1. PA 601 Western PA Continuum of Care AMANDA FELTENBERGER COC SECRETARY BUTLER COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES

2. PA 601 Counties: Crawford Warren McKean Potter Mercer Venango Forest Elk Cameron Lawrence Clarion Jefferson Clearfield Butler Armstrong Indiana Westmoreland Washington Greene Fayette

3. Western PA Continuum of Care  Due to the expansive size of the geographic area, some functions of the CoC are carried out by the two Regional Homeless Advisory Boards (RHABs), Northwest and Southwest.  In order to ensure that the CoC is guided by local input, the RHABs also function as an intermediary with the Local Housing Options Teams (LHOTs) and local housing coalitions to bring local issues to the forefront of the full Continuum.

5. 2015 Point In Time Survey WESTERN PA COC 448 people (349 households) were in emergency shelter 65 people (52 households) were unsheltered BUTLER COUNTY 64 people (54 households) were in emergency shelter 3 people (2 households) were unsheltered

6. Greatest Needs Same as Beaver County ◦Efficiencies ◦Rents with utilities included ◦Rentals that accept people with criminal histories ◦Multi-bedroom apartments for families ◦Landlords who will reach out to social services to help tenants avoid eviction Also, first floor and accessible units

7. How To Get Involved Attend meetings of the Western PA Continuum of Care Attend meetings of the SW Regional Homeless Advisory Board Attend meetings of the LHOT/Housing Coalition in your County ◦Contact them to let them know you are interested in renting to people experiencing a housing crisis or to find out other ways to get involved

8. Butler County Landlord Group Butler County LHOT hosted a Landlord Appreciation Dinner in March Landlords in attendance expressed interest in forming a consortium that would meet at least twice a year Butler County Human Services will assist with forming the group and planning the meetings Interested? Contact Allyson Rose at (724) 284-5114

9. Contact Information Western PA Continuum of Care and/or Southwest Regional Homeless Advisory Board (SW RHAB) Amanda Feltenberger Butler County Human Services afeltenb@co.butler.pa.us (724) 284-5114 Local Housing Options Teams/Housing Coalitions See chart on next slide

10. CountyName of CoalitionContact PersonEmailPhone # Armstrong Armstrong County Housing Advisory BoardSusan Coltonsueco@armstrongcap.com(724) 545-3613 Butler Butler County Local Housing Options TeamAllyson Rosearose@co.butler.pa.us(724) 284-5114 Fayette Fayette County Local Housing Options TeamTammy Knousetknouse@fccaa.org(724) 430-3013 Greene Greene County Local Housing Options TeamAmy Switalskiaswitalski@co.greene.pa.us(724) 852-5276 Indiana Indiana County Housing ConsortiumLuAnn Zaklzak@ceo.co.indiana.pa.us(724) 465-3870 Washington Washington County Local Housing Options Team Rebecca Whooleryrwhoolery@caswg.org(724) 225-9550 Westmoreland Coalition on HousingJack Brownjbrown@westmorelandca.org (724) 834-1260 x151