The US Interagency Council on Homelessness has released a new Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness – “All In”. The document is too large to attach. The link to the new Plan is https://www.usich.gov/fsp They have sent an ambitious goal to reduce homelessness by 25% by 2025. Please review the plan. In late…

The 2023 Annual Point in Time Count will take place on January 26, 2023. Volunteers are needed for the Unsheltered Count. Please contact Charles Bollinger, cbollinger@letsendhomelessness.org if you want more information or are interested in volunteering.

Rap sheet/Fingerprinting workshop for Justice-Involved persons at the Central Library on Thursday January 5, 2023 at 1pm To lower barriers from an arrest and conviction record, you need to know what’s on your RAP sheet – your legal Record of Arrest and Prosecution. But to get a copy of your RAP sheet, you must first…

National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day is December 21, the winter solstice, which is the longest night of the year, to remember and honor the names of those people who have died in 2022. Locally, the Memorial Service will be held on 12/21/2022 from 11am – 1pm at St. Mary’s Campus Chapel, 89 Genesee Street Rochester…

Community organizations were tentatively awarded funds for Monroe County ARPA funds through the Bring Monroe Back RFP. The County Legislature has had this legislation since September 20th but have not brought it to a vote, delaying funding and work beginning on community initiatives. Please call your County Legislator (see attachment for list of legislators) and…

Project Anchor is a Shelter Supplement Program that will be providing a rental supplement up to 100% of the metro-Rochester Fair Market Rent (FMR). Household income must be below 50% Area Median Income (AMI). Households will be required to pay 30% of their income for rent. Households must be referred by a community based organization.…

The National Homeless Services Workforce Survey is the first attempt in nearly 30 years to learn about the homeless services workforce in the United States. Launched in November of 2022, with funding from the University of Texas at Arlington, this nationwide census of homeless services workers aims to answer the following research questions:-What are the…

Join us at the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County for a Community Based Legal Education workshop series for justice-involved people, presented by the Center for Community Alternatives, Judicial Process Commission, and Legal Assistance of Western NY, hosted by the Monroe County Library System Outreach Department. December 1: Know Your Rights: Applying for a…

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…