Beginning next week, SunTran rides can learn about Coordinated Entry and local housing resources on the bus!  Reduce your carbon footprint and check out the new bus advertisement during your next ride.

Copies of the updated TPCH Need Help and Guidelines to Getting Out resource pamphlets are available.

Contact us to arrange for pickup if you would like additional copies for your outreach teams, program sites, or other community groups.

You can also download and print copies at https://old.tpch.net/resources.

TPCH is planning our training calendar.  We need your input. 

Each year, TPCH is required to provide a number of trainings to meet federal requirements. In addition to those required trainings, many TPCH members have asked for more training opportunities over the course of the year.

To help us plan the training calendar for the coming year, please take a few minutes to complete our brief survey and let us know what types of trainings you would like to see and how you would like those trainings delivered (online, in-person, conference, etc.)

Complete the training survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tpch2019training

On July 2, 2019, HUD released the Specialized Housing and Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).  Applications are due October 30, 2019.

Through the funds available under this NOFA, HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crimes (OVC) are promoting collaboration between Continuums of Care (CoCs) funded by HUD and organizations funded by DOJ to address the housing and service needs of victims of human trafficking. This NOFA promotes trauma-informed, victim-centered services, including in tribal areas. Organizations awarded funds through this NOFA are expected to work with other organizations within the CoC’s geographic area to train service providers on how to identify victims of human trafficking and connect these victims to appropriate housing. SNAPS and OVC plan to identify best practices for addressing this population that may assist in framing future funding opportunities for victims of human trafficking.

Wednesday, July 17, 2019 – 1pm – 3pm
City of Tucson Community Resource Campus
330 N. Commerce Park Loop, Sentinel Building

Join TPCH and Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation for a free training in Best Practices for Working with LGBTQ People Experiencing Homelessness. Participants will:

• learn to identify common terms and definitions related to LGBTQ identities
• explore how stigma and discrimination impact health and outcomes for LGBTQ people
• build capacity to provide inclusive, affirming services for LGBTQ communities

RSVP for the July 17 training here. 

This session is the first in a series of LGBTQ-focused housing and service provider trainings to be offered by Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation through the Lighthouse Project over the coming year.  Watch for additional training announcements.

Friday, July 19, 2019 – 9:30am-12pm
R.E. Lindsey Jr Auditorium
3601 S. Sixth Avenue
Tucson, AZ  85723The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System invites TPCH members and community partners to attend the 8th Annual Homeless Summit.  The Summit will include presentation of new approaches to ending Veteran homelessness through:

There is still time to register by emailing Angela.Lane2@va.gov.

Copies of the updated TPCH Need Help and Guidelines to Getting Out resource pamphlets are available.

Contact us to arrange for pickup if you would like additional copies for your outreach teams, program sites, or other community groups.

You can also download and print copies at https://old.tpch.net/resources.

TPCH to bring nationally-recognized Federal Grant Compliance Training to Tucson.

TPCH to host federal grants compliance training facilitated by national experts from Thompson Grants. This two-day training, spanning the entire grants lifecycle, will help your team learn how to successfully manage federal grants in compliance with 2 CFR 200 Uniform Guidance.  Participants will benefit from clear instruction on the most complex and potentially confusing guidance and regulations issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Treasury and all federal grant-making agencies, so you can take the steps needed to stay in compliance with the complicated, detailed rules that govern federal funding.

This training is intended for finance, grant and contract management, and senior program staff with responsibility for federal grant oversight.  Discounted seats will be reserved for Continuum of Care recipients and Emergency Solutions Grant subrecipients.  Space is limited so watch for further details and sign up fast.

TPCH is planning our training calendar.  We need your input. 

Each year, TPCH is required to provide a number of trainings to meet federal requirements. In addition to those required trainings, many TPCH members have asked for more training opportunities over the course of the year.

To help us plan the training calendar for the coming year, please take a few minutes to complete our brief survey and let us know what types of trainings you would like to see and how you would like those trainings delivered (online, in-person, conference, etc.)

