PY 2013 Action Plan - Draft - Tarrant County

give information about the consumer counceil and provide resources to the homeless. The chair will
take what he learns from the Unity Park event to report to hte consumer council the following month. If
pressing issues need to be raised, the information will be provided to the planning council and for
further action to the CoC Board of Directors.
Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons
To address the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of persons, Tarrant County will remain
an active member of the Continuum of Care's Transitional Housing Workgroup. This committee is
responsible for the planning and evaluation of the effectiveness of the transitional housing services in
the Continuum of Care. The Transitional Housing Workgroup also reviews and provides input into the
Planning Council's Annual Work‐Plan objectives as established by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. They also advise the Planning Council on strategies to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of transitional housing services for the homeless; Track the progression of information
being reported to the CoC to assess that the HUD objectives are being met; Collaborate and gather
feedback from local transitional housing service providers for any information necessary to ensure
effective evaluations; and with direction from the Planning Council, the Transitional Housing Taskforce
will meet monthly to discuss selected topics, record issues on the Monthly Reporting Sheet and present
the results to the Planning Council.
Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families, families
with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to
permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that
individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals
and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were
recently homeless from becoming homeless again
Tarrant County is helping homeless persons make the transition to permanent housing and independent
living by remaining informed through the planning council and the Continuum of Care's Permanent
Housing Workgroup. This committee is responsible for the planning and evaluation of the effectiveness
of the permanent housing services in the Continuum of Care. Planning includes the evaluation of
shortening the period of time persons and families experience homelessness, facilitate access for
homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units, and provide prevention programs to those
who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again. Evaluation, goals and action is ongoing and
constantly being updated as required.
Helping low‐income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely
low‐income individuals and families and those who are: being discharged from publicly
funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care facilities, mental health facilities,
foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections programs and institutions); or, receiving
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