PY 2013 Action Plan - Draft - Tarrant County

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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 Annual Action Plan 2013 28 OMB Control No: 2506‐0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)
assistance from public or private agencies that address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs. Assisting low‐income persons to avoid becoming homeless and ensure persons and families are housed is one of Tarrant County's priorities. Tarrant County is an active member of the Continuum of Care's Homeless Prevention Workgroup. This committee is responsible for planning and evaluation of the effectiveness of the homeless prevention measures in the Continuum of Care. The workgroup also reviews and provides input into the Planning Council's Annual Work‐Plan objectives and provides local public and private agencies with a list of available transitional and permanent housing units monthly. This list is incorporated into the Continuum of Care's Housing Inventory database and is a crucial resource for low‐income and extremely low‐income persons who are at risk of being homeless. Through this resource persons and families are also connected to other agencies that address health, social services, employment, education and/or youth needs. Discussion Annual Action Plan 2013 29 OMB Control No: 2506‐0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)
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