Resource helpful hints & tips
- If you are in an emergency situation, call 911
- Have paper and pencil ready so you can take notes during the phone call (write down your appointment time, what you need to bring, is there a fee, etc)
- Write down any questions you need answered before you call
- Be sure to get the name of the person you contact and if possible, their direct phone number
- Get a pocket folder to keep all your information organized (checks, rent receipts, etc)
Minnesota Energy Assistance Program
1-800-657-3710
Money Available now to help pay heating bills
- Funds are available to lower your heating costs
- Renters and homeowners are encourage to apply
If you rent, you may be eligible if you pay for heat directly to an energy vendor or indirectly to a landlord. If you own your home, you may also get help repairing or replacing a furnace. - Eligibility is based on the past three months of income
- Grants range from $100 to $1,400 depending on family size, income and energy consumption. Average grants are about $500.
Examples of maximum annual household incomes are:
- Household with 1 person: $23,949
- Household with 2 people: $31,318
- Household with 3 people: $38,687
- Household with 4 people: $46,056
Ally Supportive Services
245 Marie Ave, Suite 107
West St Paul MN, 55118
651-320-4471
www.allyservices.net/contact
We are currently working with a network of landlords in these cities in Dakota County:
- Apple Valley
- Burnsville
- Eagan
- Farmington
- Hastings
- Hampton
- Lakeville
- West St. Paul
- South St. Paul
- Inver Grove Heights
GETTING CONNECTED
STEPS TO TAKE:
- 1. Call Dakota County’s Housing Crisis Line at 651-554-5751
- 2. Complete Intake Housing Assessment/VI-SPDAT with a county assessor (this assessment will be used to determine your housing service needs)
- You will be placed on the priority list that matches your housing needs if you qualify.
- It is important to stay in touch with the county so they and/or a housing provider can reach you when your name comes up on the list.
HOMELESS OUTREACH REFERRALS CAN COME FROM ANY SOURCE
While we work closely with Dakota County and its local police agencies, to identify and serve street homeless individuals, referrals can also come from ANYBODY seeing a need to connect a homeless individual to homeless outreach services.
Heading Home Dakota
Housing Crisis Line
651-554-5751
- Call if you are homeless or at-risk of losing your housing
- Centralized access point for household to address housing crises
Justine Lahn, Outreach Case Manager for Dakota County at
People Incorporated Mental Health Services
Homeless Services Division
Fax: 651-291-1082
317 York Ave, Saint Paul MN 55130
Justine.lahn@peopleincorporated,org
Office: 651-228-3944
Cellular: 651-249-1195
- Justine can provide referrals and/or case management services to people experiencing homelessness in Dakota County
Dakota County Health & Family
Mendota Rd., #240, West St. Paul, MN 55118
651-437-3191 (main number)
www.co.dakota.mn.us/HealthyLiving
One stop site for departments and phone numbers including:
- Healthy living
- Public assistance
- Job search assistance
- Parenting help
- Personal finance
- Child care
- Child support
- Child protection
- Adult protection
- Mental health
- Chemical health
- Adoption
- Foster care
- Emergency preparedness
- Health services
- Senior services
- People with disabilities
- Veteran services
B. Robert Lewis House
24/7 Sexual Assault Hotline:
651-405-1500
651-452-7288 – Eagan
651-437-1291 – Hastings
- Provides safe housing, support, and advocacy to survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault
- Call for directions to Eagan or Hastings sites
Catholic Charities
1200 2nd Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-204-8500
www.cctwincities.org
- Housing and emergency services
- Children and family services
- Advocacy for the needs of those living in poverty
- Serve those in need regardless of faith
Community Development Agency
1228 Town Centre Dr., Eagan, MN 55121
651-675-4400
The Dakota County CDA administers a variety of programs for low and moderate income rental households:
- Family townhomes
- Senior housing
- Scattered site public housing
- Rental assistance
Dakota Woodlands
3430 Wescott Woodlands, Eagan, MN 55123
651-456-9110
www.dakotawoodlands.org
- Shelter for homeless women and their families in Dakota County
- Families can stay as long as necessary to move into homes of their own
- Intakes are done through the Dakota County Supportive Housing Unit. Homeless women should not call Dakota Woodlands
Dakota County Supportive Housing
1 Mendota Rd., #240
West St. Paul, MN 55118
651-554-5751
24 hr Metro Shelter Hotline
1-888-234-1329
(24/7 link for homeless callers)
www.co.dakota.mn.us/HealthFamily/PublicAssistance/Types/Pages/
housing-rent.aspx
- Dakota County assists eligible residents and their families in securing housing and accessing supportive services to maintain housing
