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North Dakota Advocates For The Homeless Relieved With Renewal of Federal Grants

By Bill Dubensky Feb 22, 2026 | 9:12 AM

 

(Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

 

(North Dakota Monitor) – The leader of a group that provides shelter to women and children in Fargo praised the efforts of Sen. John Hoeven to secure federal funding to address homelessness across North Dakota.

“He really went to bat for women and children in danger of losing their housing,” Erin Prochnow, CEO of the YWCA that serves Cass County, said  after meeting with Hoeven, R-N.D.

Prochnow credited Hoeven with helping ensure U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants that the YWCA and other North Dakota agencies rely on to serve homeless people were renewed.

North Dakota agencies last year received $3.3 million in federal grants to help the homeless. But those grants were in danger of expiring at different points in 2026.

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