1. Muscogee / Russell County Continuum of Care
2018 membership Meeting
August 23, 2018 at Troy University

2. Welcome

3. What is a Continuum of Care?
A Continuum of Care (CoC) is a program designed to promote a community-wide commitment to ending homelessness.
We do this by:
Providing funding for non-profit contributors, States and local governments to quickly re-house the homeless and victims of domestic abuse
Promoting access to mainstream programs for the homeless
Optimizing self-sufficiency among the people we serve

4. Who is in the CoC? Faith Based Organizations
Victim Service Organizations
Housing Providers
Emergency Shelters
Homeless Services Providers
Housing Authorities
Mental Health/ Substance Abuse Providers
Community Advocates

5. How Do I Join the CoC?

6. The Heart of the CoC

7. CoC Board of Directors Director Term Expiration 2019 Retiring 2018
Mary Mayrose, Phenix City Housing Authority (Chair)
2019
Captain G. Griswould, Columbus Police Department (Vice Chair)
Retiring
Vacant (Secretary)
2018
Rabbi Beth Schwartz, Temple Israel
2020
Curtis Lockette, Muscogee County Marshall’s Office
Leroy Davis, Russell County Veterans Council
Vacant
Jennifer Lowman, City of Phenix City
Denise McWhorter, Columbus Consolidated Government/Community Reinvestment Dept.
Pat Frey, Home for Good (Collaborative Applicant)
Ex Officio

8. Nominations Joan Budd General Council for BEAM TV
Andrea Reese Department of Community Supervision

9. Current Officers Officers Position Mary Mayrose Chair Gordon Griswould
Vice Chair
Vacant
Secretary

10. Nominations For New Officers
Vice Chair
Curtis Lockette
Secretary
Denise McWhorter

11. Equal Access
Federal Register /Vol. 81, No. 183 /Wednesday, September 21, 2016 /Rules and Regulations 64763
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
24 CFR Part 5
[Docket No. FR 5863–F–02]
RIN 2506–AC40
Equal Access in Accordance With an
Individual’s Gender Identity in
Community Planning and Development
Programs

12. Equal Access- Continued

13. Equal Access- Continued

14. Coordinated Entry
Coordinated Entry is a powerful tool designed to ensure that homeless persons and persons at risk of homelessness are matched, as quickly as possible, with the intervention that will most efficiently and effectively end their homelessness.

15. Coordinated Entry