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Flooded street in Grand Forks

A flooded street in Grand Forks, North Dakota, April 21, 1997. Photo by the United States Geological Survey. Public domain.

Aerial view of a Grand Forks neighborhood under flood water

A Grand Forks, North Dakota, neighborhood under flood water on April 1, 1997. Photo by Mike Rieger for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Aerial view of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks, and the flooded Red River

An aerial view of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks, and Sorlie Bridge over the flooded Red River, April 1, 1997. North Dakota is on the left side of the river and Minnesota on the right. Photo by Mike Rieger for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Public domain.

Aerial view of East Grand Forks, flooded

An aerial view of the Red River of the North and its floodwaters in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, April 1997. Photo by the United States Geological Survey.

New York Mills, 2013

Downtown New York Mills, Minnesota (Otter Tail County). Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Royalbroil, August 25, 2013.CC BY-SA 4.0.

New York Mills, 1934

Finnish Minnesotans gather in New York Mills, Minnesota (Otter Tail County), on June 23, 1934, for the thirty-first annual Northern Minnesota Finnish Midsummer festival. Cropped portion of a panoramic photograph by Rex McDonald.

Civic Caucus

The Civic Caucus is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization that serves as a forum for citizens to learn, analyze, and debate critical public issues in Minnesota. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Minneapolis, the caucus has conducted nearly 600 interviews with civic and business leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, elected officials, researchers, academics, and other thought leaders from Minnesota and around the United States to glean their expert knowledge on policy challenges.

Origins of the Minneapolis Homeless Shelter Movement

In the winter of 1981–1982, a severe homelessness crisis prompted ten Minneapolis churches and community organizations to open their doors as emergency shelters. The city’s large-scale response was an example of public–private collaboration that got people safely indoors. It was also Minnesota’s first contribution to the nationwide homeless shelter movement.