In this edition:
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Join The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) team on tomorrow’s MICH webinar
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Let us know: what kind of content would be helpful to you on future MICH webinars?
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USICH Webinar on December 12: How Health Systems and Hospitals Can Help Solve Homelessness
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Homework Starts with Home Request for Proposals due January 17
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Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP) Request for Proposals due January 17
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Are you following us on social media?
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Crossroads to Justice: Implementation Consultant Boo McCaleb on collaborating with the Department of Administration
Be sure to join the next monthly webinar tomorrow, Wednesday, December 4 from 1 - 2 p.m. If you have any questions about your webinar registration, please email dan.gregory@state.mn.us
Our federal partners from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) will share insights from recent visits to Minnesota as our guest presenters on the December 4 webinar, and be available to answer questions from you. We hope to see you there!
At the Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness (MICH), we are proud to provide monthly webinars that spotlight important topics around homelessness. As we look ahead to 2025, we want to hear from you: what kind of content would you like to see on future MICH webinars that would be helpful to you and your work? Email your insights and ideas to Dan Gregory at dan.gregory@state.mn.us
We will continue to preserve the Speakers Bureau, highlight updates from the 15 state agencies that make up the Council, and address timely matters that impact our state. Though we will not be able to respond to every email or incorporate all of your ideas, we do want to get a sense of what you would find meaningful so we can continue to shape the webinars as a beneficial forum in addressing homelessness. Thank you in advance for offering your feedback!
In partnership with the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), Kaiser Permanente is co-hosting a webinar for leaders in health care, public health, and research. During this session, USICH—which sets federal homelessness strategy—will discuss its recent guidance, “How Health Systems and Hospitals Can Help Solve Homelessness,” outlining effective strategies for compassionate and collaborative care for people without safe, stable housing. This one-hour webinar will cover:
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Why health systems and hospitals are vital for ending homelessness
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The financial benefits for health systems and hospitals
- How providers are implementing USICH’s guidance in communities
There is still time to submit a Homework Starts with Home (HSWH) Request for Proposals application. Up to $5.5 million in funding is available to support collaborative efforts between schools, housing organizations, and local governments to identify, engage, and stabilize students and their families who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. Funding availability is contingent upon legislative approval of program appropriations and may increase or decrease. More information and application materials can be found on Minnesota Housing’s Homework Starts with Home webpage.
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. Central Time on Friday, January 17, 2025.
The application form has been updated as of Friday, November 22, 2024, to resolve a problem that was happening when applicants were attempting to type into the document. Please download the new application form as needed.
Questions can be directed to the designated contacts for this RFP:
There is still time to submit a Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP) Request for Proposals application. Up to $20.5 million in funding is available to provide supportive services and direct financial assistance to help households retain their housing or obtain housing. Funding availability is contingent upon legislative approval of program appropriations and may increase or decrease. More information and application materials can be found on Minnesota Housing’s Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP) webpage.
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. Central Time on Friday, January 17, 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Questions can be directed to the designated contacts for this RFP:
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Crossroads to Justice is the strategic plan of the Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness (MICH), bringing a housing, racial and health justice approach for people facing homelessness in Minnesota to guide the work of state government.
The implementation of this plan is being co-led and co-monitored by 14 paid Implementation Consultants, all people with lived experience of homelessness representing different experiences and different parts of the state. They were onboarded in April, chose agencies to support in May, and their expertise and priorities are shaping the daily work of state agencies.
Boo McCaleb, aka Booscapes, is a Minneapolis-based Projection Artist, Filmmaker, and Public Arts Consultant. Grounded in intuition, spirituality, and kindness, Boo blends sensory experiences and creative technology to foster holistic wellness and pathways to community. A graduate of Macalester College in Media and Cultural Studies, Boo is driven by a passion for public art, community engagement, and entrepreneurship. As a Black Trans and Native artist, Boo brings unique perspectives to his work, believing in its power to promote wellness, joy, and healing for the city of Minneapolis.
Boo’s reflections on working with the Department of Administration
"Currently, in my work with MICH I have been working in a coordinated grant data and measurement team as a representative of the Department of Administration, in partnership with Minnesota Housing, DHS, and other various Minnesota state agency staff. In this group we are compiling data, identifying equitable data measurement practices for ongoing grant making efforts statewide, and identifying local partnerships from BIPOC organizations to increase grant accessibility to diversify grant fund recipients.
"This group is within a larger grant equity making effort as a part of the Crossroads to Justice plan to engage state agencies in Result 1. Result 1 states, ‘Council agencies will collaborate and co-lead with impacted communities that have been historically oppressed and excluded such as Black, Brown and people of color, poor/low income, LGBTQIA2S+, people with disabilities, older adults, foreign-born, and people who have faced homelessness and Tribal Nations to implement the action plan on housing, racial and health justice.’ Specific actions include making grant processes equitable, transparent, and accessible and increasing staff capacity to provide technical assistance and support for grantees. This work overlaps with state homeless programs and the homeless data work group."
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