Northeast Florida CoC | February 2024

Leap Into 50

Help Your Neighbors

Volunteer

What's Up With Us?

2024 Point-In-Time Count and Hygiene Kit Packing

Save The Date

Join us at our 50th Anniversary SNKR Ball happening on Thursday, June 20th, at 6:30PM. More details to come in next month's newsletter. We can't wait to see everyone there!

Sector Updates

Ability Housing Earns Quality Supportive Housing Gold Certification from CSH

Ability Housing earned Gold certification by CSH through Quality Supportive Housing Standards program. This is the highest level of recognition for excellence in providing supportive housing. Quality Supportive Housing Gold Certification.

Making Progress on Homelessness Requires Support for Our Workforce

People ask me all the time in this tough environment what gives me hope. I always respond that it's the people I work with and get to meet when I travel. All across the country, I've met homeless service providers [...]

The Supreme Court will decide whether local anti-homeless laws are 'cruel and unusual'

The Supreme Court has agreed to review lower-court rulings that make it harder for cities in the western United States to prevent people from sleeping on the streets when there aren't enough beds in homeless [...]

Federal Data Demonstrates the Need for Safe, Supportive, and Specific Housing for Gender-Expansive People

As understanding of gender identity evolves, provision of shelter and housing for gender-expansive individuals must also adapt and change [...]

Do You HMIS?

The HMIS Team invites you to join them on Thursday, March 7th, at 2:30 PM for the HMIS Office Hours. You may remember this before as HMIS Report Training, but this has since changed to Office Hours. Whether you're experienced or not in navigating HMIS, these updated meetings are designed for all skill and comfort levels!

If this date doesn’t work for you, don't worry, this meeting will occur on the first Thursday of each month.

Locked out of your HMIS account?

If you haven't logged into HMIS in 10 consecutive days, your account will be locked and you will not be able to log in. If this happens, please send an email to hmis@changinghomelessness.org and the HMIS team will assist you with unlocking your account.

Join the CoC Membership Committee!

Are you a natural connector with a past or present career in marketing, sales, or education? Your CoC Board is seeking committee members! Please consider donating your time and talent by joining the Membership Committee and put your skills to use. Membership is for those natural networkers who connect neighbors to neighbors with a focus on the vision that together, we can solve homelessness.

The time commitment is a 1 hour monthly committee meeting that meets at 9am on the last Thursday of the month. It is also a suggestion to stay faithful to the General Membership meetings that are the second Thursday of the month from 8:30-10am. Currently, all meetings are on Zoom!

Contact Sara at Sara@ucomjax.org for more information.

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.

You can learn more about CoC Membership here.

Help is on the Way!

Does your agency need clothing for the clients you serve?

If so, please email Presbyterian Social Ministries. Their Clothing with Purpose program is designed to provide clothing to agencies so you can help distribute it to the individuals and families you serve.

Community Events

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