Supportive Living Solutions in Rapids, Minnesota, on Hanson Blvd. NW is a nonprofit group with its own EIN 99-4558336 and works to help people who need housing and support, especially folks who are homeless or have disabilities, and they've got services for both families and adults, including emergency shelter in Minneapolis where adults get a safe place to sleep, meals, showers, and some help from staff if they're working on long-term goals, and they do let couples or pairs stay together for safety and stability. They reach out to people living outside or somewhere unsafe and give on-the-spot help like survival gear and work to remove barriers for housing, and there's also rapid re-housing so families or individuals can move quickly from shelter to permanent places to live, either in scattered-site apartments or in buildings like Park 7, where they've got 61 fully furnished apartments, and they do offer long-term supportive housing with services to help keep people stable. Families dealing with housing instability or at risk of homelessness can get prevention services with some rent help and ongoing case management. There's also re-entry programs for folks coming from jail or prison, such as Re-Entry, Reentry Connect, and Re-Entry Metro, and they offer help for veterans, seniors, and people with special needs-options like Guardian Angels Senior Housing, Holy Grace Homes, and River View Apartments, besides Linden Hill, Blaine Court, Crossings at Town Center, Harvest Hills, Stevens Court, and Union Gospel Mission on the list of living options. People can get help with daily living activities like bathing, dressing, meals, medication management, cleaning, laundry, and some places have cable, Wi-Fi, telephone, and kitchenettes in the rooms, along with housekeeping and 24-hour supervision, plus a 24-hour call system and special meals for diabetes or other diet needs.
Supportive Living Solutions works with parent advocacy groups like Family Voices Minnesota, PACER, and ARC, and helps families with kids who need support for disabilities, hearing or vision loss, and autism, with resources like the MN Autism Resource Portal and Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) medical benefits. The group helps with community programs for child development through county waiver and disability services, and there's a Disability Hub MN to guide families to the right resources. Children and families have access to early childhood services like Help Me Grow, Early Head Start, Head Start, Family Home Visiting, and screening programs for kids birth to 7 years, along with activities to support healthy child growth. They offer medical help like child and teen checkups, developmental and behavioral evaluations, mental health support, medical transportation, substance use recovery, mental health resources, and even genetic counseling.
For families expecting babies, women can get health insurance, prenatal care, birthing education, doula and birth worker support, and essentials like car seats and diapers, as well as breastfeeding and lactation support. The organization provides support in finding stable housing, helps with rent and mediation with landlords, and helps people get out-of-state U.S. birth certificates. There's drop-in centers, mail service, street outreach, housing stabilization, and respite care for caregivers who need a break.
The mission of Supportive Living Solutions is to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring. They aim to help people become self-sufficient and stable in housing, and they've got a radio show, recovery coaching, peer support, recovery community meetings, and a Correctional Facility Pen Pal Program, plus volunteer opportunities. They work with local groups like Catholic Charities, RS Eden, Simpson Housing Services, and Minnesota Seniors - Affordable communities, and the approach is client-focused, with personalized support plans and services tailored for each person's needs. Every time they serve a client, they pledge to feed a child living in extreme poverty somewhere else in the world.
