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The Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness is requesting proposals to select a contractor to provide ongoing support and engagement of a Justice Consultant Team, consisting of up to 14 people with lived experience of homelessness, through the implementation and monitoring phase of the Council’s Justice Strategic Plan. The contractor will be responsible for selecting and onboarding the Justice Consultant Team, managing the Justice Consultants, payment and invoices and providing project management and ongoing support to the Justice Consultant Team. The Justice Consultant Team will help Council agencies to implement the action steps and monitor progress of achieving the desired results included in the Justice Strategic Plan. Please email Sue.Hite-Kirk@state.mn.us to request a copy of the Request for Proposal document. Proposals are due by Friday, August 18 at 4:30 p.m.
On June 26, 2023, the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) at the Department of Human Services (DHS) published a Request for Proposals for Grantees to Acquire, Plan and Design, Construct and/or Renovate Emergency Homeless Shelters for youth, single adults, and/or families experiencing homelessness. Approximately ninety-eight million dollars ($98,000,000) is available in grants as outlined in session Laws of Minnesota 2023, chapter 70, article 11, section 14 and Laws of Minnesota 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 2, subdivision 24(f). The RFP document outlines eligible activities including planning and design, acquisition, renovation, construction, and contingency funding for emergency shelter facilities. Projects selected for Emergency Shelter Facilities funds need to be completed and operational by June 30, 2028. Applications are due September 21, 2023, by 4:00 p.m. Central Time.
Questions on this RFP can be sent to Katelyn.warburton@state.mn.us. A responders’ conference will be held virtually this Thursday, July 27, 2023, from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. You can join the responders conference at the link below at the start time of the event. No need to register. You can join by phone 1-415-655-0003 and access code 2492 852 1131. These details can be found on page 9 of the RFP.
Last month, staff from the Department of Human Services shared an update on available resources to support individuals going through the renewals for Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare. In case you missed the webinar, you can review the materials and watch the recording here. A few highlights of available resources include:
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Renewals for Medical Assistance enrollees will take place based on the anniversary month of an individual’s application for coverage. People can look up their renewal month at https://www.mnrenewallookup.com/. To use the lookup, people must enter the case number printed on their notices or premium bills and the member number listed on their Minnesota Health Care Program card. If a person doesn’t know their case or member number, they can call their county or tribe.
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If you are working with individuals who may be up for a renewal, you can use this Return to Renewals Outreach Script as a tool to help get individuals connected to the right information based on their individual situation.
Minnesota Housing is hosting a virtual information session for the Stable Housing Organization Relief Program (SHORP) on Thursday, August 3, 2023 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Central Time. Register here to join information session. The purpose of the information session is to learn about eligibility criteria, eligible expenses, funding allocation, program requirements, application processes and anticipated timing. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback.
Minnesota Housing released its draft 2024-2027 Strategic Plan for public comment. They are taking public comments on the draft plan through 4 p.m. on Wednesday, August 9. Email comments to mn.housing@state.mn.us with “Comments on Draft Strategic Plan” as the subject.
They are hosting a webinar on Tuesday, August 1 from 11 a.m. to noon. During the webinar, they will go over key parts of plan and answer your questions. Register here to join the webinar.
This is an exciting time for housing with the 2023 Minnesota Legislature providing more than $1 billion for housing. Minnesota Housing is committed to not only strategically deploying these and future resources but also continuing to create a more inclusive, equitable and just housing system and focus on the people and places more impacted by housing instability.
They co-created the 2024-2027 Strategic Plan with community. They carried out a statewide survey with over 300 responses and held over 20 listening sessions with over 500 people from across the state. Minnesota Housing also hired 12 consultants, who have the lived expertise of navigating housing challenges and barriers. The consultants provided input, interpreted the information gathered, and co-created the strategies and actions.
Join us for the next Monthly Webinar on Wednesday, August 2 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Staff from the Minnesota Department of Health will be joining for a discussion on remaining resources for responding to COVID and to hear your thoughts on how to best use these resources. 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, August 2 at 1:00 p.m. There is a monthly prep session held the Tuesday before the webinar. The prep session will be Tuesday, August 1 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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The Minnesota Tribal Collaborative (MTC) is hiring for the Coordinator position to support MTC’s work to prevent and end homelessness. The Coordinator will support the Minnesota Tribal Collaborative in robust planning and provide administrative support in efforts to prevent and end homelessness. You can view the job description here. Applications are due by July 27, 2023 to mike@mesh-mn.org.
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Heading Home Corps has received a state appropriation to support programming statewide. These additional funds will allow Ampact to eliminate the Housing Resource Navigator site fee for the 2023-24 program year! The hope is that this will help allow additional sites to come on as partners with Heading Home Corps. Heading Home Corps is continuing to accept new site applications and any interested organization can apply by completing the Heading Home Corps Application Site . You can also contact Mishon Bulson, Senior Manager with Heading Home Corps mishon.bulson@ampact.us with any questions and she will be happy to reach out to them. In addition to host sites, Heading Home Corps is currently recruiting members for the 2023-24 program year, and has start dates available in August, October or January. Heading Home Corps places a Housing Resource Navigator (AmeriCorps member) at a service site to support individuals experiencing homelessness - navigating resources and supports to secure safe and stable housing. If you are interested in serving as a member, submit an application
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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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