North Dakota advocates for the homeless relieved with renewal of federal grants

Sen. John Hoeven listens Feb. 20, 2026, as leaders from the YWCA in Fargo discuss helping the homeless. Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor
Sen. John Hoeven listens Feb. 20, 2026, as leaders from the YWCA in Fargo discuss helping the homeless. Photo by Jeff Beach/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 Friday after meeting with Hoeven, R-N.D.

Prochnow credited Hoeven with hel…