The Veteran Committee of the COC will be meeting on June 5, 1pm-3pm to review and finalize responses to the community plan. The purpose of the survey is to help us to better understand community progress related to ending Veteran homelessness. The information gathered through this survey will help the VA—along with HUD and USICH—tailor training and technical assistance so that it more effectively addresses local needs.
This is a reminder that the Maine Continuum of Care will me meeting next Thursday, May 17, 2018 from 1:00 to 3:00. Please see the agenda for teleconferencing location and call in information – please only call in if you are unable to attend at one of the teleconferencing locations. Additional materials regarding Coordinated Entry Policies and Procedures will be posted here when they become available.
Since our April meeting was entirely devoted to Coordinated Entry Training, we will still need to approve the minutes from March.
The Coordinated Entry Committee, a committee of the COC Board of Directors, has been working to compile the Coordinated Entry System Policies and Procedures for the Maine Continuum of Care. The draft has been completed and we are seeking feedback and comments on the Policies and Procedures document, attached.
The CE Committee is accepting feedback and comments between: Wednesday May 9 and 3:00pm on Monday May 14.
All comments will be reviewed and considered by the Coordinated Entry Committee at their next meeting on Tuesday May 15 at 10:00am. The final document will be reposted to the Maine Homeless Planning Website and reviewed at the MCOC meeting scheduled for Wednesday May 17 at 1:00pm.
The Flyer attached here is for the Togus event. Other locations are listed on the Statewide Info sheet. Please also take at look at the Wish List if you would like to contribute in this way.
The next Region 1 Homeless Council meeting will be from 1-3pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at the City of Portland General Assistance office in the Back Bay conference room – AND via “Go To Webinar”.
This meeting will be primarily devoted to a Coordinated Entry training for ALL of the Regional Homeless Councils. Please feel free to invite others from your organization who will be involved with Coordinated Entry. We will have brief state and federal updates at the beginning of the meeting but the rest of the agenda will be the Coordinated Entry training.
For anyone not able to attend in person, the session will be broadcast live via “Go To Webinar”. Please click on the link below to register if you would like to participate remotely:
The April 19th MCOC Meeting will be entirely devoted to a Training on the Maine Coordinated Entry System!!!
If there are people at your agency who do not ordinarily attend MCOC, but will be working with or have an interest in Maine’s Coordinated Entry System, please share this information with them and encourage them to attend this important training!
If you will be attending at one of the Tandberg Teleconferencing locations, you will be able to see and hear the presentation on the screen and ask questions (please mute your microphone when not asking a question in order to minimize background noise).
For those not able to make it to one of the Tandberg sites, you may join via “Go To Webinar” from your computer, tablet, or smart phone by clicking on the link below. (Save the agenda electronically so you can access the link!) Please note that the Webinar automatically mutes all participants, but you may submit questions and comments using the built in Chat feature, or you may phone the call in only number at the top of the agenda, but again, please mute your line when not talking.