Eligibility Guidelines for Potential Residents to be considered for residency at A Place For You, a person needs to:

• Be 18 years of age or older
• Be a single male or female (families will be referred to New Pathways in Cambridge, MN)
• ​Must have an ID or be willing to obtain one. 
  
• Must live within Southern Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec,
  Mille Lacs, or Pine Counties for seven (7) days or be
  receiving verifiable services from a county within the service
  area.
• Must have No convictions for violent crimes against persons
  in the past 2 years. Crimes prior two (2) year time frame will be evaluated on a case by case basis. Sex crimes, arson, or weapons charge charge/conviction will not be accepted into the shelter. Persons, whose criminal history designates them as a “predatory offender” also will not be accepted into the shelter.
• Drug and Alcohol testing will be conducted at the time of
  intake. If the test is positive for drugs or alcohol, the potential resident can be admitted with restrictions.
• Be medically compliant
• Be verifiably homeless

While living at the shelter, a person needs to comply with Shelter rules:​

• Be putting in maximum effort on their case plan
• Be checked into the building by 10 P.M. nightly
• Participate in daily chores assigned to them​

Although these are not all of the rules, these are the beginning steps to community living.