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MnDOT: St. Paul Homeless Encampment Site To Be Cleared By Thursday

Nov 14, 2018 | In the News

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

Oct 24, 2018 | In the News

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...

Council OKs plan to move Minneapolis homeless camp onto Red Lake land

Sep 26, 2018 | In the News

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

Sep 4, 2018 | In the News

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

Aug 24, 2018 | In the News

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...

Help is on the way for large homeless encampment in south Minneapolis

Aug 16, 2018 | In the News

“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...

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Homelessness, drug use rife at Native American tent city

Council OKs plan to move Minneapolis homeless camp onto Red Lake land

At a growing Minneapolis homeless camp, a glimmer of hope for struggling families

Minneapolis city leaders unveil ‘action plan’ for growing homeless encampment

Help is on the way for large homeless encampment in south Minneapolis

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