The Empire Justice Center is a non-profit law firm dedicated to making the law work for all New Yorkers. The Empire Justice Center is working on a project to address delays in applying for public assistance, SNAP or Medicaid from Monroe County. Have you applied for benefits? If you have applied and did not receive…

Providence Housing’s mission is to strengthen families and communities by creating and providing access to quality affordable housing enriched by the availability of supportive services. Providence currently has an opening for a Family Life Coach. The position provides case management services to program participants to maintain the most independent living possible. You can view the…

Causewave Community Partners is partnering with Partners Ending Homelessness to conduct a survey to better understand community percptions and to help us plan for the future. All responses are anonymous; the survey should take 10-15 minutes to complete. We hope to get a wide response to the survey and look forward to your thoughts. You…

Monroe County has been chosen to receive funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP). The program was created by Congress to help meet the needs of hungry and homeless people throughout the country by allocating federal funds for the provision of food and shelter. The Local…

MCDHS is a complex agency that may present challenges to those in the community who are working with individuals in need of public benefits and services. These informative session will provide an opportunity to learn aout DHS Financial Assistance Division policies and procedures. Attendees will have a greater understanding of policies and procedures and have…

The City of Rochester and Monroe County have released their joint RFP for Emergency Solutions (ESG) funding for 2024-25. There will be a Bidder’s Information meeting on 3/1/2024 via Teams. Applications must be completed and submitted via email or cloud service by 12Noon on March 25, 2024. Application materials are available for download at http://Attached…

We are excited to share that the FY2023 CoC Funding awards have been announced. The total award for CoC NY-500 was $15,666,769 that represented an 8.48% increase from FY2022. There were no new projects awarded funding but all existing programs were fully funded. The $1,342,335 increase was primarily due to adjustments to Fair Market Rent…

Each year during the last week of January, Partners Ending Homelessness (PEH) as the CoC Lead for Monroe County conducts a count of the unsheltered homeless across Monroe County. The 2024 annual Point in Time (PIT) Count was conducted on Thursday, January 26th. More than 70 people completed surveys or observation reportsnthis year. Each person…

Partners Ending Homelessness (PEH) will be holding their Annual Meeting (via Zoom) on Tuesday, January 9th at 12Noon. The meeting will celebrate accomplishments of PEH and their partners in 2023. The Agenda and Zoom link to the Annual Meeting will be sent out the week of January 2nd.

We have begun planning for the 2024 Homeless Count – Point in Time Count. On January 25th, volunteers will hit the streets to survey individuals experiencing homelessness and living outside in our community. This annual event is important to continue receiving HUD homeless services funding in Monroe County and to identify trends. It needs to…