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Causes: Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Homeless Shelters, Housing & Shelter, Human Services

Mission: Our mission is to house, support, and advocate for people experiencing homelessness. Since our beginnings in 1982 in the basement of Simpson United Methodist Church, Simpson has become a leading nonprofit providing assistance to people experiencing homelessness. In response to unmet community needs, our services have grown to include five key programs: emergency shelter, supportive housing programs for youth, single adults, and families – along with developmental and educational services for children of families in our Family Housing Program. We were one of the first Minnesota organizations to use the nationally-recognized Housing First model. Individuals and families are placed into housing immediately then supported with identified services to help address barriers. We work across the metro area partnering with landlords and developers to find sustainable housing for families and individuals. The majority of our program participants live in scattered-site housing or individual apartments in market-rate apartment buildings, with the largest number of participants living in Hennepin County.

Community Stories

5 Stories from Volunteers, Donors & Supporters

tffny.spann Client Served

Rating: 1

07/21/2021

The way my case manager Mary constructs information when explaining things always confuses and frustrates me. I usually have to interrupt her and assert my stance on the topics that are relevant for me to understand.

Mary usually asserts that it makes sense to her I repetitively have to let her know that I am the client and this is suppose to be a "client centered" program and therefore, you should explain the information in the most supportive way to my comprehension.

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ahania Donor

Rating: 5

11/07/2011

Simpson Housing Services provides meaningful housing and advocacy services for people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota. They get amazing results based on their Housing First model and their highly individualized level of services. I would definitely recommend this organization to anyone interested in ending homelessness.

Connie W. Volunteer

Rating: 5

02/07/2011

I have volunteered for the past couple years with serving a monthly Saturday morning breakfast as well as a few dinners. The men and women at the shelter are very appreciative of us getting up at 4 am to serve them a hot meal. We have included youth in our serving and they have come away from the experience with a deeper appreciation of what they have and what their parents provide for them.

Review from Guidestar

JustPeace Volunteer

Rating: 5

12/01/2010

I have been an overnight volunteer at the Simpson shelter for several years. While my time supports temporary shelter, Simpson Housing Services provide a wide range of services to their clients. The men and women are treated with dignity and respect. In return, they are polite and responsible in the shelter even though their personal situations are often very difficult. The Simpson staff partner with their clients to find them long term housing and other services they will need to move toward being self-sufficient. It is humbling to know these homeless people who work through life challenges much more difficult than I have ever had to face.

Review from Guidestar

5

Peter Donor

Rating: 4

11/25/2009

I'm part of a class in my high school that elected to help this charity, and to do so by raising money, giving donations and finally going out and purchasing dozens of new board games, toys (every child needs at least some form of entertainment and way to spend some family time with their parents), educational children books, and diapers. We raised nearly $500 in our high school alone through a "Miracle Minute" where over the P.A. system, we mad an announcement that asked all students to please bring their money and available change to their teachers for them to place in the prepared envelopes that we spread out to the teachers. (#1 class with highest donation got prizes) The Simpson House was a wonderful charity to donate to, and so one other classmates' father's company gave another $200 to the charity on top of what we raised. We went to local stores to buy our products, then a speaker for the Simpson house came into our class to speak about their charity, pick up the donations and expressed her sincere gratitude for what we had done. I encourage and recommend others to support this charity as well!

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