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Star Tribune: Once a year, the homeless speak and the politicians listen

WCCO 4 TV: Warming shelters are bracing for this next round of snow

Star Tribune: Homelessness in Minnesota has declined since 2018, according to new study

KARE 11 TV: Leap Day event encourages early voting ahead of Super Tuesday at Catholic Charities Higher Ground Minneapolis Campus

KSTP 5 TV: A federal program called a ‘lifeline’ for some Minnesotans could be coming to an end

MPR: Frigid temps bring added stress for unhoused Minnesota families

WCCO 4 TV: One charity is stepping up to make sure the unhoused have a warm place to go

FOX 9 TV: MN organizations help others during cold

Star Tribune: As bitter cold settles in, Twin Cities charities open up warming spaces

KSTP 5 TV: As temps head below zero, organizations step up to keep Minnesotans warm

WCCO 4 TV: Twin Cities charities, restaurants serve free holiday meals for those in need

Pioneer Press: Local nonprofits report flat or falling donations as demand rises in the face of inflation

State of Reform Blog: Experts discuss how Minnesota is using available funding to provide more housing

WCCO Radio: Teach kids about the season of giving

KSTP 5 TV: Giving Tree Event with Alpacas

WCCO 4 TV: Catholic Charities hosts 31st annual Giving Tree event at MOA

KARE 11 TV: 31st Annual Giving Tree event at the Mall of America this weekend

FOX 9 TV: Catholic Charities Giving Tree raises awareness to trauma informed care with therapy animals

WCCO 4 TV: MACV reaches out directly to homeless veterans at metro warming houses

WCCO 4 TV: Volunteers gather at Catholic Charities to provide warm Thanksgiving meal

KSTP 5 TV: Ramsey County, preparing for the winter, is opening up two overnight warming centers

Star Tribune: Formerly homeless Minneapolis brothers develop passion for drawing in Mia class

MPR: Minnesota Homeless Study resumes after 5 years

WCCO 4 TV: New mobile medical unit to help fight homelessness in Twin Cities

Pioneer Press: In downtown St. Paul, new mobile medical van aims to entice homeless vets to get healthcare, social services

MPR News: Drawing connection: Art class unites formerly unhoused men with case managers

Star Tribune: It's like Draft Day at this north Minneapolis pre-K graduation

Star Tribune: Minnesota household income continues to decline, putting more families in need

FOX 9 TV: Financial support keeps doors open for Minneapolis homeless opportunity center

Star Tribune: EDITORIAL: A needed investment in stable housing: The $1 billion housing bill passed by the Legislature this week will help Minnesota

The Catholic Spirit: Basic needs and beyond: How Dorothy Day Place offers shelter and serves neighbors

Star Tribune: Minnesota nonprofits urge legislators to boost funding for homeless services

Finance & Commerce: Nonprofit affordable housing developers say they’re in dire straits

MinnPost: Minnesota business leaders back proposed $220-plus million homelessness proposal

Star Tribune: EDITORIAL: Support homeless programs that work: State funding is needed to shore up these efforts

FOX 9 TV: Catholic Charities CEO says it needs state support to grow

Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal: Black Leaders: Michael Goar, Catholic Charities Twin Cities

KARE 11 TV: Storm led homeless day center to stay open all night

Star Tribune: Twin Cities' unsheltered people batten down for snow

KARE 11 TV: Minnesota lawmakers push to pass act to help end homelessness

Star Tribune: These Minnesotans get shelter at a price too steep

Star Tribune: Major new study highlights the deadly toll of being homeless in Minnesota

Star Tribune: He made his corner of the world just a bit better

WCCO 4 TV: Dorothy Day Place keeps tradition of carving turkeys for those in need

Pioneer Press: Homeless services grow with the cold

Catholic Spirit: Catholic Charities celebrates 30th anniversary of Christmas donation program

KSTP 5 TV: MINNESOTA LIVE: Catholic Charities keeping the holidays magical

FOX 9 TV: Giving Tree to support Catholic Charities Outreach for those in need

FOX 9 TV: Longtime Catholic Charities worker honored with national award

Star Tribune: He made his corner of the world just a bit better

The Minnesota Legionnaire: GUEST COLUNN: Housing Support forces many homeless veterans to make a choice

Star Tribune: Catholic Charities opens new improved shelter for homeless youths

FOX 9: Catholic Charities opens new Hope Street youth shelter

MPR: Minneapolis assisted-living facility becomes shelter for homeless youth

WCCO 4 TV: Hope Street For Youth emergency shelter opens in Minneapolis

Finance & Commerce: Youth shelter opens in former assisted living building

FOX 9 TV: Catholic charities open campus in Minneapolis

MPR: Nursing home makeover boosts efforts to reduce homelessness

Star Tribune: Catholic Charities opens new $75M affordable housing project in Mpls

Star Tribune: Gov. Tim Walz aims to change struggling Minnesota child care industry

WCCO Radio: The Sheletta Show: What is St. Paul doing to shelter homeless folks this winter, and how you can help?

