Open Your Heart funding will connect youth experiencing homelessness in Richfield, Bloomington, and Edina with emergency housing support and basic needs. Funds will provide approximately 200 emergency hotel vouchers. Vouchers will ensure youth have access to safe and stable housing while working with Oasis for Youth case managers for shelter referrals, coordinated entry support, and identifying long-term housing options. Launched in 2010 by a group of community members who were alarmed by the number of suburban youth experiencing homelessness, Oasis for Youth was the first suburban drop-in center in the Twin Cities metro area. Today, Oasis for Youth supports more than 400 young people annually in their four programs: drop-in, outreach, housing, and employment. Open Your Heart is a proud partner of Oasis For Youth, and pleased to support their efforts addressing barriers and the lack of services for youth experiencing homelessness in the southern metro.
