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Family Safe Space - Hennepin County Human Services - Social Services

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Resource Name: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
call 211 afterhours
  • 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
call 211 afterhours
(612)204-8200

Voice

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Intake

Application process

  • Daytime: Call the Hennepin Shelter Hotline
  • Afterhours: Call 211

Fees

None

Service area

Hennepin County, MN

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

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