Partners Ending Homelessness is looking for 100 volunteers to help us count the unsheltered homeless on January 27th. PEH needs volunteers for one 6 hour shift on the night of the count. The training for the Point in Time will be exclusively online. If you would like to volunteer for the PIT count please email…

The 2021 Homeless Memorial Service is going be held on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 from 12pm – 1pm at the St. Mary’s Campus Chapel. Seating is limited to 30 people due to COVID safety protocols, but the service will be streamed live via Zoom. Please contact Gennel Vieira at Health Reach or Lisa Kuhmann at…

The Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) is for homeowners (not landlords) who experienced a financial hardship due to Covid-19. The funds can be used to bring mortgage payments current, pay property taxes and HOA fees. The maximum amount of the grant is $50K. The program starts January 3rd and is accepting applications for 30 days. The…

The FY 2021 CoC Funding Application was submitted to HUD on November 16th. The total amount of the request was $14,488,334 that included 39 renewal projects and five new projects. The new projects included a Domestic Violence-Rapid Re-Housing project, three expansions of current Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) programs and one new Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) program.…

Effective Immediately, Partners Ending Homelessness staff have new phone numbers. You may now reach us at the following: Main number and Jeanine Stewart: 585-319-5091 Connie Sanderson: 585-319-5029 Charles Bollinger: 585-405-4972 Tim Wildman: 585-405-5066 Anne Barber: 585-405-5035 Janice Steimer: 585-405-5039 Heidi Markham: 585-866-9375 Fax #: 585-319-5488

The 2021 Homeless Memorial will be held on Tuesday, December 21 from 12N – 1:30PM. More details will be made available as they are finalized. gennel.vieira@regionalhealthreach.org

A Coordinated Entry Equity Leadership Committee is forming. The purpose of the committee is to ensure our approaches within the homeless system are equitable and that services are accessible to all who need them. The team will be representative of the populations that we serve with a specific focus on BIPOC populations and persons with…

Monroe County has been allocated $144 million in ARPA funds from the federal government. These funds are time-critical and Monroe County is looking for input on how to invest this funding to move toward recovery. Monroe County’s Recovery Agenda has been named “Bring Monroe Back”. Six priority focus areas have been identified: Economic Recover, Infrastructure…

The Coordinated Entry Training Workgroup,has been meeting over the past few months to plan and implement a training session for users of Coordinated Entry. The workgroup has created a brief online survey that we are hoping you and your staff will complete. We will use the responses to identify areas of focus for the training…

The Empire Justice Center released their Policy Matters newsletter for September 2021. This edition covers efforts at federal SSI reform, their 2022 policy agenda and an update on the Sanctions bill. Of particular interest – in 2014 a new state law improved the process by which public assistance recipients can respond to an allegation they…