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Description
CAP Agency housing and homeless prevention services help people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless - to secure transitional housing or maintain existing housing. Assistance includes short or long-term case management services intended to help clients stabilize their situation and become self-reliant.

Participation
CAP Agency housing and homeless prevention services are available to families or individuals living in Scott, Carver or Dakota Counties who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.

Clients are often in need of housing and/or homeless prevention services because of economic challenges, fixed incomes, family-related crisis, divorce, mental illness or domestic abuse. Transitional housing accommodations may last up to two years. Space is limited.

Eligibility
Persons seeking CAP Agency housing and/or homeless prevention services who have existing unpaid rent commitments, must first apply and be denied Emergency Assistance through their county. Other eligibility requirements do exist.

Contact Information
Persons interested in CAP Agency housing and/or homeless prevention services should contact a CAP Agency Central Intake Specialist at one of the following numbers:

Scott and Carver County residents: CAP Agency Shakopee Office, 952-496-2125
Dakota County residents: CAP Agency Rosemount Office, 651-322-3500

Housing Link
Up-to-date weekly rental vacancy lists are available for Scott and Dakota Counties by contacting the CAP Agency at one of the corresponding numbers listed above or at by going to www.housinglink.org. Click on "Looking for housing," then click on "Vacancy Report."

Subsidized Rental Housing List
Lists of subsidized rental properties for cities in the seven-county metro area can be obtained by contacting the CAP Agency's Shakopee or Rosemount offices at the numbers listed above.