Coalition Links

As a starting point for Internet research on homelessness, the Coalition provides an extensive listing of web links to other groups working to end homelessness:

Minnesota Links

• Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
  
  conducts the most comprehensive statewide survey on homelessness, in addition to offering direct services
• Central Community Housing Trust
  
  works with community groups to set up affordable housing options in the Twin Cities
• Central Minnesota Housing Partnership
  
  assists local government, social service agencies, housing and redevelopment authorities, community action agencies, non-profit agencies, and others on housing issues
• Corporation for Supportive Housing
  
  helps communities create permanent housing by providing high-quality advice and development expertise, making loans and grants to supportive housing sponsors, strengthening the supportive housing industry, and reforming public policy to make it easier to
• Don't Borrow Trouble Minnesota
  
  provides public education to stop predatory lending practices in the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area
• Family Housing Fund
  
  works to preserve and expand housing opportunity for low-income families in the 7-county metro area
• Greater Minnesota Housing Fund
  
  supports the creation of affordable housing for working families in Greater Minnesota through funding and technical assistance
• Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota
  
  identifies and serves the needs of Habitat affiliates in Minnesota as they pursue the creation of decent, safe, affordable housing for those in need
• Housing Minnesota
  
  campaigns to dramatically increase the preservation and production of affordable housing in Minnesota by raising public awareness, educating policy makers on housing issues, and translating the needs of people affected into community action
• Jobs Now Coalition
  
  advances economic opportunity through research, education, and advocacy
• LawHelpMN.org
  
  provides answers to legal questions, contact information for legal aid offices, links to courthouses and local community organizations
• Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota
  
  promotes public policy that supports peace, justice and caring
• Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
  
  offers adoption, counseling, housing, debt consolidation, crisis shelters for children, elderly assisted living, group homes for persons with developmental disabilities and many other services
• Metro Trend Watch
  
  tracks the impact of housing issues on Twin Cities residents
• Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing
  
  organizes congregations in the Twin Cities area to create policy solutions to the affordable housing crisis
• Minnesota AIDS Project
  
  leads the fight agains HIV and AIDS by enhancing the lives of people living with HIV, prevention education for those at risk for HIV, and advocating for the rights of all affected by HIV
• Minnesota Community Action Association
  
  comprises a network of agencies that offer some of the last local lines of defense for families in need
• Minnesota Housing Partnership
  
  Unites advocates and developers from around the state to alleviate Minnesota's housing crisis
• Minnesota Work Incentives Connection
  
  provides statewide toll-free hotline for information about how work will affect medical assistance, food stamps, subsidized housing, and other benefits
• Praxis International
  
  conducts research and training to understand and change institutional practices that perpetuate the abuse of women
• Second Harvest Heartland
  
  develops community partnerships to alleviate hunger in local Minnesota communities
• St. Paul Area Council of Churches
  
  organizes congregations to build life-giving, just, and anti-racist community for all people in the St. Paul area
• United Way 211 / First Call for Help
  
  provides a directory of resources available for Minnesotans in need of crisis, prevention, and other services
• Violence Intervention Project
  
  provides information and referrals for violence prevention as well as mental health and social service resources

National Links

• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
  
  creates a network of members that offer a continuum of aging services, including adult day services, home health, community services, senior housing, assisted living residences, continuing care retirement communities, and nursing homes
• American Bar Association's Commission on Homelessness and Poverty
  
  fosters the development of legal pro bono homeless programs and to educate the public and the profession about the legal problems of the very poor
• Beyond Shelter
  
  operates an Institute that develops systemic approaches to combat poverty and homelessness among families with children
• Center for Urban Community Services
  
  develops and advances practical, compassionate solutions for homeless people, particularly those with serious and persistent mental illnesses
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  
  protects the needs of low-income families and individuals in policy debates by conducting research and developing policy options
• Child Welfare League of America's Housing and Homelessness Initiative
  
