Emergency Shelter

Homelessness in Minnesota… does it exist?

Yes! It just looks different here.

People experiencing homelessness might be:

• Living in their cars
• Walking around businesses all night to keep warm
• Sleeping in storage garages
• “Camping” when it’s too cold outside
• Sleeping outside
• Locking themselves in bathrooms of businesses overnight
• “Couch hopping” (going from friend to friend, staying
  for a couple of days)
• Using the last of their resources to pay for short stays at a local
  motel
• Fleeing domestic violence

When people have no place to go, United Community Action Partnership is here to help. We can offer limited motel stays as a short-term solution while working with people to come up with a plan for long-term housing stability. Part of the plan may include employment and housing searches, connections to mainstream resources, and short to medium-term rental assistance.