Main Office: Phone: 740-335-7282 Postal address:CAC of Fayette County 324 E. Court Street W.C.H., OH 43160 | | Fayette County Continuum of Care
| | The Continuum of Care (CoC) is a collaborative to organize and deliver housing and services for homeless or at-risk individuals and families to facilitate the move to permanent housing and reaching maximum self-sufficiency. In Fayette County the CoC meets monthly to plan, organize, network, and share resources. In 2006 the CoC was asked to partner with the National Alliance to End Homelessness and the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation to create a 10 year plan to end homelessness in Fayette County and then participate in the regional plan to end homelessness. | 10 Year Plan |
Schedule
| The Continuum meets monthly at various locations. Meetings are scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month, except for December. Please see the schedule below for dates/location of upcoming meetings.
| NEXT MEETING: August 20, 2008
| LOCATION: Job & Family Services Room 213
| Quarterly, specific groups will be honored and invited to attend:
| January- Elected officials appreciation session. Elected officials are encouraged to attend this meeting and share what's going on in government.
| June – Law enforcement appreciation session. A luncheon will take place to honor those who protect and serve our community. Education on homeless services will be spotlighted in this session.
| Aug - Faith-based Organizations session. A luncheon will take place to honor local churches and spotlight programs in the community and access to services.
| November – Employment session. Members of the Workforce Board, the Chamber of Commerce, and other local business leaders will be invited to a CoC meeting to focus on employment and retention issues in Fayette County.
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CoC Mission | "To promote secure and affordable housing for residents of Fayette County who are homeless or who have been identified as being at risk of becoming homeless."
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| History | | The Community Action Commission of Fayette County (CAC) received its first HUD McKinney funds in 1990 for a 3-year grant for Transitional Housing. CAC has received these funds ever since. As part of the renewal process for the McKinney funds in the mid-1990s, the agency had to describe its housing coordination activities, which HUD called a Continuum of Care. CAC responded by describing its attendance at various housing related meetings held in the county. As the Continuum of Care became a more formal requirement, a separate coalition was set up specifically to meet this requirement. The early Coalition consisted of the CAC’s homeless and housing staff, representatives from the Department of Job & Family Services, and a staff member from the Housing Authority. These members met monthly at a local restaurant and conducted very informal meetings. The coalition expanded as the CoC guidelines from HUD and the Ohio Department of Development were developed. Over time the membership has grown to include several organizations. CAC remains the driving force behind the CoC, because it is the only agency in the county that receives funds through HUD’s Continuum of Care program and the Ohio Department of Development’s Homeless RFP and Housing RFP programs. CAC is also the largest provider of homeless services and affordable housing development in the county. |
| Point in time count | The point in time count is a mandatory survey that is done to estimate the number of homeless individuals in our county on one given night. This is an attempt to define the scope and magnitude of homelessness on a local level. This data is then collected by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and extrapolated for the whole country.
| The data collection is done on a local level by volunteers and services providers. The collection takes place in the last week of January each year. All individuals counted must be staying in shelters, transitional housing, public paid hotel rooms, and/or living on the streets, in cars, or any other place not meant for habitation. Volunteers scour the county looking for evidence of homeless individuals and/or families and ask those individuals basic demographic questions and find out how they became homeless. In order to stop homelessness we must be able to identify social and economical factors that are causing it. If you are interested in volunteering, please call Gaye Huffman at (740)333-4493.
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Contact Information | Contact | Gaye Huffman | | | Phone | 740-333-7580 | | | Fax | 740-335-6802 | | | Address | 324 East Court Street | | | | Washington Court House, OH 43160 | |
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