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“Why are we here? Because we have an obligation to the future."
Deb Haaland, United States Secretary of the Interior
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Official Detroit CoC
Newsletter
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If you live in Detroit, Hamtramck, or Highland Park and are experiencing homelessness, please call CAM at (313) 305-0311. Intake is call-in only.
NEW CAM Operating hours: Monday through Friday, 8AM - 6PM
For regular CAM updates, subscribe to the CAM newsletter here.
Visit the new CAM website.
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2024 Detroit CoC Board Election Upcoming Deadlines | | |
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If you are nominating someone, applications are due this Wednesday, October 11th. The person you are nominating must also fill out a regular application.
If you are applying to be a board member, those applications are due October 25th.
Elections will be held November 21st at our General membership meeting. More information available here.
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MiSide
Congratulations to Southwest Solutions and Development Centers of Michigan who recently successfully merged to create MiSide. Their array of services are now housed under the same umbrella organization. As MiSide they will be able to offer comprehensive services to a large population.
You can learn more about the merger and their new mission at MiSide.org.
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Housing and Health Services Senate Bill
Last month, Senators Ed Markey and Alex Padilla, introduced a bill that would better align housing and health services for people who are low-income with Medicaid in order to “tackle the intersecting crisis of homelessness, mental health, and substance use disorder”.
Housing Alignment and Coordination of Critical and Effective Supportive Health Services (ACCESS) Act would “direct the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Treasury Department to issue joint guidance to state Medicaid agencies on how to connect Medicaid beneficiaries to housing-related services and require HHS to conduct a study on the national cost of housing-related services and supports.”
Read a factsheet from Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH).
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CAM Community Forum
November 3, 2023 | 11 AM - 3 PM
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The CAM Community Forum is just around the corner! Please join us at our resource fair taking place November 3rd at Focus: HOPE. Guests will receive real-time connections to supports, help troubleshoot navigating the homeless service system, and present on the recent CAM Transition.
Refreshments are provided.
For more information and to register for the event, visit HAND's website.
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If you haven't already, make sure to check out the new CAM website. | |
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2024 Innovations and Solutions for Ending Unsheltered Homelessness
The 2024 Innovations and Solutions for Ending Unsheltered Homelessness Conference will bring together service providers, system leaders, advocates, and people with lived experience of homelessness to learn from each other, discuss best practices, and share new innovations in the field.
For more information and to registration, please visit NAEH's website.
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NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2024:
An Unwavering Path Forward to Housing Justice
March 18-20
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NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2024: An Unwavering Path Forward to Housing Justice will commemorate the 50-year anniversary of NLIHC by celebrating our organization’s history, achievements, and partners, while renewing our commitment to solving the nation’s housing and homelessness crisis.
The 2024 Forum will give attendees the chance to engage with and learn from thought leaders, policy experts, researchers, tenant advocates, affordable housing practitioners, and members of Congress about how to end the housing crisis impacting low-income renters in America.
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Domestic Violence 101
Monday, October 16, 2023 | 1 PM
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During this training we will process what domestic violence is, the basic tactics perpetrators of violence may use, the barriers to survivors face, and how to support survivors. We will talk through how to integrate principles of empathy, being survivor-centered, intersectional, and trauma-informed into all our work.
Participants will learn core principles such as being survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and intersectional. As well as be able to identify how empathy and reflective listening play a role in crisis response.
This training is designed to be applicable to multiple levels of skill and experience. Participants will be encouraged to engage in open and honest discussion with a mind toward survivor-centered and trauma-informed policies, intersectionality, positive change, and future-oriented thinking.
To learn more and register, go to MCAH's website.
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Housing Is Built with Ballots:
A Year of Ballot Measure Victories in Review
October 12, 2023 | 2:30 PM EST
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Join NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes campaign for a two-part webinar series on housing ballot measures in 2022 and 2023, and a look ahead to campaigns underway for the 2024 election cycle.
The webinar will provide an overview of housing policy wins achieved at the ballot box in recent elections. A follow-up webinar on Thursday, October 26, at 2:30 PM EST, will delve deeper into effective organizing tactics for ballot measure campaigns.
Click here to register for the webinars.
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HSHE Fall Speaker Series:
Neighborhoods, Housing, and Vision Outcomes
Oct 19, 2023 | 12 PM EST
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The speakers will focus on the interconnectivity of neighborhoods, housing, and eye health. Dr. Patrice M. Hicks is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Kellogg Eye Center. She will discuss her research focused on the neighborhood and built environment domain of the social determinants of health. Specifically, she will address how historical and current measures of neighborhood inequity impact current measures of visual impairment and blindness.
Register here.
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SchoolHouse Connection’s
Youth Leadership and Scholarship Program
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- $2500 Scholarship
- One-on-One Support from Staff and a National Peer Support Network
- All-Expenses-Paid Awards Trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida
- All-Expenses-Paid Advocacy Trip to Washington, DC
- All-Expenses-Paid Retreat Trip Focused on Workforce Success
- Opportunities to Engage in Local, State, and National Advocacy Work
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You Are Eligible if:
- You are currently residing in the United States (Note: undocumented applicants are eligible)
- You were born on or after November 24, 2003
- You will begin college (four year, community college, or trade school) for the First Time in 2024 (not including dual-enrollment courses)
- You experienced homelessness in the last six years
Application Components:
- Full High School Transcript (Unofficial or Official)
- Letter of Recommendation (at least one and a maximum of three)
- Essay (1,000 words maximum that answers all three of the topics below)
- Your experience of homelessness and how it relates to your life and education.
- Your commitment to education during your experience of homelessness.
- Your desire to attend college
The deadline to apply is November 24th, 2023.
For more information and to apply, please visit this link.
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Connect 4 Kids Childcare Locator | | |
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Connect4Care Kids is a centralized resource from the United Way for Southeastern Michigan to help families with young children understand child care assistance options and connect with child care providers across Wayne County.
Go to United Way's website for more information.
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Detroit at Work
Jumpstart Program
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JumpStart is designed for Detroit residents who’ve been unemployed or underemployed and/or not in training or education for at least 6 months. Participants receive education, training, mentoring, payments and more over 18 months.
Learn more at Detroit at Work's website.
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Alternatives for Girls
Position: PSH Case Planner
Job Description: Using a Housing First approach, the Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Case Planner for Dr. Maya Angelou Village will provide in-house, intensive case management and support services to DMAV tenants and clients, targeting participants between the ages of 18-24, both singles and families. They will provide case management and mentoring services to program participants and their family to help them obtain and sustain permanent housing. CP will conduct intakes, recertifications and new tenant orientation to ensure continued eligibility for the program. CP will provide assistance in obtaining and maintaining eligibility for housing choice vouchers. They will also connect participants with community resources and supports. More information can be found by following the link.
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MCTEH Summit on Ending Homelessness October 23 - 24 - Learn more about the sessions and register here.
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Homeless Awareness Month 2024 - Register your event to be shared in MCAH's public Homeless Awareness Month calendar
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