Welcome

  • Hearth Connection is a nonprofit that acts as an intermediary between government and local nonprofits to end homelessness in Minnesota.
  • Hearth Connection offers Supportive Housing through a network of providers in three regional long-term homeless projects. Our program yields tremendous success for people experiencing long-term homelessness.

  • Our evaluation shows that government spending dramatically shifts from expensive, 'bad' costs (emergency rooms, jails, detox etc) to productive, 'good' investments (primary health & mental health care, medicine etc) when people have stable housing and support. Hearth Connection has supported 2,300 men, women, youth and children.

  • We have demonstrated it is possible to end homelessness one participant at a time.

 

NEWS 

  • February 4, 2010: A Search Committee of the Board of Directors is seeking candidates for the next leader of Hearth Connection. Here you will find a posting for the Executive Director position of Hearth Connection. Candidates should send a resume and cover letter to the address at the bottom of the posting. The position will be open until filled. However, the Search Committee hopes to begin the selection process in mid-March. Thank you for your interest!

  • February 1, 2010:  Hearth Connection is pleased to announce that 14 people now live in Delancey Apartments. Opening in May 2009, Delancey Apartments provides permanent supportive housing for people with histories of chronic homelessness and difficulty maintaining housing. The project is the result of many collaborators, including Hearth Connection, Guild Incorporated, and Project for Pride in Living (PPL). Hearth Connection and Guild Incorporated have partnered for over a decade, working together to help individuals break the cycle of homelessness. Delancey Apartments is the most recent product of their partnership, which began with the development of the Supportive Housing and Managed Care Pilot Project.

  • January 22, 2010: Jennifer Ho, Executive Director of Hearth Connection, has accepted a position in Washington DC as one of three Deputy Directors at the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. Her last day at Hearth Connection will be Friday, January 29. Congratulations Jennifer!  We will miss you.

  • December 28, 2009: The recording of Hearth Connection's Minnesota Supportive Housing and Managed Care Pilot Webinar is now available. The Webinar, held on December 15, presents the findings from the study that demonstrated how participants' lives improved and supportive housing caused desirable shifts in costs associated with their care.
    NOTE: In order to view the webinar you will need to download the free WebEx player here (choose the WRF option). After doing so, please click here to view the webinar. 
     
  • October 16, 2009: Hearth Connection is proud to announce that Jennifer Ho, our previous Executive Director, was presented the 2009 Champion Award at the Simpson Celebrates Community event on October 15. "[Jennifer] is a tireless and committed advocate for public policy and community change and her work has directly impacted Simpson Housing Services and the people we serve," said Ken Middlebrooks, Simpson Board member.

  • May 18, 2009: Hearth Connection receives an Honorable Mention at the Engaged Philanthropy Conference, 2009. We consider it a true honor to be recognized as one of Minneosta's most innovative and effective social entrepreneurs!   

    Representative Hayden and Linda Buechner at hearing for HF1491

    Pictured: One of our participants, Linda Buechner with Representative Jeff Hayden