The Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness, led by Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and made up of the Commissioners of 14 state agencies, is requesting your feedback on the draft of its newly developed Housing, Racial, and Health Justice plan for people facing homelessness in Minnesota.
This plan has been in development for over a year and the process has been co-lead and co-created with the Council’s 10 Justice Consultants, all people with lived experience of homelessness representing different experiences and different locations across the state.
Phase one of the plan development was a broad community engagement phase to define what housing, racial, and health justice mean for people facing homelessness. Phase two focused on the co-creation of the results, strategies, and actions to drive toward the vision of justice.
We want to know your thoughts, questions, and suggestions on the draft strategies and actions! Review the draft plan and provide your thoughts at: https://mich.mn.gov/public-comment-justice-strategic-plan.
Public comment is open until September 1, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. You can provide comments in a variety of ways including:
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Share collaboratively by adding specific comments on various items directly into the document and reply to comments from others
- Provide general comments by submitting the contact us form
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Email us at MHFA.MICH.Webinar@state.mn.us with "Comments on Draft Justice Strategic Plan" as the subject.
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Call 651-296-8177 and leave your comments as a voicemail
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Join a Special Webinar on Wednesday, August 23 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm: Register Here
Join us for the Monthly Webinar, today, August 2 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. to learn more about the public comment process and how to use the interactive document on our website. 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 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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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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