
Advancing the Twin Cities Regional Prevention System
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County Competition Hurts People - Counties compete for limited homeless prevention funding which leads to inequitable distribution of resources and uneven community support.
County Boundaries Limit Access - Services are often county bound, making it difficult to transfer benefits when people move, and creating inconsistent access points and processes across the metro.
Lived Experience Voices Are Limited - Lived experience involvement in county decision making is often minoritized, tokenized, and constrained by funding mandate focused agendas.
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Regional Systems Support Community - One system serving all seven counties eliminates competition, getting more resources to people in need across all metro counties.
Regional Resources Improve Accessibility - A regional prevention system can ensure access points and access processes, and access to services are consistent across the metro.
Regional Governance Evolves Inclusion - New regional governance involves government, nonprofit, private, philanthropy, and LE, while allowing LE to vote for their own reps.
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Engage the Twin Cities community of homelessness system actors in the Twin Cities Regional Kitchen Table (TC-RKT) learning community- Click here to join the conversation!
Survey the community to find points of alignment and address barriers - Click here to access the survey!
Build a coalition across lived experience leaders and advocacy groups - Have you experienced homelessness in the Twin Cities and want to connect? Click here for more info!