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...
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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...
Help is on the way for large homeless encampment in south Minneapolis
"Unprecedented" effort will offer assistance on housing, medical care, drug treatment. A hastily formed coalition of medical and social service agencies plans a major outreach effort Friday at a homeless camp in south Minneapolis that has alarmed local authorities and...
Growing Minneapolis homeless camp raises public health alarms
The camp dwellers say they feel safer watching over each other in a large group than living scattered on the streets; they are determined to remain despite repeated attempts by the state to clear them out. Katherine “Kat” Yanez stepped out of her tent, took a long...
Ralph Reeder Food Shelf makes move to Mounds View
The Ralph Reeder Food Shelf has recently made the move from New Brighton to Mounds View. “We will certainly miss being in New Brighton,” said Ralph Reeder Program Manager Lisa Baker. “We are still servicing all residents in need and we hope that by having a bigger...
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