HOMELESS FAMILIES Who is being served in Hennepin County Shelter and surrounding areas?

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HOMELESS FAMILIES Who is being served in Hennepin County Shelter and surrounding areas?

NUMBERS In Hennepin County we have the capacity to shelter approximately 350 families per night. We also have 125 rooms for overflow shelter.

County Shelter and Free Shelter How does it work? Hennepin County Shelter *People Serving People 99 rooms *St. Anne’s Place 16 rooms *The Drake Hotel 125 rooms TOTAL: 240 Free Shelter *Sharing &Caring Hands 100 apartments *Families Moving Forward 10 Families TOTAL: 110

Average Stay In 2011, the average county shelter stay was around 39.1 days. Mary’s Place (Sharing and Caring Hands), is a 30 day program

Who are we serving? In 2011, St. Anne’s Place served approximately 123 families, of which 213 were children. Children make up the majority of people in our family shelters in Hennepin County.

Young Mom’s Young mom’s make up about 30% of people in shelter. Services are limited for this population but young parent advocates are working to spread awareness.

What Poverty Does In 2011, 80% of all St. Anne’s Place families were unemployed. 32% had not completed High School 55% were dealing with a mental health issue

Where do people go? In 2011, only 49% of the St. Anne’s Place families went to their own apartment out of shelter. 30% went to stay with friends and family

Is it the economy? Even before the economy crashed, our shelters were full. More and more people are unable to afford housing.

Other Counties Ramsey County: 55 beds at Maplewood shelter, 40 beds in churches (Project Home). Dakota County: 22 family rooms at Dakota Woodlands Washington County: Some motel stays Anoka County: 14 people per night at Family Promise. (Church based) Scott County: no shelter Carver County: no shelter Wright county: no shelter

What you can do Know your resources!!! More than ever, we are relying on networking and community programs to help our families. Join Heading Home Hennepin Don’t let your agency become an island! Work together!

A Portrait of Family Homelessness in America