- Families experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Dakota County can contact the Supportive Housing Unit
- Single adults experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Dakota County should contact the CAP Agency at 651-322-3500 or Cenneidigh/KCQ at 651-287-0956
Dorothy Day Center
183 Old 6th St., St. Paul, MN 55102
651-647-2350
www.osjspm.org/DorothyDayCenter
- Catholic Charities emergency shelter for single homeless men and women (separate floors)
Families Moving Forward
1808 Emerson Ave., N., Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-529-2185
http://www.beaconinterfaith.org/
- Families Moving Forward is a program of PORTICO Interfaith Housing Collaborative
- Volunteers from 43 hosting congregations throughout the Twin Cities provide overnight shelter, meals and hospitality for up to 8 families, or about 30 parents and children, every week of the year
- St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Eagan hosts 3 times a year
- Parents/adults must be work and apply for the program
Homeline hotline
612-728-5767
www.homelinemn.org
- Provides renters throughout Minnesota with legal information regarding their rights as tenants
Housing Link
612-522-2500
www.housinglink.org
- hList is an online service where anyone can search for affordable rental housing vacancies and waiting list openings in Twin Cities and suburbs, and throughout all of Minnesota
Lincoln Place
1997 Gold Trail, Eagan, MN 55122
651-209-1681
thelinkmn.org/lincoln-place
- Serves homeless and/or disabled at-risk young adults ages 18-24
The Minnesota Multi Housing Association (MHA) Renters Hotline
9562-858-8222
www.mmha.com
- MHA’s landlord/tenant hotline provides pre-recorded information on security deposits, leases, giving notice, discrimination and other topics related to rental statutes and rights
- If your question is not answered within the recording, leave a message
MN Housing Finance Agency
400 Sibley Street, #30, St. Paul, MN 55101
651-296-7608 or 1-800-657-3769
Emailmn.housing@state.mn.us
http://www.mnhousing.gov/
- State’s affordable housing bank, offering products and services to help Minnesotans buy and fix up homes
- First time home buyers
- Foreclosure assistance
- Home improvement loans
Missionaries of Charity Home
1500 E. 24th St., Minneapoilis, MN 55404
612-721-8614
- No cost home for pregnant women needing shelter
- Women and children may stay while pregnant and 1 month after birth.
No boys over age 5
St. Stephen’s Shelter (Men only)
2211 Clinton Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-874-9292
www.ststephensmpls.org
- Sober shelter. Every Monday night a lottery is held jointly by St. Stephen’s Shelter, Our Saviour’s Shelter, and Simpson Shelter
- The lottery is held at Simpson Shelter: 2740 First Avenue S., Minneapolis 54408. Enter the 28th Street door. You must arrive between 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
- Employment and savings programs and intensive advocacy to help guests attain housing
People Serving People
612-332-4500
www.peopleservingpeople.org
- Provides emergency housing and community services that assist families experiencing homelessness in becoming self-sufficient and reconnected with the community
- A safe, secure, sober environment
Sharing & Caring Hands
525 North 7th St., Minneapolis, MN 55405
612-338-4640
www.sharingandcaringhands.org
- Provides a host of services that include food, clothing, shelter, transportation assistance, medical, and dental help
- Mary’s place shelter is transitional housing for women and children
Simpson Women’s Shelter
Simpson Men’s Shelter
2740 1st Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-874-8683
- Emergency shelters for men and women (separated by gender)
- Permanent, subsidized, supportive rental housing for single adults who have been homeless long-term, with a unique focus on the needs of single women
- Men must attend the lottery on Monday night at 6 pm
- Women must attend the women’s shelter lottery on Wednesday afternoon at 3 pm to receive a bed for 28 nights. There are also a small number of beds available on a nightly basis
- Shelter hours: Daily 6 pm to 7 am. All guests must leave by 7 am
Union Gospel Mission General Offices
77 9th St. E., St. Paul, MN 55101
651-228-1800
www.ugmtc.org
Bethel Hotel for Homeless Men
435 University Ave. E., St. Paul, MN 55130
Naomi Family Residence for Women and Children
77 9th St. E., St. Paul, MN 55101
- Shelters for men, women and children
- Latino ministries, Asian ministries, and more (check website)
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Bed Delivery
https://shpbeds.org/chapter/mn-twin-cities-s/
844-432-2337
- Provides free beds to children age 3-17 who have uncomfortable sleeping arrangements.
- The free bed includes a frame, new mattress, pillow, sheets, comforter and delivery.
- They deliver in the cities of Eagan, Burnsville, Lakeville, Apple Valley, Chaska, Farmington, Prior Lake, Rosemount, Savage and Shakopee.
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