This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. Ramsey County wanted to more fully understand how its policies impact families’ shelter experience and exit from county-funded family shelters. Ramsey County project lead Maria Wetherall worked with a team of students in Dr. Maria Hanratty’s PA 8081: Evaluating Homelessness Policy Capstone Workshop to: assess the level of county and shelter staff’s shared understanding regarding the purpose of family shelter in Ramsey County; understand the impact of current policies on the length of time families are in shelter, the experience families have in shelter, the reason the families exit shelter, and where the families exit to; and provide policy recommendations to maximize the scarce resource of family shelter space. The students’ final report, presentation, and a handout summarizing the project are available.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
Resilient Communities Project Contact Info
University Faculty Contact
Maria Hanratty
Social Policy
Associate Professor
hanra003@umn.edu
612-625-6500
Local Government / Community Contact
Maria Wetherall
Veterans Services Office
Director, Veterans Services Office
maria.wetherall@co.ramsey.mn.us
(651) 266-2545