Hi everyone,

Please take a look at the agenda below and let me know if I am missing anything that we discussed being included in this week’s agenda. Rosemary, I anticipated that the discussion about the representation wording would come up during the Committee Reports section of the meeting. Let me know if you think we should call it out separately. And I am still trying to confirm that the MCOT presentation will happen tomorrow.

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!

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When: Jul 8, 2022 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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