Emergency Shelter Hotline - Hennepin Shelter Hotline
Open to all single adults, families, and youth ages 18 - 24 who are physically in Hennepin County
Families: - Monday - Friday: Call Hennepin Shelter Hotline 8 am - 9 pm call 211 afterhours - Weekends and the following holidays, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day: Call Hennepin Shelter Hotline 1 pm - 9 pm call 211 afterhours Single Adults: - Monday - Friday: Call Hennepin Shelter Hotline 8 am - 10 pm call 211 afterhours - Weekends and the following holidays, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day: Call Hennepin Shelter Hotline 1 pm - 9 pm call Adult Shelter Connect 9 pm - 10 pm call 211 afterhours
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Interpreters available
- Daytime: Call during service hours - Afterhours: Call 211
Hennepin County, MN
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Provides a free hotline as a single point of entry for single adults, families, and youth ages 18 - 24 physically in Hennepin County seeking emergency shelter. Trained specialists will assess and triage callers to connect them to emergency shelter, and provide diversion services and resources as appropriate.
08/06/2025
Hennepin Shelter Hotline
A Hennepin County and Catholic Charities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis collaboration that provides a free hotline as a single point of entry for single adults, families, and youth ages 18 - 24 in Hennepin County seeking emergency shelter.