Housing experts explained the importance of culturally appropriate housing and wraparound services at shelters during a roundtable discussion Thursday in Duluth.
The Duluth house is part of a growing network of medical respite centers that now numbers more than 130 around the country — including four in Minnesota. More than half have opened in just the past 10 years.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported 6,461 Minnesotans experienced sheltered homelessness during the designated point in time in 2021, up from 5,991 in 2020.
The COVID pandemic also presents challenges. Advocates say many people experiencing homelessness have chronic health conditions which put them at grave risk for contracting the disease.
Homelessness is often a hidden issue in rural communities, but it is more commonplace than many realize. Residents in Montevideo looking to find solutions joined together in hopes of developing a strategy for the community to address it.
Summary: With tens of thousands of motel rooms closed, and many of them never to be remembered, why is now not the perfect time to replace a tent and a sleeping bag with a room with a toilet and shower
Concerns that COVID-19 could be carried into homes of family and friends has couch-surfers searching for housing. The Willmar-based Family Promise program has seen numbers needing assistance increase.
WILLMAR — "A Prairie Homeless Companion," a theater production that tackles homelessness in southwestern Minnesota, will go on the road across the region over the next few weeks.
WILLMAR -- CDS Financial Services and the Anderson Larson Saunders & Klaassen law firm on Tuesday hosted a Food Truck Fest in the parking lot between the two businesses in Willmar to educate partners and staff on the Caring for Women Circle C...
