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Thank you for visiting the Minneapolis/Hennepin
County Project Homeless Connect web site. Project Homeless
Connect, based on a nationally implemented model, is designed
as a one-stop shop of services for people experiencing
homelessness.
On April 28th 2008, Minneapolis and Hennepin County’s
Office to End Homelessness hosted its fifth Project Homeless
Connect at the Minneapolis convention center. This was
by far the largest and best organized event to date, serving
over 2800 individuals with the help of over 1300 volunteers
and 350 service providers. Project Homeless Connect turned
145,000 square feet at the Minneapolis Convention Center
into a one-stop service delivery center, with services
ranging from ID services, to haircuts, to dental care,
to on-site individualized housing referrals. Each guest
was partnered with a volunteer to identify what specific
service need that person needed, and then the partners
were encouraged to explore the variety of services available,
meet with service providers, eat lunch, and share the day
with each other. Volunteers and guests both reported having
a great day, being made better by the partnership of each
other. Below is a brief list of some of our accomplishments
at Minneapolis’ Project Homeless Connect 5:
- 2888 individuals served by more than 1300 volunteers
- 523
singles and 167 families received individualized housing
triage, and more than 150 housing applications were
completed
- Over 425 received employment information and applications,
or were enrolled in employment programs
- 148 enrolled
or received information on Adult Basic Education or GED
testing
- 295 people received legal services, including
civil, criminal, family and housing cases
- 239 received
assistance on setting up benefits
- 42 veterans received
vet specific services
- 126 youth received information on
case management and programming
- 719 pairs of shoes were
given out (nearly $19,000 worth)
- Over 350 people received free State IDs and Birth certificates
- Over
500 people received a free haircut
- 67 signed up for library
cards
- 103 set up free Voicemail accounts
- 341 people received
dental assessments, 136 x-rays were taken, and 24 received
free dentures
- 164 received primary medical care
- 340 received reading
glasses, 60 received prescription glasses
- 85 people received
chiropractic services, 40 received chair massages
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Guests at Project Homeless
Connect #2
share a smile after winning a
new bike in the lottery.
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