TPCH has spent all available Prevention and Rapid Resolution Funds

Thank you to all case managers that helped apply for and distribute the TPCH Prevention and Rapid Resolution Funds through the community! 

We spent all of our original $400,000 back in June, and have now spent the additional $200,000 that was dedicated to the program. With this, we do not have any more funding to continue this program. Case managers are encouraged to continue working with clients to determine alternative sources of funding and assistance.

Thank you once again for your assistance with getting these funds to the community.

TPCH General Council Meets August 8, 2024

Join us for the quarterly General Council meeting of the TPCH membership.  This meeting will be held in person at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, located at 5049 E Broadway.

For a list of members eligible to vote in this meeting, see the TPCH Voting Member Roster linked below. 

Please note that the meeting will be 12:30pm – 2:30pm, followed by additional training opportunities 2:45pm – 4:15pm.

Summary Meeting Agenda

Roll Call and Consent Agenda

Shannon Fowler, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

Community Celebrations

Shannon Fowler, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

CoC Lead Updates

Elaine MacPherson, Continuum of Care Lead Agency (City of Tucson)

Board Updates

Shannon Fowler, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

Housing Central Command Updates

Housing Central Command Leadership

HUD Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

Elaine MacPherson, Continuum of Care Lead Agency (City of Tucson)

Committee and Coalition Updates

Committee and Coalition Representatives

New Business/Announcements

Group Discussion

Shannon Fowler, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

Shannon Fowler, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

Committee and Coalition Representatives

Group Discussion

 

Download the Meeting Materials:

8.8.2024_TPCH General Council Meeting Agenda

TPCH Voting Member Roster_8.8.2024

GENERAL COUNCIL_MIN_5.9.2024_Draft

U of A Southwest Institute for Research on Women releases census updates to Housing Insecurity and Potential Homelessness Report

 

The University of Arizona Southwest Institute for Research on Women has released its most recent update to its report on Housing Insecurity Indicators and Potential Homelessness Estimates for Arizona and Pima County. This report measures current housing insecurity with newer census data.

Download the report here.

This most recent survey wave contains multiple positive developments:

Throughout all of 2023 housing insecurity among Arizona renters remained stubbornly high despite historically low unemployment. 

The most significant development in this report is that eviction filings have fallen substantially since January and suggest a substantial easing of housing insecurity among Pima County renters. 

  • Relative to a peak of 1307 eviction filings in January of 2024, the count of eviction filings fell 41% to 771 in April. We have not seen the monthly count of eviction filings this low since November of 2021.

Other metrics suggest continuing reason for concern:

  • 12% of Arizona households reported reducing or not paying expenses for basic household necessities (such as medicine or food) “almost every month” in the last 12 months to pay an energy bill (66% of households reported “never” being in this situation).
  • Credit card debt balances nationwide and in Arizona have increased 33% between Q4 2022-Q4 2023.
  • And since November of 2023, counts of calls to 211 from Pima County indicate a very substantial increase in calls related to housing and shelter and utilities in recent months.

Download the report here.

TPCH has spent all available Prevention and Rapid Resolution Funds

Thank you to all case managers that helped apply for and distribute the TPCH Prevention and Rapid Resolution Funds through the community! 

We spent all of our original $400,000 back in June, and have now spent the additional $200,000 that was dedicated to the program. With this, we do not have any more funding to continue this program. Case managers are encouraged to continue working with clients to determine alternative sources of funding and assistance.

Thank you once again for your assistance with getting these funds to the community.

TPCH General Council Meets May 9, 2024


Join us for the quarterly General Council meeting of the TPCH membership.  This meeting will be held in person at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, located at 5049 E Broadway.

For a list of members eligible to vote in this meeting, see the TPCH Voting Member Roster linked below. 

Please note that the meeting will be 12:30pm - 2:30pm, followed by additional training opportunities 2:45pm - 4:15pm.

Summary Meeting Agenda

Roll Call and Consent Agenda

Jocelyn Muzzin, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

Community Celebrations

Jocelyn Muzzin, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

CoC Lead Updates

Elaine MacPherson, Continuum of Care Lead Agency (City of Tucson)

Board Updates

Jocelyn Muzzin, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

Housing Central Command Updates

Housing Central Command Leadership

Continuum of Care Annual Election Ballot

Jesus Federico, Continuum of Care Project Coordinator 

Committee and Coalition Updates

Committee and Coalition Representatives

New Business/Announcements

Group Discussion

Sessions Offered:

Shelter Providers Discussion: System Enhancements and Voucher Move On 

Mari Vasquez, Interagency Resource Coordinator, City of Tucson 

Elaine MacPherson, Homeless System Improvement Supervisor, City of Tucson 

Diversion and Rapid Resolution Funds through the Garcia Family Foundation

Kyle Kerns, Continuum of Care Project Coordinator, City of Tucson

LGBTQIA+ Equity

Shannon Fowler, Assistant Research Social Scientist, University of Arizona Southwest Institute for Research on Women (UA SIROW) 

Download the Meeting Materials:

5.9.2024_TPCH General Council Meeting Agenda

TPCH Voting Member Roster_5.9.2024

GENERAL COUNCIL_MIN_02.15.2024_Draft

 

 

TPCH General Council Meets February 15, 2024


Join us for the quarterly General Council meeting of the TPCH membership.  This meeting will be held in person at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, located at 5049 E Broadway.

For a list of members eligible to vote in this meeting, see the TPCH Voting Member Roster linked below. 

