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Eligible grantees include:

• Twin Cities metropolitan area FHPAP administrators: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington counties
• Non-Metropolitan area (Greater Minnesota) FHPAP administrators: A county, a group of contiguous counties jointly acting together, or a community-based nonprofit organization
• Tribal Nations
• HTF Administrators

• Application Instructions
• Application (Tip: Enable Editing for full Microsoft securities functionality)
• Signature Page
• Budget Templates: (You may be prompted to open the file vs. save the file. Please use the “Save As” option to download this files, rather than “Open". After downloading, encoded Microsoft securities can be enabled by "unblocking macro’s" within the document properties.) 
  2-Year Grant Budget Template 
  4-Year Grant Budget Template

• Risk Assessment Form – Nonprofit Organizations
• Risk Assessment Form – For-Profit Business Entities
• Risk Assessment Form – Political Subdivisions
• Memorandum of Understanding – unsigned

Upload application materials to the Multifamily Secure Upload Tool no later than Friday, January 17, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. Central Time to be considered for funding. Upload required documents in their original format; do not convert the documents into PDF or other formats except for the signature page of the application. Review the Upload Tool Instructions for more information.

• Minnesota FHPAP Statute
• FHPAP Program Guide – October 1, 2023-September 30, 2025 Contract Term
• Minnesota HTF Statute
• HTF Program Guide – October 1, 2023-September 30, 2025 Contract Term
• Scoring Transparency

• 2020-2023 Reporting Timeline
• 2021-2024 Reporting Timeline
• Visit www.hmismn.org for the latest updates on reporting on households served in HMIS.

• Minnesota Homelessness and Prevention Assessment Tool (available in Hmong, Somali and Spanish)
• Income Calculation Workbook

The draw request workbook is secured with a password that must be entered each time the workbook is opened. This added security measure will protect confidential participant data when sent via Secure Upload Tool. Before attempting to open or download this file, you must request the password by sending an e-mail to any of the Rental Assistance staff members at Minnesota Housing. The draw request is submitted monthly by housing agencies and due by the 15^th of each month.

• Draw Request Form - Rental Assistance Payment Request Workbook [XLS] - (Due to the macro's inside the draw request form, you may be prompted to open the file vs. save the file. Please use a “Save As” option to download this file, rather than “Open". After downloading, encoded Microsoft securities can be enabled by "unblocking macro’s" within the document properties.)
• Rental Assistance Secure Upload Tool and Secure Upload Instructions

Minnesota Housing held a Request for Proposals (RFP) Information Session to provide an overview of RFP content. Watch the recorded Video (1:27:39) | Slides (February 13, 2023).

Minnesota Housing provided a training for grantees to provide direction in file organization, and collecting/maintaining proper documentation for the clients they serve. Watch the recording (1:35:35) and view the presentation slides.

Due Diligence Training Recording (28:24) and PowerPoint Presentation Slides (November 3, 2021)

To help potential applicants consider how the program and its preliminary practice model could be implemented, refer to the following informational sessions and materials:

• Two-Generational Approaches to Supporting Families. View the slides, handout, and listen to the recording.
• Leveraging Mainstream Resources. View the slides and listen to the recording.
• Progressive Engagement and Rapid Rehousing. View the slides and listen to the recording.
• Trauma-informed Care in Schools. View the slides and listen to the recording.
• Lessons from the Hamilton San Francisco Pilot. View the slides and listen to the recording.