Executive committee
- Oversees the homeless response system in Hennepin County
- Assigns work to operations board and working committees
- Contact: David Hewitt at david.hewitt@hennepin.us
Meetings
- Monday, March 16, 2020, 9–10:30 a.m.
- Hennepin County Government Center
Conference Room C2350
Operations board
- Ensures HUD requirements, critical tasks and initiatives are put into action
- Contact: Laura DeRosier at laura.derosier@hennepin.us
- Committee documents
Meetings
- First Monday of the month, 1 to 3 p.m.
- Location to be determined
HUD McKinney Vento CoC funding committee
- Monitors and evaluates performance of all projects funded by Continuum of Care
- Solicits new project applications and recommends final funding decisions
- Contact: Laura DeRosier at laura.derosier@hennepin.us
Meetings
- First Monday of the month, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
- Location to be determined
Data and evaluation committee
- Makes recommendations to the Continuum of Care Operations Board for Hennepin Continuum of Care’s response to the HMIS Data Quality Framework process
- Reviews system data to create strategies to move the gage on the HUD System Performance Measures and to update the Continuum of Care Written Standards
- Committee documents
- Contact: Laura DeRosier at laura.derosier@hennepin.us
Meetings
- First Monday of the month 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- Location to be determined
Membership and nominations committee
- Annually reviews membership process and application for the Continuum of Care
- Develops a plan of outreach to the full diversity of stakeholders
- Committee documents
- Contact: Eric Richert at eric.richert@hennepin.us
Meetings
- First Monday of the month 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- Location to be determined
Homeless prevention and rapid rehousing advisory committee
- Helps the county develop and oversee homeless prevention and rapid rehousing services
- Contact: Stacy Sweeney at stacy.sweeney@ymcamn.org
Meetings
- Third Tuesday of the month, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- St. Stephen's
2309 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis
Family coordinated entry leadership committee
- Ensures consistent application of coordinated entry policies, procedures and
- Ensures high quality service for persons and families in a housing crisis
- Contact co-chairs Charlotte Moris at cmoris@stephensmpls.org or Charlotte Kinzley, at charlotte.kinzley@mpls.k12.mn.us
Meetings
- First Tuesday of the month, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
- Sabathani
310 East 38th Street, Minneapolis
Single adults coordinated entry leadership committee
- Provides guidance and decisions to successfully operate single adult coordinated entry service
- Contact: jwagner@rseden.org
Meetings
- First Tuesday of the month, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Sabathani
310 East 38th Street, Minneapolis
Shelter efficiency
- Improves the homeless shelter system for single adults
- Identifies barriers for single adult shelters and coordinates services
- Enables more effective community-wide strategies to end homelessness
- Contact: Danielle Werder at danielle.werder@hennepin.us
Meetings
- Third Wednesday of the month, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Simpson Shelter
2740 First Avenue South, Minneapolis
Employment and income committee
- Creates strategies to help partners improve employment results for clients
- Builds awareness of the importance of employment and income in preventing and ending homelessness
- Contact: Heidi Schmidt Boyd at heidi.boyd@hennepin.us
- Committee documents
Meetings
- Meeting time is to be determined
- Sabathani
310 East 38th Street, Minneapolis
Family service network
- Works to improve the family support system, focusing on well-being of children who are homeless
- Identifies more effective community-wide strategies to end homelessness for families
- Contact: Casey Schleisman at casey.schleisman@hennepin.us
Meetings
- Meets quarterly on the second Friday of the month, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Various locations
Hennepin County youth collaborative
- Serves as a forum to frame solutions for youth (ages 16-24) experiencing homelessness
- Contact: Casey Schleisman at casey.schleisman@hennepin.us
Meetings
- Third Friday of the month, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- South Hub Hennepin County Human Service Center
2215 East Lake Street (Room #122), Minneapolis
Youth action board
- Creates a bridge for those serving youth, youth at-risk, and youth experiencing homeless
- Contact: Casey Schleisman at casey.schleisman@hennepin.us
Meetings
- Second Monday of the month, 3–5 p.m.
- Location is to be determined
The outreach group
- Serves as a forum for outreach workers to network, work on system issues and form partnerships
- Contact: Molly Dolan, molly.dolan@hennepin.us
Meetings
- Fourth Tuesday of the month, 9–10:30 a.m.
- St. Stephen's
2309 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis
Single adult collaborative review
- Provides case consultation using the chronic index
- Contact Sarah Broich at sbroich@simpsonhousing.org
Meetings
- First and third Tuesdays of the month, 11 a.m. to noon
- St. Olaf Catholic Church (basement meeting room)