 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is working to put an end to youth homelessness, and they're starting by giving to rural Minnesota. Today officials with HUD awarded $1.4 million to the cause. The grant is one of 11 that will be going out to communities all across the country. Once the check clears, it will go towards supportive and transitional housing projects on the White Earth, Red Lake and Leech Lake reservations. When you think about a lot of HUD grants, people talk about the urban environment, the urban cities, the Las Vegas, the Los Angeleses of the world. It's so much more difficult to target and find the youth homeless in this part of the country, just because it's so wide and so vast. So we're really happy that HUD is giving the money so that they can address the homelessness issue. Local governments will decide exactly what to do with the money. We will have details on what their plans are next week right here on Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.