The Maine Continuum of Care has three Tri-Chairs who are each elected to serve a three year term of office, which typically means we have one seat up for election each year. While we had to hold a couple of ‘Special’ elections last year to fill unexpected vacancies, this current election is part of our regular election cycle.
We have two candidates running in this election:
Vickey Merrill, from CHOM, is running for re-election to the seat she currently holds.
Jace Farris, Hub 8 Coordinator, covering Washington & Hancock Counties, has also been nominated.
Voting will be conducted electronically from now until January 17, 2024, ending prior to the next full MCOC meeting so that the winner can be announced at that time. Please submit your vote by email to all of the following: Erin Kelly Erin Kelly , Awa Conteh , Scott Tibbitts and Betty LaBua . Please also reach out to all of the above if you have any questions.
Only Eligible Voting Members may vote in the election. Each agency may only cast one vote, regardless of how many people from that agency regularly attend meetings. If your agency has several MCOC attendees, you must decide which one will represent and vote on behalf of the agency. In order to be considered an Eligible Voting Member an agency must have attended at least 6 of the previous 12 full MCOC Meetings. Attendance is tracked by agency, not individual. The following agencies are currently Eligible Voting Members of the Maine Continuum of Care:
ACAP
Bangor Area Homeless Shelter
Bangor Friends of Affordable Housing
Bread of Life Ministries
Caring Unlimited
CHOM
City of Bangor
City of Portland (OSS/FS/HHS)
Community Health & Counseling Services
DHHS
Family Violence Project
HOME, Inc.
Homeless Advocacy For All
Homeless Services of Aroostook
Homeless Voices for Justice
Hope and Justice Project
Hub Coordinators
Kennebec Behavioral Health
Knox County Homeless Coalition
Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence
MaineHousing
Mid Maine Homeless Shelter
Milestone
New Beginnings
New Hope Midcoast
Next Step
Northern Lighthouse Youth Shelter
OHI
Partners for Peace
Preble Street
Safe Voices
Shalom House
Shaw House (Community Care)
Tedford Housing
Through These Doors
Togus/VA
Veteran’s Inc
Volunteers of America
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness
Waldo CAP
Western ME CAP
York County Shelter Programs, Inc.
Youth Advisory Board