Family Safe Space - Hennepin County Human Services - Social Services
Eligibility
Families with minor children and pregnant individuals experiencing homelessness who are physically in Hennepin County
Required documents
None
Hours
- Monday - Friday: Call the Hennepin Shelter Hotline: 8 am - 9 pm
- Weekends and the following holidays, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day: Call the Hennepin Shelter Hotline 1 pm - 9 pm
(612)204-8200
Voice·
Intake Hennepin Shelter Hotline
Interpretation services
Arabic; Somali; Spanish; interpreters available via language line
Application process
- Daytime: Call the Hennepin Shelter Hotline
- Afterhours: Call 211
Service area
Hennepin County, MN
Other Information
Program Fees
- No Fee
Hours of Operation
- Open Weekday Evenings After 5 pm
Languages
- Somali
- Spanish
Provides a temporary emergency overnight shelter accommodation for families experiencing homelessness in Hennepin County. It acts as a triage space, resource connection, and diversion point. The purpose of the Family Safe Space in the family shelter system is to provide a resource for families experiencing homelessness to ensure that no child sleeps outside in Hennepin County. Families accessing the shelter have access to showers and hygiene supplies, a clothing closet with clean clothes for children and adults, diapers, undergarments, formula, and meals.
Last Assured
12/08/2025
What's Here
Providing organization
Hennepin County Human Services - Social Services
County department that connects residents to county social service programs such as mental health, protective services, shelter, case management services, and county support programs