About Us

Our Mission

PERIS Foundation oversees and champions PERIS Hill, an intentional housing community in Hennepin County that supports and empowers young people who have experienced foster care to develop and thrive.

PERIS Hill is an innovative model created through research and with the guidance of a foster youth advisory council that incorporates supportive housing for young adults with experience of foster care into a larger affordable housing community.

Research shows that foster care disproportionately impacts BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, and that 36% of fosters experience at least one episode of homelessness before they are 26. At PERIS, our goal is to interrupt the foster care to homelessness pipeline through an environment of supported autonomy and interconnected independence.

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Our Values

Caring

We show up with authenticity, humility, respect, compassion and generosity.

Inclusive

We are culturally-responsive and purposefully welcoming.

Young Person-Centered

Our approach is adaptable and holistic, centering the dignity and autonomy of the young people we serve.

Collaborative

Strong relationships and ongoing collaboration with community partners and the people we serve are critical to our success.

Justice-Focused

We are committed to identifying and interrupting all forms of bias in our decisions, practices and relationships.

Good Stewards

We are fiscally responsible with a culture of transparency.

Our Partners

At PERIS, our partners are essential to all we do. We’re thrilled to partner with Property Solutions & Services for property management at PERIS Hill and with YMCA of the North’s Youth and Family Services to provide supportive services and programming for young adult residents.

Because our model is new, it has to be tested. We rely on our evaluation partner, Inspire to Change, to hear from residents what’s working and what isn’t. We’re in a constant continuous improvement conversation, learning and refining, building the data and the story.

Board of Directors

Rose Carr

Staff