Thanks to all who made 2018 conference a success!

TPCH held the 2018 Making Homelessness History Conference Sept. 18 with support from nine agency sponsors: Diamond Sponsor Arizona Complete Health; Sapphire Sponsors ICS plus Intermountain Centers with Community Partners; Emerald Sponsors CBI, Inc. and Gospel Rescue Mission; plus, Opal Sponsors Compass Affordable Housing, Cope Community Services, and Our Family Services.

TPCH extends many thanks to each sponsor, and will continue to acknowledge their support on our website here.

Many thanks as well to Arizona Department of Housing Director Carol L. Ditmore for insights into statewide housing; the 25 subject matter experts who spoke during the breakout sessions; and the eight volunteers who helped ensure that sessions ran smoothly.

Overall, more than 100 persons participated in the professional development and fundraising event. Preliminary estimates are that the conference raised more than $9,000 for TPCH to use in printing the Need Help? pamphlets and Guidelines on Getting Out as well as to help purchase gift cards to thank participants in the annual Point-In-Time unsheltered or Street Count.

TPCH meetings for the next two weeks

TODAY, Governance & Planning Committee, 8:30-10 am, Sullivan Jackson Employment Center, 400 E. 26th St.
Emergency Solutions Subcommittee – Wed., Oct. 3, 10:30am-12 pm, Trinity Presbyterian Church, 400 E. University Blvd.
Coordinated Entry Committee – Thurs., Oct. 4, 1:30-3 pm, Pettit/Miles Room, Pima County Housing Center, 801 W. Congress St.
Youth Action Committee – Thurs., Oct. 4, 5:30- 7 pm, Lohse Family YMCA, 60 W. Alameda St.
Homeless Youth Subcommittee – Fri., Oct. 5, 8:30-10 am, GAP Ministries, 2861 N. Flowing Wells Rd.
HMIS Committee – Wed., Oct. 10, 3-4:30pm, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, 375 S. Euclid Ave.
Coordinated Outreach Subcommittee – Thurs., Oct. 11, 9:30-10:30 am, American Red Cross, 2916 E. Broadway Blvd.
Youth Action Committee – Thurs., Oct. 11, 5:30- 7 pm, Lohse Family YMCA, 60 W. Alameda St.

Community News & Events

RAPP’s planned 
Oct. 1 move is delayed. 
Watch your email for the new date for moving to 1082 
E. Ajo (rear entrance). 
In the interim, refer 
clients to RAPP at 
1101 E. Broadway.

Tucson Homeless 
Connect is set for 
Friday, Oct. 12, 8 am 
– 1 pm, at Trinity Presbyterian
Church, 400 E. 
University Blvd.
 Approximately 50
service providers will 
offer aid. Volunteers are 
still needed. To 
volunteer, visit 
www.tucsonhomelesscon
nect.org and use the 
Contact Us link. 
 Please see, print and distribute attached flyers.

The 26th Annual 
HopeFest, to help
hungry, needy and 
under-represented 
community members is 
set Sat. Oct. 27, 9 am – 
2 pm at the Center for 
Opportunity, 4550 S. 
Palo Verde Rd. To 
support the event a 
Pack the Parking Lot 
donation drive will be 
held Fri., Oct. 26 at the 
Center. For more visit 
www.hopefest.com.

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TPCH Conference Sept. 18 offers outstanding agenda, led by ADOH director, seeks volunteers

Making Homelessness History! is both TPCH’s mission and the title of the 2018 TPCH Conference set for Tuesday, Sept. 18, and opening with a keynote speech on “Housing Policy, Priorities, and Initiatives in Arizona” by Arizona Department of Housing Director (ADOH)
Carol I. Ditmore.

See the attached program for details.

The conference runs 8:00 am - 4:30 pm at the Viscount Suites Hotel, 4855 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson.

Making Homelessness History! features 16 breakout sessions by expert presenters in four tracks: Data-driven, Evidence-based Practices; Special Populations; Housing and Real Estate; and Professional Ethics and Boundaries. See the attached schedule.

Registration, at $80, opens late next week, and includes continental breakfast and luncheon. Plan now to attend.

Volunteers, who must make and meet a firm for waived registration, are sought for the following positions.

• Four (4) room hosts. One each will be stationed in each of the four breakout rooms to: orient speakers to the AV equipment; introduce speakers; assist with handouts; assist with questions and answers; and hand out surveys.
• Three (3) registration workers starting at 7:45 am to: assist with name tags, programs and at-door registration (cash and check only); and rotate staffing the registration tables all day.
• Two (2) audio-visual assistants, familiar with PCs, projectors, and their connectors, to be on-call to troubleshoot and assist as needed.

Click here to volunteer.

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Community News & Events

IMPORTANT REMINDER: The deadline for local submission of all applications for the FY 2018 HUD CoC Homeless Assistance Grants Competition is 11:59:59 pm (before midnight) on Thurs., Aug. 16, 2018.
This includes all applications in e-snaps and those local applications required for all new, bonus, Domestic Violence bonus, and expansion grants.
For further details see www.tpch.net/fy-2018-nofa.html. Please direct questions and requests for assistance to NOFA2018@communitypartnersinc.org.

The 2018 Veterans Resource Fair (one-day Stand Down) is Weds., Aug. 15, 9:00 am – 2 pm, at the Grand Luxe Hotel, 1365 W. Grant Rd.

Las Artes, a county GED program, at 23 W. 27^th St., is recruiting youth ages 17 to 22, who can score at 5^th grade or higher on the TABE, for classes starting Sept. 3. Testing is at 8:30 am Mon.-Thurs. To learn more contact Patty.Short@pima.gov or call 520-742-5112.

Send items for the next announcements by noon Tues., Aug. 21, to settle.madden@communitypartnersinc.org