from the Department of Human Services will join to provide an update on the Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare re-enrollment process. 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, July 12 at 1:00 p.m. There is a monthly prep session held the Tuesday before the webinar. The prep session will be Tuesday, July 11 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.
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Last month, the Governor signed an interagency budget for housing stability that is biggest investment in housing and homelessness in state history! At over $2.1 billion dollars across the next four years, it will have transformative impacts on the continuum of housing needs from preventing and ending homelessness, to creating a healthy rental market for low-income renters, to closing the disparities in homeownership. You can review all the specific investments and funding amounts in the One Minnesota Housing Stability Summary.
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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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