The McKinney Ventoi Assistance Act provided legislation to ensure that continued school enrollment for students at their temporary address. Every school district in NYS must appoint a person (homeless liaison) to coorinate services for these studentsas well as arocess to identify them. Go to the NYS TEACHES website for more information. The McKinney Vento Annual…

The Homeless Services Network, Partners Ending Homelessness and CCSI are launching a community Landlord/Tenant Mediation Pilot project. Volunteers are needed to become mediators. The mediation services will only be available to landlords, tenants and program staff who are connected to homeless programs. Prospective mediators will be expected to attend a multi-day training and spend approximately…

The 13th Annual North American Housing and Supportive Services (“HSS”) Conference, an in-person event that will be held November 9-10, 2022 at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Niagara Falls, NY. This year’s theme, Affordable Housing and Supportive Services: Promoting Equity and Access will offer deliberate discussions and workshops that feature speakers with expertise in…

Project HAVEN is a new community collaborative between several private and non-profit organizations in Monroe County that was created to connect and strengthen the Greater Rochester community’s continuum of housing options and supports that are available to individuals who are chronically homeless. Services provided to Project HAVEN’s guests include: comprehensive case management, job training, access…

Check out the Monroe County Library System’s Making Moves webpage – a reference guide to Re-entry Resources for people impacted by the criminal legal system. Please share with your program participants via the attached flyer.. https://letsendhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/31/Making-Moves-22-1183-07KS.pdf

GREAT NEWS!!! There will no longer be a 45 day wait for individuals to begin receiving their cash Temporary Assistance benefits once they have completed the eligibility process. Attached are the regulations that explain the new change. https://letsendhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/31/Elimination-of-45-Day-TA-Waiting-Period.pdf

Molina Healthycare, Big Daddy’s BBQ and Catering and the First Genesis Baptist Church are sponsoring an event that provides a meal, hygiene products, clothes, shoes, coats and other items for the homeless in our community. There will be ample seating space if people choose to eat on site or the food can be taken out…

Dr. April Aycock, the Director of the Monroe County Office of Mental Health, will be the featured speaker at the September HSN Meeting. If you have any questions that you would like to ask please send those to Mike Rood at mrood5@naz.edu questions will be sent to Dr. April Aycock prior to the meeting. There…

Monroe County is receiving an allocation of $4,290,012 of HOME American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding. This additional funding will be added in the forum of a substantial amendment to the Monroe County 2021-22 Annual Action Plan. The public comment period has been extended to go from 8/23/2022 – 9/8/2022. Attached is the announcement to extend…

In alignment with the recent HUD Unsheltered Homeless Supplemental NOFO release, we are conducting a FALL Point in Time (PIT) count. The Monroe County, Fall Point in Time will occur on September 26th from 5 am – 11 am. Please help us conduct a count and simple survey of homeless people in this local area.In…