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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
    • Three CoCs engaged
  • 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