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United Way 2-1-1
Phone: 211 or 651-291-0211
Food & Shelter Info; Referral to Specific Agencies

Food Shelves
Community Emergency Services
1900 11th Avenue South
Phone: 612-870-1125
Hours: Monday through Friday from 1:15 pm-4:15 pm. Produce is available on Fridays.
Service Area: for those persons who live east of 35W, west of 13th Ave. S., north of Franklin Ave., and south of the Mississippi River (SE Minneapolis not included).

WIC Program (Woman Infants Children)
Phone: 612-348-6100
Provides: Health and nutrition assessment; vouchers for quality food like milk, cheese, iron-rich cereal, fruit juice, peanut butter and dry beans; information/referral.
Qualifications: To be eligible, you must 1) live in Hennepin County; 2) be a woman who is pregnant, breastfeeding or have had a baby in the last 6 months-year, be an infant, or be a child less than 5 years old; 3) be income eligible. This will be determined at the WIC intake appointment.

Free Meal
Hope Lutheran Church
5200 Emerson Avenue North
Phone: 612-521-3547
Hours: Dinner served Wednesdays 5:45-6:30 pm.

Shelter
Metro Shelter Hotline
Phone: 1-888-234-1329 (toll free)
Remarks: Provides information about emergency shelter and transitional housing for single adults, families and youth in the 7-county Metro area.

Shelters for Men and Women
House of Charity
510 South 8th Street
Phone: 612-594-2000 (front desk)
Intake: You must be on GA or SSI, or you can be referred by a Hennepin County Access worker, financial worker, social worker or other sort of counselor.
Remarks: The House of Charity is a structured housing program for people with special needs or who are vulnerable. There is no set limit for how long you can stay there; that depends on the situation.

Shelters for Men Only
Hennepin County Secure Waiting Area
1000 Currie Avenue North
Phone: 612-338-8093
Single men without children who are not eligible for county shelter may stay on a mat in a secure area, open 7 days a week from 5 pm-7 am. A light dinner is served. Restrooms and showers are available. Beds upstairs are available for $4/night.

Salvation Army Harbor Light Center
1010 Currie Avenue
Phone: 612-338-0113
Safe Bay. A secure shelter for single homeless men. Beds are available first come, first serve each night.
Spiritual Growth Program. Provides shelter, personal hygiene items and nutrition for men who are seeking a rejuvenation of mind, body and spirit.
Beacon Program. Residential substance abuse treatment program for men. Phase I is a 21-day program based on 12-step model. Phase II is a 75-day halfway house program.

Shelters for Families with Children
Families Moving Forward
1808 Emerson Avenue North
Phone: 612-529-2185
Remarks: Space is available for 8 families with children for 45-day stays. Laundry, shower and meals are available. An intake interview is required, call ahead to set up an appointment.
Intake hours: Monday through Friday 8 am-5 pm.

Mary’s Place
401 North 7th Street
Phone: 612-338-4640
Intake Hours: Monday through Thursday 10-11:30 am and 1:30-3:30 pm. The entire family must go to Sharing and Caring Hands (525 N. 7th St.) to apply for shelter at Mary’s Place.
Provides: Shelter for up to 30 days for families with two or more children.

Battered Women
Harriet Tubman Center
3111 1st Avenue South
Business Phone: 612-825-3333
Office Hours: Monday-Friday from 8 am-4:30 pm.
24-hour Crisis Intake: 612-825-0000
Remarks: There is space for 50 women and their children in a secure environment.
Referrals are made to safe shelters in the area when they are without space.

Battered Women’s Hotline
651-646-1690

Urgent Care
Hennepin County Medical Center
730 South 8th Street
Phone: 612-873-5555
Hours: 9 am-7 pm seven days a week (except Thanksgiving & Christmas). Emergency Room open 24 hours a day, enter on South 8th Street between Park Ave. and Chicago Ave.
Remarks: No appointment needed; MA and GAMC are accepted.
Information taken from the Handbook of the Streets, Minneapolis: 2007-2008, 12th Edition.