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Author: Diana Taylor

Listening Sessions for Continuum of Care Plan for Serving Individuals and Families Experiencing Homelessness with Severe Service Needs

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the release of the Continuum of Care (CoC) Supplemental to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness (CoC Special NOFO) on June 22, 2022. As part of the CoC Special NOFO application process, CoCs are tasked with developing a CoC plan for serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness with severe service needs (CoC Plan).

Listening Sessions

The Orange County CoC invites your participation and feedback at an upcoming listening session. Listening sessions will provide an overview of the CoC Plan requirements as outlined in the CoC Special NOFO application and allow space for recommendations for specific components of the plan to be developed. If needed, additional listening sessions may be calendared.

Listening Session #2 – Current Strategy to Identify, Shelter and House Individuals and Families Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness
Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m3336eb89f8538f4cbaef87993d1bcc59 

Listening Session #3 – Updating Strategy to Identify, Shelter and House Households Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness and Prioritizing Households Experiencing or with Histories of Unsheltered Homelessness
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m0ca0b71c30467c20f34fe04a4533b615 

Listening Session #4 – Involving individuals with Lived Experience of Homelessness and Supporting Underserved Communities and Equitable Development
Date: September 13, 2022
Time: 12:30 p.m. –1:30 p.m. 
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m534b4539c34c0ec182ac32db0b171b73

Newly Scheduled!
Listening Session #5 – Recommendations Towards Previous Topics
Date: Friday, September 16, 2022
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=me088ed06d580623f15ce355c20103249

Who should attend?

CoC general membership and key stakeholders, including affordable housing developers, service providers, the business community, victim service providers, healthcare providers, and others interested in developing a plan to address people experiencing homelessness with severe service needs.

Can’t make a session?

If you are interested in providing feedback and recommendations to the CoC Plan and are unable to make a listening session, you may review the questions included in the session presentations linked on the CoC Special NOFO Webpage and email responses to Patrick Wigmore at Patrick@homebaseccc.org and include the Office of Care Coordination at CareCoordination@ochca.com. Please contact the Office of Care Coordination at CareCoordination@ochca.com with the subject line “CoC Plan Listening Sessions” if you have any questions or difficulty accessing the listening sessions. 

Continuum of Care Plan for Serving Individuals and Families Experiencing Homelessness with Severe Service Needs (CoC Plan) Listening Sessions

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the release of the Continuum of Care (CoC) Supplemental to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness (CoC Special NOFO) on June 22, 2022. As part of the CoC Special NOFO application process, CoCs are tasked with developing a CoC plan for serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness with severe service needs (CoC Plan).

The Orange County CoC invites your participation and feedback at an upcoming listening session. Listening sessions will provide an overview of the CoC Plan requirements as outlined in the CoC Special NOFO application and allow space for recommendations for specific components of the plan to be developed. If needed, additional listening sessions may be calendared.

Listening Session #1 – Leveraging Housing and Healthcare Resources
Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m8d388aa8bd5cd255578d1c57f150ab4d

Listening Session #2 – Current Strategy to Identify, Shelter and House Individuals and Families Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness
Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m3336eb89f8538f4cbaef87993d1bcc59 

Listening Session #3 – Updating Strategy to Identify, Shelter and House Households Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness and Prioritizing Households Experiencing or with Histories of Unsheltered Homelessness
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m0ca0b71c30467c20f34fe04a4533b615 

Listening Session #4 – Involving individuals with Lived Experience of Homelessness and Supporting Underserved Communities and Equitable Development
Date: September 13, 2022
Time: 12:30 p.m. –1:30 p.m. 
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m534b4539c34c0ec182ac32db0b171b73

Who should attend?
CoC general membership and key stakeholders, including affordable housing developers, service providers, the business community, victim service providers, healthcare providers, and others interested in developing a plan to address people experiencing homelessness with severe service needs.  Please contact the Office of Care Coordination at CareCoordination@ochca.com with the subject line “CoC Plan Listening Sessions” if you have any questions or difficulty accessing the listening sessions. 

Homeless Provider Forum Meeting

The Office of Care Coordination in partnership with the Orange County Continuum of Care (CoC) is facilitating the Homeless Provider Forum on a quarterly basis. The next in-person Homeless Provider Forum meeting is being held on Thursday, August 18, 2022.

  • Date: Thursday, August 18, 2022
  • Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
  • Location: St. Mark Presbyterian Church
  • Address: 2200 San Joaquin Hills Road, Newport Beach, CA 92660

Note: Agenda will be posted and shared via email notification at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting date.

Homeless Provider Forum Overview

The Homeless Provider Forum is co-chaired by two members of the CoC Board. The Homeless Provider Forum meetings serve as spaces to share updates on efforts of the Orange County CoC, CoC Board and Office of Care Coordination; hold trainings that support organizations in being knowledgeable on evidence-based practices as well as trainings required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and allow service providers the opportunity to share information and services their organizations offer for people experiencing homelessness and network. If you have any questions, please contact CareCoordination@ochca.com

Re-Housing Individuals Experiencing Homelessness from COVID-Specific Non-Congregate Shelter Webinar – September 9, 2021 – 2:30 PM EDT

This information was originally distributed via HUD.gov. HUD Exchange is redistributing the information for awareness.

HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) Division, and the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) will be hosting a webinar on Thursday, September 9, 2021 from 2:30–4:00 PM EDT.

This webinar will discuss strategies for re-housing individuals and families experiencing homelessness sheltering in non-congregate shelter (NCS) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic into safe, stable permanent housing. Participants will hear from the State of Connecticut and Indianapolis, IN about their respective efforts for re-housing individuals and families experiencing homelessness sheltering in NCS into permanent housing. There will also be an opportunity for participants to ask questions.

Training Objectives

Participants will learn:
• What COVID-specific NCS is and how to request FEMA reimbursement for NCS costs
• Why it is so important to have a strategy to re-house individuals and families experiencing homelessness sheltering in NCS in safe, stable permanent housing
• Strategies and resources that can be used to re-house individuals sheltering in NCS, including financial and community partners to help implement these strategies

Participants do not need to register in advance. It is strongly recommended that you join the webinar 15 minutes prior to the start time (2:15 PM EDT). To join the webinar, simply access the login page here

Questions?

If you have any questions about this webinar or encounter difficulties joining, please contact SNAPSevent@tdainc.org.

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