  provides child welfare agencies with the tools necessary to assist families, youth and children in the child welfare system access and maintain safe, permanent, affordable homes
• Coalition on Human Needs
  
  brings together national organizations to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable people
• Enterprise
  
  develops and supports innovative models that also give people with limited incomes the tools and opportunities to become self-sufficient
• Help USA
  
  help those who are homeless and others in need become and remain self-reliant by building, developing, and operating transitional housing
• Homes for the Homeless
  
  provides research, information, training, and program development to develop new solutions for combating homelessness and reducing the effect of poverty on families
• Housing America
  
  works to provide housing to families through grassroots advocacy, targeted coalition building, and media tactics
• Housing Assistance Council
  
  helps local organizations build affordable housing in rural communities
• Housing Research Foundation
  
  improves America's public housing through research, education, and technical assistance
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
  
  conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
  
  mobilizes the nonprofit, public and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness
• National American Indian Housing Council
  
  assists tribes and tribal housing entities in reaching their self determined goals of providing culturally relevant, decent, safe, sanitary, and quality affordable housing for Native people in Indian communities and Alaska Native villages
• National Center for Homeless Education
  
  provides research, resources, and information enabling communities to address the educational needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness
• National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
  
  works to end homelessness among veterans by shaping public policy, promoting collaboration, and building the capacity of service providers
• National Coalition for the Homeless
  
  organizes people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to ending homelessness
• National Health Care for the Homeless Council
  
  helps reform the health care system to best serve the needs of people who are homeless
• National Housing Law Project
  
  advances housing justice for the poor by providing legal assistance, advocacy advice and housing expertise to legal services and other attorneys, low-income housing advocacy groups, and others who serve the poor
• National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
  
  serves as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness by providing impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education
• National Low Income Housing Coalition
  
  supports progressive housing policy that empowers the lowest income households
• National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness
  
  educates, engages, and trains students to directly meet individuals’ immediate needs while advocating for long-term systemic solutions
• Shelter Listings
  
  National searchable database of shelter, transitional housing, and affordable hosuing programs.
• Technical Assistance Collaborative
  
  works to achieve positive outcomes on behalf of people with disabilities, people who are homeless, and people with other special needs by providing state-of-the-art information, capacity building, and technical expertise to organizations and policymakers
• Travelers Aid International
  
  supports a network of human service providers that assist individuals and families who are in transition, crisis, or disconnected from their support systems
• Weingart Center Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty
  
  works to build inter-disciplinary and inter-sector partnerships to create a stronger community understanding of the causes of homelessness and poverty

Government Links

• * Federal Government Portal
  
  provides a comprehensive listing of federal government agencies and programs
• * Minnesota Government Portal
  
  provides a comprehensive listing of state government agencies and programs
• Gov Benefits
  
  helps individuals discover what federal government benefits they might qualify for via a brief interactive questionnaire
• Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center
  
  provides technical assistance and targeted information to front-line providers and program staff
• Interagency Council on Homelessness
  
  brings together a consortium of federal departments working to address issues that cut across multiple agencies, including housing costs, job readiness, education, substance abuse and mental health
• Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services
  
  supports a network of services to assist crime victims in Minnesota
• Minnesota Department of Commerce's Energy Assistance Program
  
  provides financial assistance for energy shut-off emergencies, or to help pay heating bills or energy-related repairs
• Minnesota Department of Education
  
  provides funding for some of the state's homeless and shelter programs
• Minnesota Department of Health
  
  provides a variety of health resources, including a listing of mental health resources in each county
• National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
  
  focuses on the effective organization and delivery of services for people who are homeless and have serious mental illnesses
• U.S. Department of Education
  
  provides information, grants, and other resources to help communities meet the needs of students who are homeless
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  
  operates some programs to help individuals who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of experiencing homelessness
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  
  provides information on program regulations, model programs, affordable housing initiatives, funding sources, and technical assistance
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  
  provides veterans and their families with info on HUD's community-based programs and services for veterans who are homeless