Get Started With Your Client
To use Pro Guides with your client:
- Use your free Vault account to do activities in Pro Sessions.
- Have your client use their own Vault account (they should not use Pro Sessions!). If your client doesn’t already have a Vault account, show them how to get one.
- Ask your client to Make a Communication Profile in their Vault and share it with you. They can skip the questions they don’t want to answer. If your client does not have a Vault account, you can do this in a Pro Session.
- Help your client Build a Housing Team in the Vault. It is best for your client to do this activity in their own account, because it is based on their Vault contacts. Then, ask them to share their team with you.
Help Set Housing Goals
HB101
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Article
Finding Home
Issues people should think about as they explore their housing.
Read Article
My Vault
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Planning Path
I Get to Decide
This Vault path teaches people about their right to choose the place they want to live.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
HB101
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Article
Types of Housing
A person’s needs, wishes, and situation impacts the types of housing they should look at.
Read Article
HB101
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Article
People Who Can Help You Find and Keep Housing
Identify who can help someone find, move into, and keep housing.
Read Article
My Vault
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Planning Path
Housing Needs & Wants
See what things a person should look for when deciding where to live.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
My Vault
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Planning Path
Live with Someone
A Vault path with a series of short activities to help you figure out if living in the community will be easier with another person.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
HB101
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Article
Paying for Housing
Different programs help make housing more affordable.
Read Article
Help Understand Benefits and Budget
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Resource Guide
Ways to Pay for Rent and Housing
See federal and state programs that help people pay for housing, how they help, and how to apply.
Go to Guide
HB101
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Article
Paying for Housing
Different programs help make housing more affordable.
Read Article
My Vault
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Planning Path
Housing Budget
Tools that help people see how they get their money and how much they might spend to live in their own place.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
HB101
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Resource Guide
MN DHS Housing Programs that Help People with Disabilities
See which DHS housing programs help people with disabilities, how they help, and how to apply.
Go to Guide
Housing
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Video
MSA Housing Assistance
Get an introduction to MSA's Housing Assistance program.
Watch Video
HB101
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Related Resources
Disability Benefits 101 (DB101)
Understand your disability benefits and see how work can increase your income.
Visit Site
Help Overcome Barriers
HB101
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Article
Keeping Your Housing
Get ideas on how to help people stay in their current place.
Read Article
My Vault
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Planning Path
Write a Letter
Tools that help people write a letter to solve specific types of problems related to housing.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
HB101
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Article
Finding Home: What Might Limit Your Options?
See ways to overcome barriers that might restrict where a person can live.
Read Article
My Vault
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Planning Path
Present Myself
Strategies that help people present themselves in a positive way.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
Housing
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Video
How to Use HousingLink and Beyond Backgrounds
See how HousingLink and Beyond Backgrounds help people get housing.
Watch Video
HB101
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Related Resources
Beyond Backgrounds
Beyond Backgrounds helps people who have been denied housing in Minnesota due to past problems.
Visit Site
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Related Resources
LawHelpMN
LawHelpMN helps people find lawyers, learn more about their rights, and solve legal problems.
Visit Site
HB101
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Related Resources
Volunteer Lawyers Network
Free legal help for Minnesotans with low income.
Visit Site
Help Someone Find Housing
HB101
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Resource Guide
Housing Search Tools
Find vacancies in different types of housing settings and programs.
Go to Guide
HB101
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Article
MA Housing Stabilization Services
See if a person can qualify for these services that help with finding and keeping housing.
Read Article
HB101
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Directory
Homeless Services in Minnesota
Use this map to help someone find Coordinated Entry access points in their area.
Open Directory
HB101
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Article
Types of Housing
A person’s needs, wishes, and situation impacts the types of housing they should look at.
Read Article
HB101
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Article
People Who Can Help You Find and Keep Housing
Identify who can help someone find, move into, and keep housing.
Read Article
HB101
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Directory
HB101 Places
Help somebody find the right Housing Support program for them.
Open Directory
Housing
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Video
How to Use HousingLink and Beyond Backgrounds
See how HousingLink and Beyond Backgrounds help people get housing.
Watch Video
HB101
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Related Resources
HousingLink
Find affordable rental housing vacancies and waiting list openings in Minnesota.
Visit Site
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Related Resources
HousingLink Streams
Lists publicly funded rental housing in Minnesota.
Visit Site
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Related Resources
HUD Resource Locator
Affordable housing in Minnesota funded by HUD.
Visit Site
Help Someone Leave an Institution
My Vault
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Planning Path
I Get to Decide
This Vault path teaches people about their right to choose the place they want to live.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
HB101
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Article
Moving Into the Community
See ways and programs that help a person move into their own place and get services.
Read Article
HB101
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Resource Guide
MN DHS Housing Programs that Help People with Disabilities
See which DHS housing programs help people with disabilities, how they help, and how to apply.
Go to Guide
HB101
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Article
MA-Waiver Programs
Learn about MA-Waivers that help people with disabilities live in the community.
Read Article
HB101
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Article
Personal Care Assistance (PCA) Program
Learn about a program that pays for personal assistants to help people with disabilities.
Read Article
HB101
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Article
Moving Home Minnesota
Learn about a program that helps people with disabilities move out of facilities.
Read Article
My Vault
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Planning Path
Housing Needs & Wants
See what things a person should look for when deciding where to live.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
My Vault
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Planning Path
My Day, My Life
Tools that help people describe things they do, and how they might use help when they do them.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
My Vault
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Planning Path
Live with Someone
A Vault path with a series of short activities to help you figure out if living in the community will be easier with another person.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
Help Keep Current Housing
HB101
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Article
Keeping Your Housing
Get ideas on how to help people stay in their current place.
Read Article
My Vault
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Planning Path
Write a Letter
Tools that help people write a letter to solve specific types of problems related to housing.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
My Vault
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Planning Path
My Day, My Life
Tools that help people describe things they do, and how they might use help when they do them.
Watch tutorial
.Go To Path
HB101
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Article
MA Housing Stabilization Services
See if a person can qualify for these services that help with finding and keeping housing.
Read Article
My Vault
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Activity
Housing Sustaining Services Plan
Help somebody make a plan of action steps they can take to keep living in their current place.
Go To Activity
Housing
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Video
Housing Stabilization Services
Get an introduction to Housing Stabilization Services.
Watch Video
HB101
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Brochure
MA Housing Stabilization Services
This short brochure explains who can get Housing Stabilization Services and how to get them.
Read Brochure