Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 18 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Adults must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. Short-term grant assistance for persons in a financial crisis including utility shut-off (electric, heating, gas and water service payment assistance), eviction and foreclosure. Applicants must show how they have spent their income from the last 60 days to qualify.

- Allows Pets - Laundry facilities - Garages - Public park within one mile - Security Deposit

- Provides low income housing to: - Seniors 62 and over - Singles - Married Couples - Physically handicapped - Developmentally handicapped - 1 Bedroom apartments

Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 18 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Adults must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. Short-term grant assistance for persons in a financial crisis including utility shut-off (electric, heating, gas and water service payment assistance), eviction and foreclosure. Applicants must show how they have spent their income from the last 60 days to qualify.

Project Home: Engages homeless individuals, youth, and families to help them become stable and self-sufficient. This assistance ranges from outreach to offering permanent supportive housing. Those in the program receive assistance with: - Outreach and engagement - Location of stable housing - Mental health services - Intensive case management and coordination of community services - Benefit assistance - Health screenings and medical care - Employment and training - Parenting skills and children's services Youngdahl: A facility providing permanent housing to homeless individuals residing in Dodge, Steele, or Waseca County. The 16-unit building is designed to assist adults with a mental illness who are experiencing barriers to securing stable housing for themselves. Offers residents a variety of services, including: - Case management - Budgeting/resident council - Independent living skills Supportive Housing: Works with individuals that are long-term homeless with severe mental illness along with clients that are at risk of becoming homeless. Services include: - Assisting clients with obtaining a housing subsidy - Assisting clients in obtaining housing of their choosing - Assisting in maintaining stable housing - Connecting clients with needed support services - Outreach and engagement services

Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Adults must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. Emergency general assistance provides short-term, one-time assistance for households in a financial crisis because of a threat of utility shut-off, eviction, or foreclosure.

- Participants must be willing to actively work with staff towards self-sufficiency and follow strict program and housing rules - Participants may stay up to 24 months(in shared living) as long as they are in compliance with program rules and guidelines - Must be actively searching for permanent housing, employment and/or education - In Itasca County contact Haley Berkeland at 218-999-0832

Long term sober housing and employment opportunities for people in recovery; housing includes: - Cable/Internet access - Laundry - Private rooms - Shared kitchen and bath

- Assists in resolving personal problems - Assists in resolving stress - Assists in resolving relationships with others

The refugee resettlement program coordinates services to assist refugees in making the transition to life in the United States. These services include resettlement and placement, cash and medical assistance, and employment and social services. NOTE: Able-bodied RCA recipients are required to participate in an employment and training program. RCA recipients who are disabled or 65 years of age or older are required to apply for SSI.

Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program provides case management and short-term rent payment assistance.

A centralized point of entry for single adults seeking emergency shelter. At the center, persons can: - Talk with a Diversion Specialist about housing needs - Obtain a new Community Card for all shelters in the system - Reserve a bed at one of the participating shelters