Our Plan

Plan Overview

In creating this plan, Minneapolis and Hennepin County joined more than 300 cities across the US that are striving to change the way their communities address homelessness.

Who: The Commission to End Homelessness, comprised of 70 Hennepin County leaders – representing federal, state, and local governments, businesses, nonprofits, faith and philanthropic communities, along with homeless and formerly homeless citizens – spent 100 days developing Hennepin County and Minneapolis' plan to end homelessness.

What: Heading Home Hennepin is a 10-year plan to end homelessness based on proven models and national best practices.  The plan contains 6 broad goals, 30 recommendations, and more than 50 concrete action steps to permanently end homelessness as we know it.  We endeavor to end homelessness by developing permanent new supportive housing opportunities, enhancing the collaborative prevention efforts of government, community organizations, and social service agencies, and providing constant outreach to all individuals in Minneapolis and Hennepin County who are experiencing homelessness.  Successful implementation of the plan will not only prevent people from falling into homelessness whenever possible, it will move people off of the streets and out of the shelter system cycle, providing them with stable housing along with the support services they need to succeed, and drastically reduce unnecessary, expensive costs to taxpayers.

Where: Heading Home Hennepin focuses on ending homelessness across the City of Minneapolis and throughout Hennepin County.

When: By the year 2016, Heading Home Hennepin expects to reach its goal of providing safe, decent and affordable housing for all people in Minneapolis and Hennepin County, as well as ensuring that everyone has access to necessary services and no one slips into the cycles of homelessness.

The Federal Government's Plan to End Homelessness

In early 2010, The Federal Government released its first ever comprehensive plan to end homelessness across the nation, entitled Opening Doors: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness.  In developing this plan, the Federal Government has fully committed to communities across the country who are working to end homelessness and implement their own plans. To read it, click here.  

Heading Home Hennepin Documentary

In 2009, Studio-120 completed a documentary about Heading Home Hennepin and the initiative to end homelessness in Minneapolis and Hennepin County.  Watch the full video here. 

To read our plan in its entirety, click here.

Goals

1. Prevention
2. Outreach
3. Housing
4. Service Delivery Improvement
5. Self-support Capacity Building
6. Systems Improvement