April grants have been awarded! Thanks to the generous donors and OYH board members, we were able to fund over $59,000 in funds this month to Minnesota agencies in need! Al Maa’uun (Minneapolis, MN) for $7,000 to replace their main cooler needed to store perishable...
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2018 December Grants have been Awarded!
Thanks to the generous donors and OYH board members, we were able to award over $47,000 in funds this month to Minnesota agencies in need! Advocates Against Domestic Abuse (Aitkin, MN) for $2,092 to update and improve their security system with a key-less entry for...
Volunteers Bring Food, Other Items to People Living at Minneapolis Homeless Camp
People living at the homeless camp in Minneapolis got a surprise Saturday when a group of local college students served a hot meal and handed out donated items. The encampment is near Hiawatha and Franklin Avenues and has grown over the last several months. Earlier...
MnDOT: St. Paul Homeless Encampment Site To Be Cleared By Thursday
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — The onset of wintry weather is impacting the safety and well-being of dozens of people living in a St. Paul homeless encampment. That’s why city officials have announced the site must be cleared by 10 a.m. Thursday. That announcement has many...
Homelessness, drug use rife at Native American tent city
At a tent city for homeless people in Minneapolis, the path is strewn with used syringes. Some are shooting up in the open. Dozens have been found unconscious. At least two have died. Most of the more than 200 people here are Native Americans, who have spontaneously...
2018 October Grants have been Awarded!
Thanks to the generous donors and OYH board members, we were able to award almost $40,000 in funds this month to Minnesota agencies in need! Avenues for Homeless Youth (Minneapolis, MN) for $6,516 to purchase under bed storage chests and new metal bed frames. Casa de...
Council OKs plan to move Minneapolis homeless camp onto Red Lake land
The Minneapolis City Council on Wednesday signed off on a plan that would relocate a growing homeless encampment along Hiawatha Avenue to property nearby owned by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. Tribal leaders on Friday offered the land just south of the Franklin...
At a growing Minneapolis homeless camp, a glimmer of hope for struggling families
Instead of driving everyone off, a coalition of agencies has flocked in to help, reflecting the unusual approach city officials and American Indian leaders are taking at the tent city near Hiawatha and Cedar. One blanket and one bag of clothes. That’s all that Denise...
Minneapolis city leaders unveil ‘action plan’ for growing homeless encampment
Mayor Jacob Frey pledged to eliminate the encampment, which as doubled in size in recent weeks, by the end of September. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and American Indian leaders Thursday pledged to find stable housing for approximately 120 people living in a large and...
2018 August Grants have been Awarded!
Thanks to the generous donors and OYH board members, we were able to award almost $60,000 in funds this month to Minnesota agencies in need! 360 Communities (Burnsville, MN) for $4,330 to purchase two new refrigerators. A Place for You (Pine City, MN) for $3,716 to...
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