Due to the fact that the Pierce County Point in Time Count is underway this Thursday night and through the day on Friday, we anticipate our meeting will be shorter and that some of our regular participants won’t be able to join us. If you can be there, here is our agenda for this week:

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: An update about what outreach teams are seeing on the streets this week.

9:20 a.m. - Advocacy Update
Purpose: An update regarding opportunities to advocate at the local, regional, state, and national levels.
• Maureen Howard, mhoward@pchomeless.org

9:30 a.m. - Follow up discussion: What are 3 opportunities you see for the Coalition in the next year?
Purpose: Look back at what people shared last week, and talk about it.
• All

9:45 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

9:55 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.
• Janet Runbeck, janetrunbeck@gmail.com

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

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

10:15 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!

Here is the link to register:

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Jan 28, 2022 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
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