Together, we are building economic opportunity and mobility.
Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul works in partnership with diverse faith and spiritual communities to drive significant change in our community. Check out what we accomplished just last year!
19,602
shelter-bed nights, with
doubled capacity (2020-21)
56
families moved from shelter into
permanent, affordable housing
185,467
pounds of food distributed
free to 2,457 hungry people
121,200
meals made possible
by food shelf
1,000+
hours of free legal advice
through Power-Up Legal Clinic & videos
6,020
pounds of free clothing donated
1,500+
clergy and community residents engaged
in conversations about economic mobility
450
school backpacks provided for
children from low-income families
3,830
hours of volunteer tutoring
and job coaching
Link to: Learning Community Events
An extraordinary time demands an extraordinary response.
We are helping weave a web of compassion and support to hold our city together as we face the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice. We have:
- Doubled shelter capacity with Project Home’s move to the Provincial House and are now serving families 24/7 with support to find permanent and affordable housing, healthy meals, financial education, fun and educational programming for children, and six months of support to help families when they move out of shelter.
- Responded to a 150-300% increase in Department of Indian Work food shelf usage.
- Hosted conversations between clergy and civic leaders to discuss COVID-19, racial unrest and injustice, and ways to build a healthier community.
- Created new legal video series about critical legal rights for faith communities to share.
- Delivered culturally relevant enrichment learning activities for 72 American Indian youth to doorsteps weekly in the summer.
