Regional Long-Term Homeless Projects

Hearth Connection manages 3 regional supportive housing projects linking 26 counties and 3 tribal bands. This partnership serves over 1,300 men, women, youth and children in Minnesota. We have built a supportive housing network that includes non-profits and government agencies throughout the state.

Northeastern Minnesota Regional Long-Term Homeless Project.

Seven counties (Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis) and three bands of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Bois Forte, Fond du Lac and Grand Portage) have a collaborative agreement to operate a project focused on Native Americans experiencing long-term homelessness in Northeastern Minnesota. St. Louis County serves as fiscal agent with the Minnesota Department of Human Services and maintains a contract with Hearth Connection to manage the project.

120 households participate in the project, which began operation in the fall of 2006.  

Our mobile team partners include:

Bois Forte Mobile Team - Bois Forte Human Services

Carlton County Mobile Team - Carlton County Human Services
Fond du Lac Mobile Team - Fond du Lac Human Services

Giiwee Team  - a collaboration among American Indian Community Housing Organization, Churches United Ministry, Human Development Center and Women's Community Development Organization.
Range Mobile Team - Salvation Army and Range Mental Health Center

Youth Mobile Team - Life House

Other supportive housing providers:

New San Marco - Human Development Center, Center City Housing and Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment

Perpich Apartments - Range Mental Health Center

WCDO supportive housing - Women’s Community Development Organization 

Metro Regional Long-Term Homeless Project.

Seven counties making up the Twin Cities metropolitan area have a collaborative agreement to operate a metro-wide long-term homeless project (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington). Hennepin County is the fiscal agent and contracts with Hearth Connection to manage the project.

Hearth Connection has contracts with seven mobile supportive service teams, including three that started as service providers in Hearth Connection's Pilot. One goal of the metro project is to support participant choice in housing by offering a broad range of housing options, including both private market scattered-site housing and site-based supportive housing. 100 households in the Metro area were part of the Pilot project, and an additional 220 households began participating in the summer of 2006. We are currently able to serve up to 320 households in the Metro Regional project.

Our mobile team partners include:

COHR (Collaboration of Housing Resources) - Spectrum Community Mental Health, St. Stephens Human Services, Simpson Housing Services and the American Indian Community Development Corporation

Delancey Street - Guild Incorporated

Family Roots Alliance - Lutheran Social Services and Simpson Housing Service

Project Homeward  - Mental Health Resources

Project Quest - Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

Project SAIL (Support and Advocacy for Independent Living) - People Incorporated

Youth Mobile Team - YouthLink and Lutheran Social Services

Southern Minnesota Regional Long-Term Homeless Project.

Twelve counties collaborate to operate a long-term homeless project across in South Central and Southeastern Minnesota. Blue Earth County serves as the fiscal agent and contracts with Hearth Connection to manage the project.

Hearth Connection works with mobile supportive service teams in three regional hubs: Mankato, Owatonna and Rochester. 50 households in the Southern region were part of the Pilot project, and an additional 80 households began participating in the summer in the 2006. We are currently serving 142 households in the Southern Minnesota Regional project.

Our mobile team partners include:

Homeless Service Team - Zumbro Valley Mental Health Center 

Project HOME - South Central Human Relations Center 

Supportive Central Supportive Housing Initiative - Blue Earth County Human Services