FOX 9 TV: Catholic Charities helping people experiencing homelessness this winter

FOX 9: Dorothy Day Place serves up Thanksgiving with the help of volunteers, new CEO

WCCO 4TV: Catholic Charities Serves Thanksgiving Meals To Those In Need

Finance & Commerce: Saint Paul Opportunity Center and Dorothy Day Residence a top project

Star Tribune: After decades housing kids in child protection, Catholic Charities closes St. Joseph's Home for Children's programs

Star Tribune: Homeless camps are a growing problem in the Twin Cities.

Minnesota Monthly: “How COVID-19 Has, and Hasn’t, Changed Life for Minnesota’s Homeless"

Star Tribune: "Twin Cities relief agencies are bombarded, and some big donors step up to help"

The Catholic Spirit: “Dairy cooperative donates 25,000 pounds of cheese to Catholic Charities”

KSTP 5 TV: “KSTP Kindness: Officers deliver pizza to kids in St. Joseph's emergency shelter in Minneapolis”

Pioneer Press: "Older homeless adults being sheltered at St. Paul hotel to protect against spread of coronavirus"

MinnPost: "How homeless shelters are scrambling to prevent the spread of COVID-19"

Catholic Spirit: "Affordable housing efforts continue, COVID-19 places spotlight on need"

KARE 11 TV: “Advocates for MN's homeless urge for more support amid COVID-19 pandemic"

MPR: “MN homeless shelters struggle to provide safety, distance to prevent COVID-19”

Pioneer Press: "Study finds rise in Minnesota’s homeless population as local shelters see jump"

Pioneer Press: "Social service groups ‘in high gear"

TPT Almanac at the Capitol: 10-minute video segment re Catholic Charities and Dorothy Day Place

The Catholic Spirit: “Preparing for the needs of an aging Minnesota”

Star Tribune Op/Ed: Homelessness: Our capacity to serve is stretched to its limits

Star Tribune: Catholic Charities announces new $65M housing project in downtown Minneapolis

MPR: Catholic Charities to expand housing for homeless in Minneapolis

KSTP 5: Catholic Charities to acquire Augustana Health Care Center in Minneapolis

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal: Augustana sells Minneapolis care center to Catholic Charities

Strib: 'Somewhere to lay my head': $100M Dorothy Day campus set to open in St. Paul

Fox 9: $100 million St. Paul facility serving as blueprint to prevent homelessness nationwide

WCCO TV: ‘Hub Of Hope’: St. Paul’s New $100M Dorothy Day Place Designed To Prevent & End Homelessness

MPR: New St. Paul homeless complex opens its doors, and it’s already full

PiPress:'Taking care of people head to toe, mind, body and soul.' Final phase of Dorothy Day Place opens

Finance & Commerce: Catholic Charities completes $100 million Dorothy Day complex

WCCO Radio: Dorothy Day Place in St. Paul finally complete to provide 'dignified' housing

PostBulletin: 7 tips for tackling homelessness in Rochester by Tim Marx

U.S. News & World Report: Twin Cities Grappling With Surge in Elderly Homeless

StarTribune: Ramsey County, Catholic Charities target top shelter-users for permanent housing

Civic Caucus interview with Tim Marx: Region's unsheltered homeless population rising

Catholic Spirit: Catholic Charities’ Higher Ground: Multi-service approach to homelessness

Catholic Charities Statement Regarding Theft of Public Rental Assistance Funds

Catholic Charities looks to add beds to new Higher Ground facility

Catholic Charities Names New Sr Dir of Advocacy and Government Affairs

Opinion: Homeless-camp evacuation was necessary. So is our work to find warm, safe spaces for each person

Star Tribune: Why we defend — and still foster — the American dream

KSTP: Ceremony Marks Milestone in Dorothy Day Center Construction Project

Star Tribune: Catholic Charities pivots to meet new needs

Star Tribune: Catholic Charities pivots to meet new needs

Catholic Charities Announces New Board of Directors

Minnesota Women's Press: Solutions: Q&A With Acooa Ellis

Strib: Catholic Charities CEO says Dorothy Day Place will move homeless to 'higher ground

Strib: Dorothy Day homeless shelter demolished to make room for new Catholic Charities campus

Pioneer Press: Dorothy Day Center torn down to make way for improvements

Finance & Commerce: Dorothy Day Center demolition begins in St. Paul

FOX 9: Dorothy Day Center demolished, new building to house more

KSTP 5: St. Paul's Dorothy Day Center Being Demolished

The Catholic Spirit: Dorothy Day Center demolition underway for new campus

Business Journal: Dorothy Day Center demolished for $100M Catholic Charities campus

Response to U.S Supreme Court Ruling on Revised Travel Ban and Refugee Resettlement

Standing together to oppose proposals that would leave Americans uninsured

Statement Regarding World Refugee Day 2017

StarTrib: Catholic Charities advances with huge St. Paul project

Catholic Charities' Statement re; 2017 State Bonding Bill

Ramsey County, St. Paul and partners have housed 28 of the 100 top shelter users

Pioneer Press Editorial: With yet more private support, lawmakers should finish work...

