Get Involved

What You Can Do to Help End Homelessness in Minneapolis and Hennepin County  

Educate Yourself, Your Family, and Your Community

Visit websites that supply helpful information about homelessness:

• http://www.mnhomelesscoalition.org
• http://www.wilder.org/download.0.html?report=536
• http://www.nationalhomeless.org
• http://www.endhomelessness.org
• http://www.usich.gov
• http://www.mnhomelesscoalition.org/programs/education/

Read Our Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness

• Heading Home Hennepin: http://www.headinghomehennepin.org
• Host a presenter on homelessness at your business, school, or faith community.

Advocate

• Generate and support healthy conversations about welcoming housing opportunities for people who are homeless into your neighborhood.
• Monitor important legislation and write letters, call, or visit public officials at the city, county, state and federal levels. Advocate for changes that support homeless service agencies and the plan to end homelessness.
• Use the Minnesota State Legislature district finder to retrieve contact information for your representatives: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/districtfinder.asp

Volunteer

• Contact a local shelter or agency; offer your time and energy. Visit www.handsontwincities.org to find an opportunity.
• Volunteer at Project Homeless Connect, an all day one-stop-shop service event for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Visit www.homelessconnectminneapolis.org for details.

Donate

• Donate directly to an agency or program that is working to end homelessness.
• Support Project Homeless Connect at www.homelessconnectminneapolis.org
• Donate to our plan to end homelessness through Heading Home Minnesota.  Click here.
• Organize a fundraiser for an organization, a bus card drive for Project Homeless Connect, or another in-kind event through your business, neighborhood group, school, or faith community.