Community Advisory Council on Homelessness Quarterly Meeting
September 6, 2023
Agenda
- Welcome & Introductions
- Spotlight on Homelessness in Suburban Cook County
- CACH Business
- HB2831 Bill Signing
- Work Group Updates
- CACH Training Requirements
- OPEH Updates
- New Staff
- Home Illinois Plan FY25-26
- Public Comment
- Advisory Council Recommendations to the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness
- Next Steps
Homelessness in Suburban Cook County
CACH Business
CACH Business
- HB 2831 Bill Signing
- Bill signed to codify the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness, Community Advisory Council on Homelessness and Chief Homelessness Officer
- Adds four seats for providers to the CACH
- Adds four seats for legislators to the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness
- CACH Training Requirements
- Please see e-mails from Chris Hammond on training requirements
Summit
Steps to Housing
Policy
OPEH Updates
Office to Prevent & End Homelessness Team
- LaTonya Butts, Communications Specialist
- Christine Haley, Chief Homelessness Officer
- Kylon Hooks, Deputy Chief Homelessness Officer(Starting 9/11/23)
- Billy (Wang) Lau, Technical Assistant
- Nikita Robinson, Administrative Assistant
- Kevin Roth, Data Analyst
- Anna Spreitzer, Special Projects Coordinator (Starting 9/8/23)
Home Illinois Fellows
- To be created at IHDA, HFS, IDOC & IDPH
Staff On Assignment
- Chris Hammond, Project Manager - Office of the Secretary
- Ngoan Le, Senior Project Manager - Office of the Assistant Secretary
- Arloa Sutter, Senior Policy Advisor- Office of the Assistant Secretary
OPEH Events & Planning
- CACH Recommendations (November 15) and Annual Report (December 1)
- Shelter & Immigrant Services "Meet & Greet"
- September 11th, Breakthrough Urban Ministries, 3pm
- Home Illinois Plan FY25 & FY26
- Listening Sessions for next plan, October 2023
- SHPA Residents Conference suggested persons with lived expertise facilitate
- Should we focus on areas not visited last time?
- Any volunteers to co-host?
- Racial Equity Roundtables: Black Homelessness & Latine Homelessness
- Anticipated release of Black Homelessness Report in February; What ideas do you have for getting the report dissemination?
- March start of Racial Equity Roundtable on Latine Homelessness; Any suggestions for outreach?
- Medical Respite Capacity Building Initiative with IL Public Health Institute
- Round II applications due last week
- Quality Data Cohort with Community Solutions
- Evicted Exhibit
- Engaging public universities for space; Any other ideas/volunteers for engaging space?
- Summit 2024
- Bloomington or Springfield; Preferences on place?
Home Illinois Plan FY25-26
Public Comment
Advisory Council Recommendations to the Task Force: Colleen Mahoney
Next Meeting: December 6th, 10am