StarTrib: Catholic Charities reaches $40 million goal for new Dorothy Day Place

MinnPost: Dorothy Day Center hits private fundraising goal

KSTP: Catholic Charities Reaches Goal of $40 Million for 'Dorothy Day Place' Project

PiPress: Goal reached, Catholic Charities looks to Legislature to complete homeless shelter

MPR: Catholic Charities: $40 million raised to meet St. Paul homeless needs

Finance & Commerce: Dorothy Day hits $40M fundraising milestone

Press Release: Catholic Charities reaches fundraising goal for Dorothy Day Place

MinnPost: County to reduce homelessness by focusing on frequent shelter users

StarTribune: Don't play legislative games with state bonding bill

StarTribune: Higher Ground respite unit for homeless seeks to cut repeat ER visits

Pioneer Press: Three St. Paul hospitals join forces to improve care for the homeless

MPR: Homeless after hospital stays: new St. Paul respite care intervenes

FOX 9: Catholic Charities' Higher Ground opens medical unit to better aid homeless

KSTP: Catholic Charities Partners with Three St. Paul Hospitals

Hospital Review: Minnesota hospitals collaborate on respite unit

St. Paul Hospitals Partner with Catholic Charities to Provide Medical Respite Care

Catholic Charities adopts Greater MSP Regional Indicators

Response to Executive Order on Refugee Resettlement

StarTribune: New St. Paul shelter offers paths out of homelessness

Catholic Spirit: Higher Ground opens its doors to transform the homeless in St. Paul

Business Journal: Catholic Charities opens Higher Ground St. Paul

MinnPost: The Glean: End of an era

Pioneer Press: Higher Ground St. Paul opens, offers homeless a chance to move up

Pioneer Press: At Dorothy Day Center, homeless sleep on floor one final night

Finance & Commerce: Catholic Charities’ new shelter from the cold in St. Paul

MPR: Higher Ground, new homeless shelter, open for first night in St. Paul

FOX 9: Higher Ground more than shelter for St. Paul's homeless

KSTP: Higher Ground Facility for Homeless Opens in St. Paul

WCCO: Homeless Find New Beds As Higher Ground Opens In St. Paul

StarTribune: A special session of the Minn. Legislature could do a lot of good

FOX 9: Volunteers prepare Dorothy Day Center's last Thanksgiving meal

StarTribune: Dorothy Day Center celebrates last Thanksgiving in old, cramped space

Pioneer Press: First phase of St. Paul’s new Dorothy Day Place opens in December

5 KSTP: Dorothy Day Center Serves Up Thanksgiving Meal

Living our Values and Advancing our Vision and Mission Post-Election

Architecture MN: Higher Ground St. Paul: The first phase nears completion

Pioneer Press: More of Minnesota’s elderly are becoming homeless

Star Tribune: Minnesota among top states for refugee resettlement

KARE 11: Kids who KARE: Visitation Seniors Serve Community

Private-public funding plan for Dorothy Day Center remake flounders at Legislature

Star Tribune: A legislative no-brainer: Pass state funds to finish project for the homeless

Statement from Catholic Charities Regarding End of 2016 Legislative Session

Star Tribune: Last breakfast at Dorothy Day is planned as new shelter rises

St Paul Pioneer Press: Dollars flow in, St. Paul's Dorothy Day homeless shelter goes up

Business Journal: Dorothy Day project will start Opportunity Center work in early 2017

MPR: Catholic Charities: Dorothy Day shelter will be torn down, replaced by 2018

Finance & Commerce: Dorothy Day Center raises more donations

Catholic Charities Announces Fundraising Milestone for Dorothy Day Center

Editorial: Fund Phase 2 of Dorothy Day project in St. Paul

MPR: Bittersweet goodbye to a St. Paul shelter some called home

Catholic Charities Announces New Board of Directors

Catholic Charities Announces New Director of Advocacy

Pioneer Press: U.S. Bank spearheads funding for new St. Paul shelter

U.S. Bank Supports Catholic Charities’ New Vision for Dorothy Day Center

MinnPost: A new day for the Dorothy Day Center

MPR: Catholic Charities notes big progress toward St. Paul homeless center

StarTribune: Catholic Charities raises $23M for St. Paul project to combat homelessness

Pioneer Press: St. Paul breaks ground for Dorothy Day homeless shelter

Business Journal: St. Paul's Catholic Charities breaks ground on $100M Dorothy Day Center

Finance & Commerce: Construction, fundraising advance for Dorothy Day project

MinnPost: Catholic Charities President to Attend Pope Francis' Speech to Congress

Campaign begins to raise $40M for new Dorothy Day homeless shelter in St. Paul

Twin Cities PBS Almanac: A New Dorothy Day in St. Paul

Pioneer Press: Design for $100 million St. Paul homeless shelter to be unveiled

Star Tribune: Twin Cities shelters scramble to help homeless seniors



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