This week our agenda includes:

9 a.m. - Welcome message
Purpose: Ask new people joining us to introduce themselves, and center us on the task before us.
• Rosemary Powers, New Connections, rpowers@eou.edu

9:05 a.m. - This Week on the Streets
Purpose: A quick update about what outreach teams are seeing on the streets this week.

9:15 a.m. - Short introduction: Tacoma Safe initiative
Purpose: Hear a short introduction to what this group hopes to accomplish regarding homelessness.
• Angela Connelly, angelayconnelly@hotmail.com

9:20 a.m. - Community First Village proposal
Purpose: Learn about the proposal to create a similar project here in Pierce County.
• Heather Moss, Pierce County Human Services, heather.moss@piercecountywa.gov
• Steve O'Ban, Pierce County, steve.oban@piercecountywa.gov
• Duke Paulson, The Rescue Mission, dukep@trm.org

9:45 a.m. - Breakout discussion: What are your additional questions or thoughts about the Community First Village concept?
Purpose: Get to know each other, and consider today’s discussion topic.
• Everyone

10:00 a.m. - Government Updates
Purpose: Understand current efforts underway.
• City of Tacoma
• Jeff Rodgers, Pierce County Human Services, Jeff.rodgers@piercecountywa.org
• Valeri Almony, Pierce County Rental Assistance, Valeri.almony@pierceountywa.gov
• Jennie Schoeppe, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, jschoeppe@tpchd.org
• Jody Ferguson, Pierce County Emergency Management, jody.ferguson@piercecountywa.gov

10:15 a.m. - Pierce County Comprehensive Plan to End Homelessness Update
Purpose: Understand the next steps for this planning effort.
• Rob Huff, Metropolitan Development Council, rhuff@mdc-hope.org

10:25 a.m. - Safe Sites for All Update
Purpose: Understand the status of the effort to create safe parking and Safe Sites for All across Pierce County.
• Colin DeForrest, i2 Strategies, colin@i2-strategies.com
• Janet Runbeck, janetrunbeck@gmail.com

10:35 a.m. - Coalition Committee Updates
Purpose: Share updates from the Coalition committees and workgroups that would be of interest to the full Coalition.
• All

10:45 a.m. - Good Trouble Announcements
Purpose: Share what folks are working on that would be amplified by sharing with the full Coalition.
• All

10:50 a.m. - Reflect on today’s meeting
Purpose: Hear from those who would like to share about how they feel today’s meeting went. What worked? What didn’t? What should be done differently next time?
• All

We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting!

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You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Nov 12, 2021 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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