West Central Minnesota Continuum of Care
Working together to make homelessness rare, brief, and one-time.
What is CARES?
CARES is the name of our Coordinated Entry system in our region. CARES stands for Coordinated Access, Referral, Entry, and Stabilization.
CARES is our homeless response system. CARES helps our region prioritize limited resources in a streamlined, data informed, and coordinated manner.
CARES includes . . .
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a coordinated process to be screened for entry to shelter, prevention assistance, and mainstream referrals
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Assessment for prioritized entry into our regional homeless programs (all transitional and permanent housing programs on our housing inventory).
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Case consult meetings and tools to support housing stabilization, from housing search to maintaining housing once in or exiting a program.
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Are you homeless or in a housing crisis?
Download this flyer for more information and reach out to one of these CARES access sites for your county:
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Becker: MAHUBE-OTWA (218) 847-1385 or or complete a housing/emergency referral form
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Douglas, Grant, Traverse, Stevens, Pope: West Central MN Community Action – (218) 405-3073or complete an application https://wcmca.org/emergency-housing-application-start/​
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Clay County/Moorhead: Call 211
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Otter Tail/Fergus Falls: (218) 739-3011 or complete a housing/emergency referral form
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Wadena: MAHUBE-OTWA (218) 632-3600 or complete a housing/emergency referral form
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Wilkin: Lakes & Prairies Community Action– (218) 512-1500 or email us.
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Other parts of MN: Visit the Housing Benefits Homeless Page
Do you have an open unit or bed?
Submit a Housing Referral Request. ​​​​​
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Do you need to access the alternative priority list due to safety or age restrictions? Contact our CARES DV Specialist.
Have you been served by CARES and want to share your opinion? ​​​​​
Become a CARES partner!
If your agency is interested in becoming a CARES Auxiliary, Access, Assessment, or Housing Partner, please contact Carla at h2hcoordinator@gmail.com.
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Note, we are in the process of updating our policies to be in compliance with the current Administration's directives.
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What programs and services are a part of CARES?​
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Navigation
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Outreach
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Prevention
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Emergency Shelter
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Domestic Violence Shelter
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Transitional Housing
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Transitional-Rapid Rehousing
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Permanent Housing
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Rapid Rehousing​
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Permanent Supportive Housing
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Other Permanent Housing
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Stabilization​​​​​