23 Jun 09 June CoC Meeting Recap
Today’s meeting was another lively and informative session with over 60 attendees. Having cancelled the May meeting, maybe we all just missed each other’s company.
Here’s a quick recap:
The minutes from the April meeting were approved.
The Healthcare Center for the Homeless would like feedback from the Continuum as it conducts its strategic planning process. Stay tuned for a quick, online survey coming to your inbox.
Vivian Bryant of the Orlando Housing Authority spoke about what they do. Because of the great deal of interest in the OHA by the meeting attendees, the OHA staff intends to put together a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) booklet to address the many issues and questions raised. Stay tuned for more on that soon.
HSN intends to apply for DCF Challenge Grant funding to offset the loss of DCF’s Grant In Aid funding and we are going to need your help. We are asking all agencies in the CoC to provide us with documentation of the private income that you have received for delivering homeless services. A letter will be going out to all agencies to formally request this information which will serve as leveraging for our Challenge Grant application.
HSN is helping put together Project Homeless Connect and Veterans Stand Down events, scheduled as follows:
- Veterans’ Stand Down, Sanford, August 8
- East Orange PHC, probably September
- Veterans’ Stand Down, Orlando, September 26
- Discovery Church PHC, probably October
- Downtown PHC, 12/4
HSN will be conducting a Violence Against the Homeless survey over the summer the will help us understand how we can better meet the needs of people who are homeless in Florida. Thank you for your feedback on the survey and would appreciate any help you can give in administering it. We’ll have the updated survey available soon.
Next meeting, Tuesday, July 28, 2009.
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