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The Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness (MICH) is hiring a Communications and Policy Specialist to serve as an important leader as the Council implements Crossroads to Justice: Minnesota’s New Pathways to Housing, Racial and Health Justice. The Communications and Policy Specialist will be responsible for planning, developing, and managing the external and internal communication activities for the Council. Additionally, this position will provide expertise and advice to the Executive Director, Deputy Director, and Director of Policy and Planning on policy and budget proposals and implementation efforts. Learn more and apply at Minnesota Careers website, job ID 72158. Applications will be accepted through midnight tonight!
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is seeking applications from qualified responders to provide harm reduction, health, and housing hubs. The purpose of these grants is to reduce fatal overdoses through coordinated housing, harm reduction, social and medical services. Grantees will engage with people experiencing homelessness at high risk of overdose and offer services to assist with housing stability, harm reduction, and health care. All hubs will need to include a combination of housing and harm reduction services, but grantees have flexibility in determining where and how to offer services. MDH’s goal is to support organizations with the necessary experiences and expertise to effectively serve people most affected by homelessness and drug-related deaths, specifically African American and American Indian communities.
Eligible applicants include community-based organizations, community health centers, federally qualified health centers, tribal governments, faith-based organizations, educational institutions, county governments/community health boards, and any other public or private non-profit, not-for-profit, and for-profit organizations. Applicants are encouraged to apply for funding individually or in collaboration with other qualified and eligible entities to develop a comprehensive proposal. Collaborative proposals must designate a lead applicant.
An optional information session will be held on Thursday, January 11 at 2:00 p.m. A Letter of Intent to apply is due by Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. The RFP deadline is Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. Learn more and view the full RFP details at the Harm Reduction, Health, and Housing Hubs website.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), through its Behavioral Health Division (BHD), seeks proposals from qualified responders to provide Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) homeless outreach services and Housing with Supports for Adults with Serious Mental Illness grant program (HSASMI) housing services.
The primary goals of both the PATH and HSASMI programs are to prevent or end homelessness for adults with serious mental illness or co-occurring substance use disorder who face high barriers to obtaining and maintaining housing and to assure that people transition from homelessness to housing. Proposals must also address one or more of the priorities of equity focused services, peer delivered services, ending veteran homelessness, or linking people to targeted housing rental assistance programs.
Responders may apply for PATH, HSASMI or both programs. The PATH program supports the delivery of outreach, case management and related services for people experiencing homelessness. The HSASMI program supports services for people to obtain and retain lease-based permanent supportive housing in single to scattered site housing models.
Review all of the details for this RFP on DHS grants and contracts page. Proposals are due by 4 p.m. CST on January 31, 2024. A Responders’ Conference will be held on January 5, 2024, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. CST via Webex and information to join can be found on page 19 of the RFP document. For more information, contact Gary Travis, DHS Behavioral Health Division, at bhd.housing.dhs@state.mn.us.
Join the first Monthly Webinar of 2024 on Wednesday, January 10, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Please note that the webinar has shifted one week, so there will be no webinar tomorrow, January 3. Staff will share updates on the implementation of the historic housing stability budget that passed last year. 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.
The next webinar Speakers Bureau will be on Wednesday, January 10 at 1:00 p.m. There is a monthly prep session held the Tuesday before the webinar. The prep session will be Tuesday, January 9 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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