City and County Officials Help Break Ground on St. Barnabas Apartments For Homeless Youth
3/6/2003 1:40 PMWho:
A partnership between Central Community Housing Trust (CCHT), a private non-profit community-based provider of affordable housing, and YouthLink, a non-profit youth service agency.
Speakers:
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin
Minneapolis Council Member Paul Zerby
When:
Thursday, March 6, 2003
11 a.m. - 12 Noon
Program at 11:30
Where:
906 South 7th Street
Minneapolis, MN
The site of the former St. Barnabas Hospital
(Northeast Corner of South 7th Street and Carew Drive)
What:
St. Barnabas Apartments, proposed to open in early 2004, will provide independent living opportunities for homeless youth, ages 16-20. Services will be provided on-site, 24-hours a day, to assist youth in achieving their employment, education and self-sufficiency goals. St. Barnabas will also offer 13 affordable housing units for low-wage individuals with income at or below 50% of area median income. Allina Hospitals and Clinics and the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota are additional collaborators in this development.
Why:
On any given night, there are 945 unaccompanied homeless youth, ages 15-19, in the Twin Cities metro area. There are only 63 temporary shelter beds to meet this need. St. Barnabas will offer 39 youth housing units and provide youth with a nurturing, safe place to live.
For more information or media inquiries, contact:
Meghan Gearity Kimmel
Central Community Housing Trust
612.341.3148 x228
mkimmel@ccht.org
Anne Supplee
YouthLink
612.252.1206
supplee@youthlinkmn.org
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