CAP Agency helps qualified individuals and families prevent eviction through financial assistance (including rental assistance and energy assistance), and helps people experiencing homelessness navigate the process of applying for and securing housing.

Scott/Carver Family Homeless Prevention Assistance Program (FHPAP)

• Helps with damage deposits or first month’s rent for eligible individuals
• Provides resources for housing search
• Assists with current rent

Eligibility

To qualify according to HUD, you must meet one of the following criteria:

• Be fleeing domestic violence
• Have left an institution within the past 90 days
• Be staying in a place not meant for habitation
• Be staying in a shelter paid by a voucher
• Monthly net income that is at or below 200% of federal poverty guideline

To apply:

All applicants must complete a Coordinated Assessment. To make an appointment, please call 952-496-2125, option 4.

Scott & Carver Temporary Shelter

CAP Agency has very limited temporary shelter funds to help individuals and families through a gap in housing. Please call 952-496-2125 to see if you qualify.

If you are a family experiencing homelessness, shelter is available through Families Moving Forward. Please call 952-230-2930.

• Salvation Army: 952-898-9367
• Families Moving Forward: 952-230-2930
• Scott County Emergency Assistance: 952-496-8686
• Carver County Emergency Assistance: 952-361-1600
• Love, Inc: 952-448-2508
• Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless
• US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• The Link
• Housing Benefits 101