Continuum of Care / VA Committee Call Minutes

Council on Homelessness Continuum of Care / VA Committee Call Minutes Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

Participants Zachary Summerlin, Office on Homelessness Tayler LeMaster, Office on Homelessness Eugene Williams, FL Coalition for the Homeless Alene Tarter, FL Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs Sarah Yelverton, Walton County Dawn Gilman, Duval County Jennifer Lee, United Way Patricia Boswell, Volusia County Karen Hill, Marion County Esau Williams, Broward County Jeannie Sutton, Lee County Louise Hubbard, Treasure Coast CoC Angela Hogan, Gulf Coast Partnership Dianna Moore, EscaRosa Coalition Cathy Jackson, Heartland Coalition Robyn Andrews, FL Coalition for the Homeless

DISCUSSION: Zachary Summerlin 1. ESG Disaster Recovery Waivers (see attachment) - Counties impacted by this can be seen at https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4337 - Zachary Summerlin will provide more information on CPDs (Community Planning and Development) - Bill Aldinger sent email re: HUD $616 million grant press release – this will go through Dept. of Economic Opportunity

2. Spending Forecast for Unified Contracts: Zachary Summerlin - Statute allows for one extension per contract - After June 30, 2018 – no extension

3. Planning for Storms: Eugene Williams a. Shelter Operations and accepting the Homeless – CoC feedback: Comments from Louise Hubbard, Cathy Jackson, Patricia Boswell - A drop down approach – get emergency managers together to find out what their practices are - There was a disparity, we are taking local approach, in Volusia we have our emergency manager hosting a meeting at the EOC - Must be concerted effort across the board. Local law enforcement must be part of the continuum of care. We don’t have control over the local government. - It’s a matter of civil rights not best practices. If homeless are barred from shelters due to lack of ID/housing status, that’s a civil rights issue, its discrimination. Each county has different awareness’s and practices re: civil rights issue. - All EOCs are operated through their county, they report to the County Commissioners. Eugene Williams will work with Robyn Andrews on survey to the CoCs re: these issues.

b. Displacement Impact on Affordable Housing – Eugene Williams

c. CoC /HUD Submission Plans – Eugene Williams - Several CoC’s mentioned issues with the SNAP system as it was down for 10-12 days.

4. MYFLVet Presentation and Transportation for Eligible Veterans 2017 - PowerPoint sent out by Alene Tarter – brief discussion, more to be discussed at quarterly meeting on December 6, 2017.

5. Issues related to the HUD NOFA Submission

6. Other issues identified by CoCs – Eugene Williams - We are looking at re-writing information in CoC legislature – codes written in statute need to be updated – we have begun that process.

Adjourned at 10:58 a.m.