| Coalition's Expanded role - feedback needed - Gerrit Nyland (15 Feb 2021 08:07 UTC) |
| Inclement Weather today - Monday, February 15th, 2021 through February 16th, 2021 - extra capacity available at area shelters - Gerrit Nyland (15 Feb 2021 19:01 UTC) |
Thanks for a good discussion on Friday about the expanded role the Coalition is considering. Attached are two documents – one is a three-page letter and provides an overview of the expansion of the Coalition role. This document was provided to meeting participants on Friday, although it has been edited based on feedback. The second attachment is a one-page letter to Tacoma City Council briefly describing the expanded role the Coalition wants to take and what we are asking of the Council. A nearly identical letter will go to the County Council.
Both documents are drafts. Please provide me any feedback – in an email, as edits to the document, via phone – whatever works well for you. We will also discuss this at our Wednesday Steering Committee meeting. As always, everyone is invited (register for the meeting at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqceGoqTktE9HkwflZ1ry78ClQ_Ok3pcuU ). Finally, we’ll discuss it and vote on it at the Friday Provider Meeting this Friday (register at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceurpj4tHNz0i4AwThUUlUelIfN6WGXQ ).
These documents are more about what will we will do (lead a community effort to draft a plan to end homelessness, take ownership of seeing that plan implemented, end street homelessness by 11/1/2021), and less about how we will do it (we aren’t jumping into the structure of the organization just yet – that will come soon enough).
Thanks for everyone’s help in launching this new initiative.
Thanks,
-Gerrit
Gerrit Nyland
Director of Operations
Tacoma Pierce County Coalition to End Homelessness
253-304-5105
Looks like one more night of formal inclement weather operations. That said, current shelter options will continue to be available on the Coalition Overnight Shelter Information Page
Inclement Weather today Monday, February 15th through Tuesday, February 16th – overnight shelter capacity is available at multiple sites:
Center at Norpoint Warming Shelter - 4818 Nassau Ave NE, Tacoma, WA 98422 – serves single women, couples, women with children over 18. No single men, no minors. Three meals served daily. Eastside Inclement Weather Shelter- 1721 E 56th St, Tacoma, WA 98404– serves adults. Three meals served daily. Salvation Army Warming Shelter - 1110 S Puget Sound Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405 – serves single adults. Three meals served dailyTacoma Rescue Mission Men's Shelter - 425 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, WA 98402 – serves single men and single women. Three meals served daily. Clients may be transported to a satellite shelter.CLR Young Adult Shelter - 415 S 13th St, Tacoma, WA 98402 – young adults aged 18-25Roosevelt Barracks Crisis Residential Center - 1301 Orting Kapowsin Hwy E, Orting, WA 98360 – Serves all veterans who are eligible for VA Healthcare. email delena.josephsen@dva.wa.gov or melissa.frink@dva.wa.gov to access site.Serra House - 1424 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402 – serves youth aged 13-17 – contact 253-328-6127 for more details
All day center locations and details are available on the Coalition’s Day Center Information Page
Overnight shelter locations and details are available on the Coalition’s Overnight Shelter Information Page
Thanks,
-Gerrit
Gerrit Nyland
Director of Operations
Tacoma Pierce County Coalition to End Homelessness
253-304-5105
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