MAINE STATEWIDE HOMELESS COUNCIL

Agenda- June 9, 2020 
9:30am – 12:30pm 

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Membership:

Stephanie Primm, Chair
MaineHousing
Maine Department of Health & Human Services

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHS)
Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS)

Maine Department of Corrections (DOC)
Maine Bureau of Veterans Services
Region I Reps: Cheryl Harkins Donna Yellen Virginia Dill Region II Reps: Cullen Ryan Donna Kelley Elise Johansen Region III Reps: Josh D’Alessio David McKlusky Tracey Hair

9:30-9:40 (10 Minutes) Introductions & Approval of Minutes 

9:40-10:40 (60 Minutes) Christi Staples—moving forward with CSH and SHC for Maine! 
•	CSH will be supporting SHC in framing our path to reaching functional zero.
•	Christi will refresh us on CSH purpose, process and our path forward! 

10:40-11AM ( 20 minutes) COVID 19 Urgent Issues/shelters and service providers.
•	Review status/identify any need for support and attention.
•	Updates from shelters/MSHA/other
•	Planning for the aftermath---

11:00AM-11:15AM—Dan Brennan updates, Q and A.

11:15-11:45 ( 30 minutes)
Statewide Updates—
•	Request for CARES ACT funding—questions/suggestions
•	Shelter Directors Group/MSN—becoming an important sub-committee of SHC. 
•	DHHS, MSHA,DOC—updates?
•	Regional updates

11:45-12:15 ( 20 Minutes)—Legislative updates/needs for support from SHC
•	Heather Zimmerman/support for CARES ACT Funding coordination
•	Cullen/overall legislative updates.

12:15—12:30—Set priorities for July/August 

Thank you all for your heroic efforts during this time---we will all get through this together and be better for all of you.