Who We Are

Hearth Connection acts as an intermediary, working with government and community social service agencies to help people with long histories of homelessness.

Our Mission: To build relationships, resources, infrastructure and understanding, so that no one in Minnesota remains homeless, and people who were homeless can prosper. 

• Hearth Connection secures, distributes and leverages government funds for supportive housing. Over the years, we have developed effective relationships and broadened our support.

• Hearth Connection innovatively combines different streams of funding for flexible and effective use by supportive housing providers. Our in-house software, Co-Pilot, effectively corroborates results for our funders. We take a lead role in ensuring compliance with each investor and funding source.

• Hearth Connection bridges housing, social services and health care with supportive housing. We contract with community agencies to carry out programs based on best practices. 

• We support our partner providers with training and guidance on best practices, reporting and compliance.
   

"People who have experienced homelessness deal with a host of issues related to health, income and trust that hinder them from living independently in our community. In our programs, we provide intense services through trained staff to ensure the effective transition of our participants from homelessness and hopelessness, to homes, health and hope. We also collect extensive data on our programs to constantly evolve our best practices, learn from our mistakes, share our successes and maintain accountability for our work," Jennifer Ho, former Executive Director, Hearth Connection. 

Learn more about the regional long-term homeless projects managed by Hearth Connection.