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In this edition:
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MICH’s May 6 webinar: Why supportive housing works
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Public comment period for draft Olmstead Plan closing soon
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National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives is May 4 – 8
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MICH Implementation Consultant featured in Minnesota Women’s Press
Join us for the next MICH webinar on Wednesday, May 6 from 1 - 2 p.m. If you have any questions about your webinar registration, please email dan.gregory@state.mn.us
On the May 6 webinar, hear what supportive housing is, what it takes to create and sustain it, and why it’s so essential in ending homelessness.
Though MICH webinars are not the ideal place to address individual circumstances, MICH is committed to following up if people do raise specific questions or concerns.
The Olmstead Implementation Office (OIO) is hosting a public comment period for the draft Olmstead Plan. The online survey to share input is now open! OIO has also created high-level guides of each topic area and its goals. These goal guides and the full plan draft can be found on the OIO website.
The Olmstead Plan is a set of goals for Minnesota state agencies. The goals help fulfill the right of people with disabilities to live full, integrated lives in their communities. State staff and consultants with lived experience of disability (Inclusion Consultants) worked together to write the draft plan and its goals.
The English survey will close on May 8. The surveys in Spanish, Hmong, Somali, and ASL (ASL videos with captions and voice over) will close on May 23.
Feedback received during public comment will be shared with agency staff and Inclusion Consultants. They will work on updating the goals based on the feedback received. The Olmstead Plan will be finalized in Fall 2026.
May marks a time of reflection, togetherness and action across Minnesota as Indigenous communities and allies come together to honor the lives of Indigenous relatives who are missing or have been claimed by violence on May 5, National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Day of Awareness.
Through art, activism and prayer, communities across Minnesota bring awareness and attention to the devastating epidemic of violence facing Indigenous people. These gatherings are opportunities to stand in solidarity, learn from one another, and celebrate the strength and resilience of the Indigenous communities of Minnesota.
Ms. Jewelean Jackson, who helped create the Crossroads to Justice strategic plan as one of 10 MICH Justice Consultants, and is now co-leading implementation of the plan alongside agency staff as one of 14 MICH Implementation Consultants, was recently featured in a piece by the Minnesota Women’s Press.
Learn more about her leadership and commitment to housing, racial, and health justice on our Facebook, Instagram, and / or LinkedIn posts!
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