This is a reminder that the Maine Continuum of Care will be meeting on Thursday, October 18, 2018 from 1:00PM to 3:00 PM. Please see the agenda for a list of video conferencing locations. Please use the call-in option only if you cannot make it to one of the video sites.
MCOC will be accepting nominations to fill our Region One Tri-Chair position. Nominees must be MCOC members in good standing, meaning they are eligible to vote at MCOC meetings. If you are not sure the person you wish to nominate is eligible, please contact Vickey Rand or Awa Conteh to confirm their status. Also, please confirm with the person you wish to nominate that they are willing and able to commit to the time and energy required of this role. Please forward the nominee’s name, agency, and contact information to Vickey or Awa.
The Maine Continuum of Care Consolidated Application for HUD Homeless Assistance Program Funding and the accompanying Project Priority Listing for 2018 are now complete!
Thank you to EVERYONE who worked so hard – whether on the CoC level application, one or more project level applications, participating on committees or in discussions at various meetings – to help us collect and assemble all the information that goes into this final product.
(please note, the documents have been updated since original post)
Based upon the resolution of the appeal and approval at today’s Maine Continuum of Care meeting, here are the final versions of the 2018 MCOC Monitoring Threshold spreadsheet and the final 2018 MCOC Project Ranking.
For those calling in to the Maine Continuum of Care Meeting this month, please use this number: 866-6426 – not the one on the agenda – sorry for any confusion.
The Maine Continuum of Care will be meeting on Thursday, September 13, 2018 from 1:00 to 3:00 – one week earlier than usual so that we can approve this year’s NOFA application prior to the submission deadline on September 18th.
The Bangor Library was not available for this meeting but other Tandberg Locations are, and there is a call in number as well.
For those calling in to the Maine Continuum of Care Meeting this month, please use this number: 866-6426 – not the one on the agenda – sorry for any confusion.
The most current version of the Application is also attached for your review prior to the meeting. We will not have time to go over every part of this during the meeting so if you have questions or concerns please send them to Scott or one of the chairs so we can be prepared to summarize and resolve them as quickly as possible.
The Statewide Homeless Council will be meeting on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 from 9:30 to 2:00 at MaineHousing, 353 Water Street, Augusta Maine. Please see the agenda for a call in number if you are not able to attend in person. Minutes below are from June. The minutes from July will be posted once approved. There was no meeting in August.
Attached are the Preliminary 2018 Monitoring Threshold Results.
Some agencies have already requested that the committee re-examine certain elements of this chart, so these results are likely to change. An updated version will be posted once the committee has reviewed and acted upon the feedback they have received.
Congratulations Maine Continuum of Care Applicants!
This is to inform everyone that the Maine Continuum of Care Selection Committee has reviewed all New and Renewal applications requesting funding through MCOC in the 2018 NOFA competition and there were NO project applications rejected.
ALL Project Applications are being recommended for inclusion in the MCOC Project Priority Listing that will be submitted to HUD along with the Continuum’s full Application. All Project Applicants have been contacted by email and informed of their individual results.
Further details regarding scoring and ranking results will be provided at the next full meeting MCOC Meeting on September 13, 2018 (one week earlier than usual).
The full agenda and additional information will be posted here on www.mainehomelessplanning.org prior to the meeting.
The MCOC NOFA Committee will be meeting Friday, August 24, 2018 from 10:00 to 1:00 at the offices of Shalom House, 106 Gilman Street, Portland Maine. Please note that we will be in a different conference room this time, so you must enter through the front lobby of the building, not from the parking lot.
The Maine Continuum of Care NOFA Committee will be meeting today, Friday, August 17, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the offices of Shalom House, 106 Gilman Street in Portland, and via GoToMeeting for those not able to attend in person.
This committee is tasked with answering the questions and providing the data required to complete the annual Homeless Assistance Program Funding Application to HUD, and we welcome input and assistance from interested stakeholders.