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Booth Brown House Youth Shelter and Housing Program

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Foyer Housing Program

The Foyer housing program offers stable and affordable housing for young people ages 16-24, with the support and resources necessary to make the transition to independence. Each tenant signs a lease and rents a furnished efficiency apartment (view photos or watch a video) located at the Booth Brown House.

Housing Options

  • The Foyer program has 35 efficiency apartments – 10 transitional and 25 permanent supportive.
  • Transitional housing is available to 16-21 year-olds and has:
    • No minimum income requirement
    • No disability or homelessness requirement
  • Permanent supportive housing is available to 18-24 year-olds and has varying eligibility requirements. Of the 25 permanent housing units, six are subsidized by the St. Paul Public Housing Authority as HUD housing and require verification of disability and chronic homelessness. Ten units are for young people with a stable income who demonstrate independence and can support a higher base rent. The remaining nine units are subject only to the 18-24 year-old age restriction, with no income, disability or homelessness requirements.
  • In addition, up to eight permanent supportive housing tenants may qualify for Group Residential Housing (GRH) funding to help pay for their housing expenses.

Eligibility Requirements

  • To qualify for our housing programs, youth must be:
    • Between the ages of 16 and 24
    • Homeless or at-risk of homelessness
    • Transitioning from a public system, such as foster care, residential treatment centers, homeless shelters, etc.
    • In need of extra support to transition to a safe and stable adulthood
  • For more information of questions about your eligibility, contact a case manager at 651-251-3502.

Rules & Expectations

  • The Foyer program maintains a set of rules to help tenants be successful and ensure they feel safe and secure.
  • Tenants can expect:
    • A safe, affordable and clean place to live
    • To feel supported by all staff in your efforts to make the transition to adulthood and independence
    • To feel heard and respected
    • Opportunities to be engaged at Foyer and in the community
  • What we expect from tenants:
    • Ability to responsibly maintain housing and care for basic needs with minimal supervision
    • Desire to participate in employment, education, job or skills training, volunteerism, and other productive activities
    • Willingness to participate in case management and work on mutually-established goals in the areas of self-improvement, personal growth and increased stability
    • Commitment to remain sober and a willingness to participate in support systems to achieve this goal
  • Guests will be presented with a detailed list of rules upon entry.

Openings & How to Apply

  • The Salvation Army Booth Brown House Foyer Program participates in a coordinated entry process, along with other programs, to better serve the homeless youth population. This means that youth that wish to stay here should first receive a referral from the coordinated entry system. Get started with a referral.

Support Staff

  • Tenants work with support staff to create an individualized case plan and accomplish goals in the areas of housing, employment, education, social connectedness, independent living skills, and mental, physical, and spiritual health.
  • Onsite support staff includes resident assistants, case managers, an administrator (landlord), a program director and an operations specialist.

Program Mission

Emergency Shelter Information

There are roughly 800 homeless young people, ages 18 to 21, in the state of Minnesota on any given night. Approximately 480 are in the Twin Cities Metro alone.* The outreach of emergency housing is essential to stabilizing this young and under-served population.

The Booth Brown House opened an emergency youth shelter in the summer of 2012. Our emergency youth shelter can house 16 homeless young people, ages 18-21, on any given night. Youth in need of shelter should call the Ramsey County joint shelter line at 651-444-5757 between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily to find out about bed availability. Youth can also find resources on the Youth Services Network website.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Any homeless young people ages 18-21 are eligible to stay at our youth shelter, though all guests must pass a background check upon entry. Entry may be denied because of a felony charge for sexual assault, physical assault or arson. There are no geographical restrictions that would bar entry, though priority placement may be given to youth from Ramsey County.

Rules

  • All shelter guests are required to participate in keeping their room and the shared areas clean. Curfew is 11 p.m. Sunday – Thursday night and 12 midnight on weekends. Shelter guests are required to leave the facility by 9:30 a.m. daily.
  • Guests who are actively working toward mutually determined goals may stay up to 90 days if they are from Ramsey County, or up to 30 days for all other counties.

Facilities

  • The overnight shelter is located inside the Booth Brown House at 1471 Como Ave. W. in St. Paul. Shelter guests are placed in rooms based on self-identified gender and individual needs. Our rooms have a total of 12 beds, and guests may have to share a room with one or two other people. All rooms have their own bathroom.

Meals

  • Breakfast and evening meals are offered to guests.

Transportation

  • We provide each guest with two bus tokens daily, during the duration of their stay.

*According to a 2015 WIlder Research report.

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