People Serving People Inc — Local services in Minneapolis

My family was one of the many as I was told by pat the manager of the hennipen co shelter team. She said she had gotten a long list from people serving people of familys restricted from all hennipen co shelters now as is the rule. See when u are in a shelter and you are restricted hennipen county says you are restricted from all shelters there is no appeal no accountability just the decision of in my case a woman who has refused to meet me on several occasions and at the time (1030pm christmas eve) was at home when she directed 2 minneapolis police to tresspass my family 2 adults and my 6yrold daughter we peacefuly packed what we could carry and were marched out the front door for claims that were made but unproven and when questioned un answered...we have 72hrs to figure out how to retrive the restof our things and must request a police esscort to do so. So this private company who has housed us for 5 months decideds to evict us for false reasons at 1030 pm christmas eve and now because of there accusations that are not leagal finding nor investigated at all simply decided by a manager of a company now that decided what help the state I live in will give my family....when did america throw the judical system in the trash can...how can my family be evicted by police force without legal process? How can a company run a homeless shelter that demands 105.69(for a family of 3)per night times how ever many times it fits into our pay checks(we have recipts of when we paid) claim to help familys then once they have taken everything from people who have so little to begin with just toss them out on christmas eve.......how is this legal american ethical humane ect? How in this country? How is this standard procedure for people serving people? what country is this? How come this place is allowed to suck federal and state money in by the boatload and no one cares????????? I have 30 plus hours of audio recordings and stacks of emails and other paperwork to back all of this up.....please make the people who profiteer off familys in need accountable for there actions please dont turn a blind eye to a corporation making a mockery of our government....this is disgusting...

If they have over flow, they will send you to a hotel they have for the homeless. The front desk is disorganized like others have said. Now the staff are rude. I get asked why I go outside multiple times a day and get laughed at by a separate staff because try sitting inside 4 walls of a small room for 24 hrs w no outside time w a 7 month old. Oh and my child loves to go outside. I'm going to do what my child enjoys when I can. They don't tell you all the rules. They antagonize the adults. They also will go thru your room. Don't bother bringing your belongings inside. I was told there was a park within walking distance and that's maybe a 30 min walk. The intake lady that first answers the phone, is extremely rude and sounds miserable. The hotel they have you at doesn't have a playground. Just a huge parking lot. You're not supposed to even be sitting in your car or even in the parking lot so I guess if you wanna go chill outside, you gotta go off property. But then they have a sign that says you can't go chill out on other property lol. We have no options Reminder these families normally have multiple kids and there's really not anywhere to walk around here to for the kids to play for that matter. There's no reason we shouldn't be able to go outside just because y'all are disorganized at the front and cant keep track of all the people. Yes we can be grateful for what we got right now instead of being on the streets, but none of us are going to tolerate disrespect. We are making those steps to better ourselves for our families instead of being in the streets. We have to call y'all to get in. Not the other way around.

Y'all need to start hiring the ppl that have went thru homelessness and got out of it instead of ppl after money and that actually...

I am quite grateful for this place, and everybody who helped me along the way. Unfortunately, I was unwilling to do the things necessary in order to stay there. I made a mockery of the system - I was one of the ones who, perhaps, makes people who work here less tolerant of clients. They provided me with all of the necessary things in life, food for my infant son, clothing, bus tokens, hot meals 3 times a day. The people here genuinely care. Unfortunately for most, there is no magical wand to wave to ensure everyone receive everything that they want. Need? Yes. Want? No. This is not meant to be a 5 star hotel or a free apartment to live in. If you are in need of shelter, I do recommend this place to get by. Please keep in mind that this is not a permanent solution, only a temporary fix to help you get back on your feet. If you are willing to put in the work consistently, day after day, there are programs to help you find housing as well. But you have to do the work. I have not found it necessary to stay in a shelter since 2011. My son will be 10 this October, is happy, healthy and spoiled rotten. I have graduated college and have a good job, and pay my bills on time. I'm grateful that people like this have been a part of my journey to pass me along to better things in...