Complete the training survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tpch2019training

TPCH is planning our training calendar.  We need your input. 

Each year, TPCH is required to provide a number of trainings to meet federal requirements. In addition to those required trainings, many TPCH members have asked for more training opportunities over the course of the year.

To help us plan the training calendar for the coming year, please take a few minutes to complete our brief survey and let us know what types of trainings you would like to see and how you would like those trainings delivered (online, in-person, conference, etc.)

The CoC NOFA is coming- this is a great time to confirm that your agency has staff members trained in SOAR and ready to help individuals with disabilities who are experiencing homelessness apply for and receive SSI/SSDI benefits for which they may be eligible. The SOAR Online Course is a free self-paced 7 class series (appx. 20 hours) which trains case managers to assist individuals who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and have a mental illness, medical impairment, and/or a co-occurring substance use disorder to apply for the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) disability programs: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). The techniques taught in this course can improve the quality and completeness of any application for SSI/SSDI. Individuals who complete the course are encouraged to use what they learn to improve SSI/SSDI applications for themselves or others.

Emergency shelter and other temporary accommodations are the critical front line of communities’ responses to homelessness, helping all people who seek it meet basic survival needs for shelter, food, clothing, and personal hygiene, while also helping them resolve crises and swiftly secure permanent housing opportunities. These resources can help you make sure your shelters are working effectively to make connections to permanent housing.

New research-to-impact brief released by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago  focuses focuses on youth pathways through homelessness.

Finding 1. Young people link the beginning of their homelessness to early family instability and disruptions of home including entrance into foster care and family homelessness

Finding 2. Young people name multilevel factors—critical conditions—that shaped how pathways through homelessness unfolded

Finding 3. Youth’s pathwaysthrough homelessness reflect geographic mobility and fluidity insleeping arrangements

Finding 4. Youth pathways through homelessness are alsocharacterized by significantpersonal losses; 35% of youth experienced the death of at least one parent or primary caregiver.

TPCH Board Elections

TPCH Board Elections were held at the May 9 meeting of the TPCH General Council.  Congratulations to the newly elected Board members.  They will join currently seated Board Members effective July 1, 2019.

May 20 TPCH Strategic Planning Session

There is still time to RSVP for the TPCP Strategic Planning session being held this Monday, May 20.  If you have not already RSVP’d for the planning retreat, please do so.

TPCH Calendar – See and Subscribe TPCH will no longer send Outlook calendar invitations for General Council, Board, or Committee meetings.  Members are encouraged to view and subscribe to the full TPCH meeting calendar which includes all TPCH meetings or to specific committees’ meeting calendars at the TPCH website. See, subscribe to TPCH meeting calendars at https://old.tpch.net/calendar/ Click the link above or type the text into your web browser address box. Visit the TPCH calendar page or the calendar page for the committee to which you wish to subscribe. Click on the “Subscribe” button in the calendar’s lower right corner, choose your calendar and follow the on-screen directions.

HMIS DROP-IN SUPPORT HOURS The Pima County HMIS team is continuing to offer Drop-In Support for HMIS Users semi-monthly.  These Drop-In Support Hours (office hours) are opportunities for HMIS Users to meet as a peer group with HMIS Lead staff and discuss user challenges, questions, and training needs. Upcoming Sessions: Monday, May 20: 9am – 10am Monday, June 3: 9am – 10am Drop-In Hours are held at Pima County Sullivan Jackson Employment Center – 400 E. 26th Street, Tucson, AZ 85713. HMIS users can also request one-on-one support and technical assistance at any time through the HMIS Revelation Help Desk.

ITEMS OF INTEREST HUD to hold May 21 Connecting Human Trafficking Survivors to Housing listening session on connecting human trafficking survivors to housing, click here. Recording of National Alliance to End Homelessness Webinar “Building a System: Getting Ready for the CoC NOFA” available online, click here.