The Community Partnership Action Teams develop and implement strategies and best practices to end homelessness, inclusive of Guilford County’s 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and the five objectives identified by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. These teams are working toward strengthening Guilford County’s continuum of care and are essential to the actualization of our vision that Guilford County will be a community that ends homelessness. We encourage the participation of members of the faith community, business community, civic groups and the public to work together for change in our community. We currently have several action teams that meet throughout the year to address several key issues surrounding homelessness in our community.
Advocacy & Marketing
Purpose: To develop strategies for educating the general public, elected officials, the Faith community, business and civic groups about implementation of the ten year plan and housing first.
Chair: Anne Kimball (The Guilford Center)
Immediate Past Chair: Wes Ward (Westover Church)
Meeting Schedule: 4th Tuesday of every month at 8:30 a.m.
Meeting Location: Board Room, United Way of Greater High Point
Interfaith Action Team
Purpose: To support newly housed individuals through the formation of Hope Teams, to work with the community to provide in-kind donations of housing supplies and to strengthen newly housed individuals access to the community.
Meeting Schedule: 3rd Thursday Bi-Monthly at 9:00 a.m.
Meeting Location: Rotating, Local Faith Community Partners
Day Center/Neighborhood Resource Center & Coordinated Portal of Entry System
Purpose: Create a Coordinated Portal of Entry System and establish a day center(s) in High Point and a day center(s) in Greensboro that have linkages to the Central Resource System.
Interactive Resource Center (Greensboro Day Center)
Lead Partner Greensboro: IRC Advisory Board (Day Center Task Force)
Chair: Skip MacMillan (Community Volunteer)
Meeting Schedule: Quarterly
High Point Day Center
Chair: Dan Hodgson (Community Volunteer)
Meeting Schedule: Bi-Monthly
Education & Job Training
Purpose: To create job training and employment opportunities and increase coordination of services between mainstream job training, employment, and education programs, supportive employment agencies, homeless service agencies, and homeless individuals.
Chair: Gale Murphy (Goodwill Industries) and Gene Brown (Housing Greensboro)
Immediate Past Chair: Rev. Odell Cleveland (Welfare Reform Liaison Project)
Meeting Schedule: 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11:00 a.m.
Meeting Location: Board Room, United Way of Greater Greensboro
Continuum of Care
Purpose: To increase awareness, access, and coordination of services within Guilford County’s Continuum of Care.
Chair: Jackie Butler, Alcohol and Drug Services
Vice-Chair: Vivian Armstrong, Guilford County Public Health Department
Meeting Schedule: 3rd Wednesday of every month at 9:00 a.m.
Meeting Location: Board Room, United Way of Greater Greensboro
Discharge Planning
Purpose: Ensure that every person being discharged from jail, hospitals, mental health care, or foster care has a discharge plan that leads to stable housing and supports a community policy of “zero tolerance” for discharge to homelessness.
Chair: Harvey Lowd (Community Volunteer)
Meeting Schedule: Quarterly, 3rd Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.
Meeting Location: Board Room, United Way of Greater High Point
Mental Health, Substance Abuse &Developmental Disabilities
Partner: Guilford CARES
Purpose: Guilford CARES brings together the Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health and Substance Abuse communities to represent one voice, promoting empowerment through advocacy education and support.
Home Run for Homelessness | 5/16/2010 | 3:00 p.m.| NewBridge Bank Park more...
Upcoming training opportunities more...
Provider Coalition | 9/9/2010| 9:30 a.m -11:30 a.m.| Unitarian Universalist Church, 5603 Hilltop Road, Jamestown more...
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Partners Ending Homelessness more...
