Homeless Newsletter March 2015
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Homeless Newsletter March 2015
Next General Meeting is 8:30 AM March 4th www.homelessLB.com STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS General Meeting Louis Mena [email protected] Steering Committee Patricia Benoit [email protected] Community Advocacy Gary Shelton [email protected] Educational Awareness and Marketing Sam Dragga [email protected] Newsletter Editor Barbara McPherson [email protected] General Meeting: Goodwill Industries, 800 Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach First Wednesday of every month at 8:30 am Parking in the street or around the block Steering Committee Meeting: First Congregational Church, 241 Cedar Ave., Long Beach. Call Patty with questions: 562-438-3183 H or 562-230-8033 C Notice: The Connections newsletter will be printed in this newsletter when available. Louis called meeting to order at 8:30 am GENERAL MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, February 4, 2015 INTRODUCTIONS OFFICERS: President: Louis Mena Gary Shelton – LBACH Steering Committee/Advocacy Chair/UCO Board Member Vice President, Communications: Sam Dragga Sandy Kroll –Board of Housing Vice President, Long Beach/ICO/ Concerned Programs: Steve Be Cotte Treasurer: Arlene Mercer Secretary: Jaylene Westfall Newsletter Editor: Barbara McPherson Citizen Arlene Mercer – LBACH Treasurer/UCO Executive Director Sam Dragga – LBACH VP, Communications STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Gary Shelton (Advocacy) Ronald Jordan Sam Dragga Patricia Benoit Joe Ganem Joyce Ismail Richard Hernandez Jaylene Westfall Joe Ganem – LBACH Steering Committee/HSAC/ LBDRC Steven Be Cotte – LBACH VP, Programs/DLBA, Community Advocacy Manager Zhena McCullom – LBACH Steering Committee/DMH Page 1 Richard Hernandez – LBACH Steering Committee/ Disabled 4. Arlene Mercer will update LBACH Letterhead with the new officers and donors. Resource Center Dalores Riley – Salvation Army EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE Barbara McPherson – LBACH Newsletter Editor/ The Steering Committee meets at First Congregational Concerned Citizen Patricia Benoit – LBACH Steering Committee/Concerned Church The next scheduled meeting is February 18, 2015 at 1:30 pm. Citizen Helen Freeborn – Cal Heights United Methodist Church Steering Committee set new goals for 2015: Jaylene Westfall – LBACH Steering committee/CVC, Building Membership and attendance at Oasis Community Center Louis Mena – LBACH President/ General Meetings. School on Wheels • Ronald Jordan – LBACH Steering Committee/Homeless Feeding Program Change location of meetings to MSC – Louis and Jaylene have spoken with Elsa and are waiting for new Homeless Services Coordinator to start. MISSION STATEMENT The Mission of the Long Beach Area Coalition for the Homeless is to focus community concern on ending homelessness • Arlene stated that First Congregational Church has • Updated Flyer for the meeting to send out by email • Reinstating forums in Long through education, support for political and economic change to decrease homelessness, and support for services that empower people. and for website. Beach to address homelessness. PUBLIC COMMENT None • We need forums to look at what’s working and what’s • There was a motion to have the Steering Committee REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Motion to approve January 2015 minutes. Motion seconded. not. address the planning of forums, who to invite, where to hold them, etc… Motion was passed. TREASURER’S REPORT 1. General Account – Ending Balance on January 31, 2015 $1,663.03. Motion to approve, offered to host meeting. 2nd • There was a motion to have the Steering Committee look at support REAP. and vote to approve. 2. 2015 Membership dues are due starting this month. $40 Membership for organizations and $25 ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Jaylene Westfall nominated herself as Secretary. The motion was seconded and passed. Membership for individuals. 3. Barbara McPherson will send an email blast 2. Sandy Kroll reminded everyone of the Housing Long Beach Fundraiser on 2/11/15. reminding that 2015 Membership dues are due. Page 2 3. Arlene Mercer announced that UCO was just able to purchased 153 blankets. 4. Louis Mena asked members present to think about who we could invite to present at future meetings. a. Project Achieve – Sandy Kroll b. Housing Authority – Sandy Kroll c. Representatives for City Council Member Offices 5. Joe Ganem stated that HSAC was holding its monthly meeting this afternoon and that they were holding election for officers. He would report back on the outcomes next month. Patti requested that he bring a copy of the annual report as soon as it was official. STANDING REPORTS 1. Advocacy Committee – Patti and Gary reported out. a. Housing Authority – Consumers used to pay 30%, but are now paying 40%-50%. i. Greatest challenge is to find landlords that will accept the current rental amounts. ii. They have about 500 vouchers out right now. iii. Zhena mentioned that they currently have vouchers available through DMH iv. Low Cost mortgages are about to be paid off and this will allow landlords to revert housing to market rate. HUD is talking to property owners about issuing Tenant Protection Vouchers. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 9:40 am. Page 3 LONG BEACH AREA COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS (LBACH) DUES ARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 5, 2015 ___INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP $25 ___ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP $40 NAME:__________________________________________________________________________ ORGANIZATION:__________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS:_______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ PHONE:_________________________________________________________________________ EMAIL:__________________________________________________________________________ Make checks payable to LBACH and mail to LBACH, P.O Box 92365, Long Beach, CA 90809-2365. A directory of paid members will be distributed dat the April meeting. Page 4 Long Beach Area Coalition for the Homeless P.O. Box 92365 Long Beach, CA 90809