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We hope that you will continue to support St. Anne's Place and the families we serve through People Serving People. Haven Housing will not share your personal information with People Serving People.

Hear about our new vision. Join us tomorrow, March 27 from 4:30-6:30 PM, at an open house with new People Serving People CEO Hoang Murphy. Join us ➡️

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What Comes Next?

More Opportunities for Families

One of the most transformative moments for families at St. Anne’s Place is when we can help families access daycare because it frees up time for moms to work, go to school, look for housing, and progress toward their personal goals. People Serving People operates the Center of Excellence Preschool and Learning Center in downtown Minneapolis. By gifting St. Anne’s Place to People Serving People in May, we are opening up new opportunities for children experiencing homelessness to build their social, emotional, and physical development in an environment that sees them as unique individuals. Like St. Anne’s Place prides itself on providing highly individualized care, the Center for Excellence has small class sizes and focuses on helping young children develop their own positive self-concept.

Stewardship of Donor and Taxpayer Dollars

Funding for shelter and homelessness prevention services is scarce; therefore, we must optimize how we use funding to best serve families. Over the past several months, Haven Housing has operated St. Anne’s Place as its only program, and it has become clear that there are significant administrative needs to manage the shelter effectively. To be the most responsible stewards of the donor and taxpayer dollars that fund St. Anne’s Place, we looked for ways to achieve efficiencies without sacrificing the quality of our program.

Sunset for Haven Housing and a Sunrise on the New Vision to Serve Families

Once the gift is complete and St. Anne’s Place has fully transitioned to People Serving People, Haven Housing will sunset and dissolve as a nonprofit organization. This is bittersweet. Over the past 43 years, we have helped thousands of families move home. With your help, we’ve done work we can be proud of. And this is not the end. With this gift, the sun will rise on our new vision to serve families. Together, we will create a community where every family can thrive—a community where there are fewer crises, but when they do hit, families have the support needed to stabilize quickly. We will expand opportunities for families, and People Serving People will continue to ensure that St. Anne’s Place can be the best steward of your donation. This sunset is courageous because it opens the door for something new.