Northeast Florida CoC | November 2019

Homelessness News: Gratitude

Sulzbacher Village designated an EnVision Center by HUD JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A community dedicated to helping bring down the number of homeless people in our area reached a major milestone on Monday. Sulzbacher Village officially became the first community in Florida to be designated an EnVision... Read more www.actionnewsjax.com Congratulations to the Sulzbacher Center for being designated as the first EnVision Center in the state of Florida by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

United Way, partners launch Mission United for veterans, ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - United Way of Northeast Florida announced Friday the launch of Mission United, a community network connecting veterans and their families to critical health, human and social services through case management. These services... Read more www.news4jax.com United Way of Northeast Florida launched Mission United this month. This initiative will connect veterans and their families to valuable resources in our community.

Built for Zero Update Members of the Built for Zero project participated in a panel discussion last week to discuss and share with the community our progress towards Functional Zero for Veteran homelessness. Keep up with progress on Built for Zero Northeast Florida .

Do you HMIS?

Check out what's new with HMIS! Charles Temple traveled to Las Vegas last week to complete further Tableau training. Tableau is a unique software that helps visualize data. Northeast Florida was awarded the HMIS Capacity Building Grant this year. We will be hiring two part-time Data Entry Specialists to help with this project.

Join Today! Be a CoC Member

The Northeast Florida Continuum of Care began as a grassroots effort with passionate, community and religious leaders guiding the way. And we've made substantial progress. What does it take to affect change? Driven and determined stakeholders like YOU! If you care about homelessness and want to be a part of the solution, please join us. The general membership meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday at the First United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall at 225 East Duval Street, 8:30 to 10:00 am. Our next meeting is December 12th. You can learn more about CoC Membership here .

We Know YOU know - Knowledge is Power

Member training… On December 6th, join us for the monthly HMIS New User and HMIS Report training. HMIS New User is 9 am - 12 pm Report training is 1 - 3 pm  Please email the  HMIS Team  for more information.

Help is on the Way!

Client programs | training | workforce opportunities...

Have you heard of Project Safe Horizon? It's a new program that works with clients that are at risk for or already experiencing homelessness due to substance abuse and/or mental illness. Currently, they are accepting clients into the program. Want to learn more? Contact Erica Thomas , MA Case Manager with Project Safe Horizon at Community Rehab Center

Hepatitis A virus See information sheet and free vaccination opportunities here.

A re you interested in the Veterans Reintegration Program? Walk-ins accepted Monday-Friday, 8 to 4:30 pm 117 West Duval Street (City Hall) Suite 175 For more info call 904.630.3680

New Developments in Affordable Housing Webinar January 27th, 2020 1 to 2 PM EST. Register here .

The Best Way to Show We Care - Be There!

Jacksonville Public Library Perceptions on Poverty October 2019 - January 2020

Changing Homelessness Open House November 21st RSVP here .

Catholic Charities First Thanksgiving November 23rd

Mission House Sip and Shop December 4th

Lutheran Social Services Echoes of the Season December 9th Get tickets here .

Changing Homelessness, City Rescue Mission, OneJax Memorial Service December 20th RSVP here .

Changing Homelessness 2020 Northeast Florida Point in Time Count January 22nd Register to volunteer here .

City Rescue Mission 5th Annual Difference Maker's Banquet February 20th

Don't Miss the General Membership Meeting, December 12th! 225 East Duval Street, First United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall

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