McHenry County Continuum of Care to End Homelessness discusses Pioneer Center for Human Services grant

By Louie Torres

Aug 3, 2016

The McHenry County Continuum of Care to End Homelessness met July 14.

Here is the meeting agenda as provided by the McHenry County Continuum of Care to End Homelessness:

1.0 Welcome and Introductions – (3 min)

2.0 Review and Approval of 06-09-16 meeting minutes – (2 min)

3.0 Client Story/Program/Agency Presentations – (5 min)

4.0 Public Comment Period (3 min per individual)

Note: Anyone new to the meeting should introduce themselves at this time and has up to three minutes to do so

5.0 Continuum of Care Committee Reports & Action Items – (23 min)

5.1 Strategic Planning Committee – (15 min)

a. Old Firehouse Assistance Center – (5 min)

b. Coordinated Entry – (5 min)

c. Work Plan – (5 min)

d. Continuum of Care (CoC) Grant Written Standards (Tabled)

5.2 Nominating Committee – (0 min)

5.3 Evaluation/Ranking Committee – (5 min)

5.4 HMIS Committee/PCN Report – (3 min)

6.0 New Business (35 min)

6.1 Discussion on the FY 2016 CoC Competition NOFA; discussion and approval of Renewal Project Scoring Rubric, New/Bonus Project Scoring Rubric, the Reallocation Plan, and the Prioritization Plan (20 min)

6.2 Discussion on process to determine new recipient of Coordinated Entry grant from Pioneer Center for Human Services (15 min)

7.0 Old Business (8 min)

7.1 Initial meeting of new committees; plan to amend and update the McHenry County Continuum of Care to End Homelessness Bylaws with the new committees and committee requirements as created by the Strategic Planning committee. (5 min)

7.2 McHenry County Department of Planning and Development - Update on Community Development Division undertaking of the HMIS Continuum of Care grant from Pioneer Center for Human Services. (5 min)

8.0 Continuous Quality Improvement (40 min)

8.1 Housing Authority Report (5 min) Julie Biel-Claussen or Sue Rose

8.2 Community Development and Housing Grant Commission (CDHG) update (5 min) Hans Mach, Lynnsey Osborne, or Zak Klehr

a. 2017 CDBG funding round deadline (5 min)

8.3 Membership update (5 min) Tom Riley

8.4 Workforce Network (0 min) hiatus

8.5 Transportation (5 min) Ronald Ecklund

8.6 Update on Prevention Programs (5 min) Home of the Sparrow

8.7 Update on Street Outreach Program (5 min) Thresholds

8.8 Update on Regional CoC meetings (5 min) (if able to attend)

8.9 PADS Update (5 min) Carrie Freund

9.0 Member Announcements (5 min)