At Open Your Heart, we are grateful to our Minnesota emergency shelter and food shelf employees and volunteers who work tirelessly to ensure that our most vulnerable populations are not forgotten. The following resources have been collected from multiple channels in an effort to help alleviate some stress to these agencies as they search for much needed resources. It is by no means an exhaustive list and OYH will continue to update as frequently as possible. Please contact us at [email protected] if you know of additional resources that should be included.
Housing Funding Resources
- Department of Health
- Department of Human Services
- Department of Revenue
- Minnesota Housing
- Additional Programs
- Click HERE to download a PDF copy of the resources (last updated 2/8/2024
Food Shelf Resources
- Comprehensive Inventory Solutions, LLC (CIS): CIS provides value-priced items to the non-profit community across the US. This sector includes food banks, relief/emergency programs, and feeding programs. These channels allow CIS to provide an avenue for their manufacturing partners to work through some of their most restrictive closeout labels without affecting their regular distribution. Their everyday inventory of over 400 items provides even the smallest food pantries a cost-effective means of procuring their most vital needs.
- Foundation for Essential Needs (FFEN): provides no cost consultation and data informed solutions to food shelves looking to improve their client experience.
- Ideal Refrigeration Equipment | Cold Storage Design & Installation St. Louis Park MN
- SHIP – Statewide Health Improvement Partnership
- Cooperative Procurement & Contract Purchasing I Sourcewell (sourcewell-mn.gov)
- Unfi Foundation
- Land O Lakes Foundation
- Minnesota Food Shelf Survey: Information on surveys and results since 2017
- Supershelf: Assistance in moving to choice by category with healthy foods highlighted
- University of MN Extension: Regional support for SNAP-Ed and Supershelf
- The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP): Administered by DHS-OEO
- Hunger Solutions Food Shelf Map
- Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign
- DHS-OEO Grant Information
- Additional Suggestions
- Food Banks by Region:
- Second Harvest Northland: NE MN
- Channel One Regional Food Bank: SE MN
- Second Harvest North Country: NW MN
- Great Plains Food Bank: Clay County