1. March 23, 2017 ARCH General Meeting
Acadiana Regional Coalition on Homelessness and Housing

2. Leigh Rachal, Executive Director arch@archacadiana.org 337-967-0995
Welcome!
Leigh Rachal, Executive Director

3. Introductions Name Agency/Business (if any)
What are you passionate about? OR
Why are you interested in homelessness and housing in Acadiana?

4. Community Announcements

5. What is ARCH? Acadiana Regional Coalition on Homelessness and Housing
Our mission is to ensure that everyone in Acadiana has access to safe, affordable, stable housing and that all episodes of homelessness are rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Leigh Rachal
Executive Director, ARCH

6. Homelessness in Acadiana
Leigh Rachal
Executive Director, ARCH

7. Homeless Children/Youth in school system
Parish
# of children/youth
Acadia
207
Evangeline 21
Iberia
136
Lafayette
1,229
St. Landry
101
St. Martin
188
St. Mary
273
Vermilion
224
Total
2,379
Homeless Children/Youth in school system
Statistics provided by Amy Fontenot
Homeless Liaison, Lafayette Parish School System

8. Why Outreach? And Lafayette Downtown outreach
Eric Gammons
Director of Operations, Catholic Services of Acadiana

9. Homeless Veterans programs And Ending veteran homelessness
Megan Cobb
Case Manager, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH)

10. Assistant Director, Faith House
Domestic Violence
Crystal Scrantz
Assistant Director, Faith House

11. Crisis Connection Center & Familiar Faces A Cross Systems Approach
Holly Howat
Executive Director, Lafayette Parish Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee

12. August 2017 Flood Impact and Long Term Recovery
Kim Boudreaux
Executive Director, Catholic Services of Acadiana

13. *SAVE THE DATE* April 27 – Work Groups (members only)
May 25 – General Meeting (open)
Sept – LA State Homeless Conference in Alexandria, LA

14. In-Kind Donation Coordination Meeting
Today at 2:30pm
In-Kind Donation Coordination Meeting

15. Want more information? arch@archacadiana.org 337-967-0995
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