Please note that the meeting will be 12:30pm - 2:30pm, followed by additional training opportunities 2:45pm - 4:15pm.

Summary Meeting Agenda

Roll Call and Consent Agenda

Jocelyn Muzzin, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

 

Community Celebrations

Jocelyn Muzzin, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

 

CoC Lead Updates

Elaine MacPherson, Continuum of Care Lead Agency (City of Tucson)

 

Board Updates

Jocelyn Muzzin, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

Motion: to add the following language to the TPCH Governance Charter clarifying the purpose of TPCH Committees:

“While each committee is operating within its domain, they are able to make decisions on behalf of the CoC with the following exceptions:
a) decisions that would also impact another committee's domain, and
b) decisions with financial implications.”

 

Housing Central Command Updates

Austin Puca, Continuum of Care Manager

 

Committee and Coalition Updates

Committee and Coalition Representatives

 

Sessions Offered:

Community Discussion on Discharge Planning
(Facilitated by the CoC Lead)

Outreach Teams: New Waves of Street Drugs and Things to Look Out For

(Facilitated by Sergeant Jack Julsing and Lieutenant Matt Brady of the Tucson Police Department)

 

Download the Meeting Materials:

TPCH General Council Meeting Draft Agenda (February 2024)

TPCH Voting Member Roster as of November 2023

TPCH General Council Meeting Minutes (November 2023)

DRAFT TPCH Governance Charter Revisions

TPCH to Host Overview of the Housing Central Command Initiative

TPCH to Host Overview of the Housing Central Command Initiative

 

Thursday, January 18, 2024

320 N. Commerce Park Loop, Tucson, AZ 85745

Sentinel Building

9:00-11:00 AM

 The TPCH Program Grant Committee is hosting a series of sessions on performance in our Continuum of Care related to bed utilization, grant expenditure, and prompt access to housing. Previously, the committee held a discussion on increasing income for participants enrolled in housing programs.

In the spirit of our collective goal to utilize all available funded beds, expend all grant funds, and rapidly house people experiencing homelessness,  TPCH leadership welcomes the community to attend an overview of the recently launched TPCH Housing Central Command initiative. The Housing Central Command initiative is based on a crisis response model developed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to rehouse people after natural disasters.  In our community's partnership with the Housing Central Command team, we are exploring the many ways our system can be retooled to optimize services and rapidly house people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

All perspectives interested in learning more about our system improvement efforts are welcome at this conversation.

Those who attend the session can expect to learn: 

Register here to attend the session.

U of A Southwest Institute for Research on Women releases census updates to Housing Insecurity and Potential Homelessness Report

The University of Arizona Southwest Institute for Research on Women has released its most recent update to its report on Housing Insecurity Indicators and Potential Homelessness Estimates for Arizona and Pima County. This report measures current housing insecurity with newer census data.

Download the report here.

This most recent survey wave contains multiple pieces of concerning news.

There is continuing good news to report on rents.

Download the report here.

TPCH and SAFEE Jointly Host Panel On older adults experiencing homelessness and/or domestic abuse on December 1, 2023 at 9am at the 320 N Commerce Park Loop

Panel on older adults experiencing homelessness and/or domestic abuse on December 1, 2023 at 9am at the 320 N Commerce Park Loop

This panel will host representatives from the following organizations: 

The agenda for the discussion will be the following: 

Register at the link below to get more information about quarterly free trainings from the Administration of Resources and Choices. 

This flyer below is also available here for download

TPCH General Council Meets November 9, 2023


Join us for the quarterly General Council meeting of the TPCH membership on Thursday, November 9, 2023.  This meeting will be held in person at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, located at 5049 E Broadway.

For a list of members eligible to vote in this meeting, see the TPCH Voting Member Roster linked below. 

Please note that the meeting will be 12:30pm - 2:30pm, followed by additional training opportunities 2:45pm - 4:15pm.

Summary Meeting Agenda

Roll Call and Consent Agenda

Jocelyn Muzzin, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

Community Celebrations

Jocelyn Muzzin, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

CoC Lead Updates

Elaine MacPherson, Continuum of Care Lead Agency (City of Tucson)

Board Updates

Jocelyn Muzzin, Continuum of Care Board Chairperson

Financial Updates

Elaine MacPherson, Continuum of Care Lead Agency (City of Tucson)

TPCH Strategic Plan Update

Committee and Coalition Representatives

Committee and Coalition Updates

Committee and Coalition Representatives

Frequent User System Engagement (FUSE) Update and Next Steps Presentation

Chuck Peterson, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)

Ian Costello, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)

Dr. Keith Bentele, University of Arizona Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW)

New Business/Announcements

Group Discussion

Sessions Offered:

Frequent User System Engagement (FUSE) Data Design Breakout
(Facilitated by the Corporation for Supportive Housing and CoC Lead)

Frequent User System Engagement (FUSE) Program Design Breakout
(Facilitated by the Corporation for Supportive Housing and CoC Lead)

TPCH Supplemental Funding to Address Unsheltered Homelessness Orientation
(Presented by SNOFO Grantees: City of Tucson, Old Pueblo Community Services, and Community Bridges, Inc.)

Download the Meeting Materials:

TPCH General Council Meeting Draft Agenda (November 2023)

TPCH Voting Member Roster as of November 2023

TPCH General Council Meeting Minutes (August 2023)

 

Attending the FUSE Breakout sessions? Explore FUSE materials from projects in other communities here:

Multnomah County FUSE Report 

Medicaid Housing Related Services

CSH Case Study - Denver

Initial Findings - FUSE 10 Year Report 

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