Emergency Abuse Shelters in the Twin Cities:

  • Cornerstone Safe Shelter: Cornerstone’s emergency shelter is a safe place for adults and their children escaping a dangerous or escalating situation at home.

    While in the emergency shelter, all of your basic needs will be met and you will have access to all of Cornerstone’s programming. They may also be able to foster your pet at an undisclosed location to keep them safe too.

    Call: 866-223-1111

    Text: 612-399-9995

    Email: safety@dayoneservices.org

  • Tubman: Tubman is one of Minnesota’s largest providers of domestic violence shelter services. Clients can participate in support groups for domestic violence, sexual exploitation, and other forms of trauma, and work with their team to develop personalized safety and goal plans. Clients are connected to resources at Tubman and in the community that best support their goals, including legal and mental and chemical health support. Clients who have immediate medical needs are connected to medical resources in the community.

    Call: 612-825-0000

  • Resilience House- The Bridge for Youth: Open 24/7/365, Resilience House is an emergency shelter for youth ages 10-17 focused on family reunification whenever safe and possible.  Youth have access to temporary shelter in a welcoming, safe environment, along with support, meals, access to healthcare, and case management. Resilience House is a safe and welcoming place for ALL youth, including youth who identify as BIPOC and LGBTQ+.

    Text: 612-400-SAFE

    Call: 612-377-8800

  • Sojourner Shelter: The shelter is a secure, temporary emergency residence for women and their children, unsafe in their own homes due to violence and abuse.  The shelter provides programming and services designed to promote healing and assist residents with personal planning to achieve increased safety for themselves and their children. Support and life skills groups, children’s programming and transportation assistance enhance individualized case management services. Transition support is also available to assist residents as they re-enter the community. 

    Call: 952-933-7422

  • Metro Shelter Hotline: A hotline to connect you with additional shelter in the twin cities.

    Call: 888-234-1329

  • Not a resident of the Twin Cities? Use this link to find emergency housing, shelters, and other resources near you.

Culturally Specific Assistance:

  • Esperanza United:

    Spanish speaking advocates

    Call: 651-772-1611

    24/7 Assistance

    Counseling

    Shelter

    Advocacy

  • Asian Women United:

    Hmong, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Hindu & Japanese speaking advocates

    Call: 612-724-8823

    Private email on website

    24/7 Assistance

    Shelter

    Advocacy

  • Minneapolis American Indian Center

    Assistance for Native Communities

    Call: 612-879-1700

    Case Management

    Support Groups

    Advocacy

  • Brian Coyle

    Arabic, Somali, and other East-African Language speaking advocates

    Call: 612-338-5282

    Advocacy

    Case Management

  • Twin Cities Men’s Center

    Support for male victim-survivors

    Call: 612-822-5892

    Counseling

    Legal Referrals

  • Outfront

    Support for LGBTQ+ Individuals

    Call: 800-800-0350

    Assistance with incidents of anti-LGBTQ+ bias/hate violence

    Assistance with relationship abuse and sexual assault

    Crisis Intervention Services

    Counseling

    Advocacy

Additional Support Resources:

  • Safe At Home: Safe at Home is designed to help people who fear for their safety maintain a  confidential address. Many times participants are survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. When someone enrolls in Safe at Home, they are assigned a PO Box address that they can use as their legal address. In Minnesota, all public and private entities must accept a participant’s assigned address and a participant cannot be required to disclose their real address. This allows a Safe at Home participant to go about his or her daily life without leaving traces of where they can typically be located, such as their residential address, a school address, or an employment address. This safety measure is an attempt to keep their aggressor from locating them.

  • RECLAIM: RECLAIM's mission is to increase access to mental health care for queer and trans youth so they may reclaim their lives from oppression in all its forms. They serve youth ages 12-25 and their families by providing individual, couples, family, and group therapy. They specialize in assisting youth with gender identity and sexual orientation exploration, in addition to treating other mental health concerns impacting youth and young adults such as anxiety, depression, and pervasive trauma.

  • ZACAH Transitional Home: ZACAH is a 3-bedroom home in a quiet, safe neighborhood, located within walking distance from a commercial area with easy access to public transportation, affording their residents the ability to seek jobs, commute and regain independence. The home serves women who may be victims of domestic violence, are immigrants or homeless following eviction, or simply unable to financially maintain a home. ZACAH affords their participants the ability to live without any cost for at least 3 months, giving them the opportunity to resume the path of independent living.

    Application on website