Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance
Serving Marion and Polk counties, Oregon
The first meeting of the Development Council (DC) was held yesterday, September 24, at the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments’ (MWVCOG) offices on High Street in Salem. (See here for the agenda and here for a roster of DC members.) At this meeting, the DC decided that the name of the new continuum of care…
Thursday morning, September 19, 2019, Independence City Manager Tom Pessemier and Monmouth City Manager Scott McClure welcomed area providers to Polk County Fire District One fire station in Independence. The group reviewed the timeline for forming a local continuum of care, asked questions about the organizational structure, and offered comments and suggestions on the draft…
The Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative Steering Committee held their final (for now) meeting at the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments (MWVCOG) offices yesterday. Most of the meeting was spent previewing the actions that they would have to take immediately upon reconvening as the Mid-Willamette Valley Continuum of Care (CoC) Development Council. Those tasks included choosing a…
The Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative Steering Committee meets for what could be the last time on Thursday, August 29 from 3 to 5 at the offices of the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Government offices on High Street in Salem (the steering committee did not meet in July). Then in September, the members of the steering committee…
Twenty Salem-area homeless housing and services providers attended a second informational meeting about forming a regional CoC, sponsored by the Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative Steering Committee. Seven had not attended the initial meeting in April 2019 (listed in bold below). The meeting was held at The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center. Also…
Monday night, by unanimous consent, the Salem City Council adopted Resolution 2019-17, supporting the formation of a regional CoC. From the staff summary: Analysis of the Rural Oregon Continuum of Care (ROCC) structure has concluded that a Regional Continuum of Care (CoC) structure consisting of Marion, Polk, and possibly Yamhill counties, offers the potential for…
The Rural Oregon Continuum of Care (aka “Balance of State” CoC) held its annual meeting in Salem this week, and the first item on the agenda was a session with HUD to discuss the process required to form a regional CoC, and how such a move would affect ROCC in 2020. Leading the session were…
Wednesday evening, May 22, 2019, Marion County Commissioners Colm Willis, Kevin Cameron, and Sam Brentano approved a resolution supporting the formation of a regional Continuum of Care. Â Commissioner Willis sits on the Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative Steering Committee, which recommended the move as a necessary step to improve homeless services coordination. A work session to consider…
About two dozen representatives from Salem-area housing and social services agencies met at the Kroc Center last week to hear about the movement initiated by the Mid Willamette Homeless Initiative Steering Committee to pull out of the 28-county Rural Oregon Continuum of Care and form a local CoC. Invitations to the two-hour meeting came from…
The initiative to form a regional Continuum of Care has been assigned technical assistance through HUD. Nora Lally with HomeBase, The Center for Common Concern. Lally is based in the greater Chicago area. HomeBase is a non-profit, public policy law firm that works with communities to develop effective and humane responses to homelessness. Lally will…