This week our agenda includes: 9 a.m. - Welcome message Purpose: Ask new people joining us to introduce themselves, and center those attending 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. • All 9:20 a.m. - Community Spotlight: My Sister's Pantry Purpose: Hear about this resource in our community. • Rachel Ahrens, My Sister's Pantry, rachel@fumcot.org 9:25 a.m. - Maternal Child Outreach Team (MCOT) Purpose: An overview of this resource that offers services for pregnant clients. • Sharon Scarpett Aburto, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, sscarpettaburto@tpchd.org 9:35 a.m. - What Coordinated Entry Can and Cannot Do Purpose: Create a deeper understanding of how Coordinated Entry works. • Gerrit Nyland, Pierce County Human Services, Gerrit.nyland@piercecountywa.gov 9:50 a.m. - Breakout review of last week's discussion Purpose: Review what people shared last week in an effort to build knowledge and move the work forward. • Timothy Harris, Dignity City, director@dignitycity.org 9:55 a.m. - Breakout discussion: What qualitative information should the County collect to make our systems work better? Purpose: An opportunity to network and talk about this issue. • All 10:10 a.m. - Government Updates Purpose: Understand current efforts underway. • City of Tacoma, Caleb Carbone, ccarbone@cityoftacoma.org • 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 10:20 a.m. - Advocacy Update - including a call to advocate on Gault development at July 14 School Board hearing Purpose: Understand current issues and opportunities to advocate for issues related to housing and homelessness. • Rob Huff, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance, robh@wliha.org 10:25 a.m. - Pierce County Comprehensive Plan to End Homelessness Update Purpose: Learn the latest updates on progress. • Rob Huff, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance, robh@wliha.org 10:30 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 10:35 a.m. - Coalition Committee Updates Purpose: Share updates from the Coalition committees and workgroups that would be of interest to the full Coalition. • All 10:40 a.m. - Good Trouble Announcements Purpose: Share what folks are working on that would be amplified by sharing with the full Coalition. • All 10:45 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 10:50 a.m. - Success Stories Purpose: We want to end our weekly meetings on a high note. If you have a success story to share, we would love to hear it! • All We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting! Here is the link to register: You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Jul 8, 2022 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErcuqsqT8sE9Lww6CeRN83NgMy7q5DtqGm After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Rob Huff (he/him/his)
Tacoma Pierce County Coalition to End Homelessness