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Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program

Program Information
The 1993 Minnesota Legislature established the Family Homelessness Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP) to assist families with children, youth/unaccompanied youth, and single adults who are homeless or are at imminent risk of homelessness. Funds are used for a broad range of activities aimed at homelessness prevention, minimizing episodes of homelessness, and eliminating repeat episodes of homelessness. Each project designs its own service delivery system to achieve these goals, using approaches that make sense at the local community level. The program supports continuing innovation and development of a comprehensive system to address homelessness, with an emphasis on prevention.

In the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area, a county is an eligible applicant. In non-metropolitan areas, eligible applicants include a county, a group of contiguous counties jointly acting together, or a community based nonprofit organization with a sponsoring resolution from each of the county boards of the counties located within its operating jurisdiction. Funding is awarded in the form of a flexible grant for a two-year period. All grantees are required to use Minnesota's Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to collect household data and complete reports to be submitted to Minnesota Housing.

State Statute Authorizing the FHPAP

List of Current FHPAP Grantees

Contacts for Client Referral

FHPAP Map of Service Areas

Definition of Case Management

Resources
Minnesota's Homeless Management Information System - contains information on the progress of the statewide Homeless Management Information System.

Wilder's Statewide Survey of Homeless Adults, Children, and Youth in Minnesota - contains specific data from the statewide survey done in 2003 about homelessness in all areas in Minnesota.

State Demographics and Census Information - contains specific census information, including population, labor trends, race, and languages spoken in the home.

Budgeting and Reporting
Budget Form FY 2010-2011
FHPAP Quarterly Expenditure Report - used by grantees to submit program fiscal information on a quarterly basis. (available in MS Excel Format only)

Visit http://www.hmismn.org for the latest updates on reporting on households served in HMIS

Other Links
HousingLink - provides affordable rental housing information.

Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless - an organization working to ensure that everyone in Minnesota has a place to call home.

Minnesota Housing Program Staff
Contacts