STEP - St. Louis Park Emergency Program
Civic and Social OrganizationsMinnesota, United States11-50 Employees
STEP - St. Louis Park Emergency Program is a Minnesota nonprofit that operates a food shelf to meet the basic emergency needs of residents in St. Louis Park. It offers essentials such as food, clothing, housing support, transportation, and access to other community programs, with professional social workers meeting with every client to maximize assistance. The organization combines paid staff and volunteers, including a volunteer board, and has operated since 1975. Within the civic and social organizations sector, STEP functions as a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the community by responding to emergency needs. It serves roughly eight percent of the city’s population—about 4,000 people each year—through its coordinated services.