The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness has just released criteria and benchmark for achieving the goal of ending chronic homelessness. The criteria and benchmark are intended to help communities build and fine-tune robust, coordinated systems to ensure that people experiencing chronic homelessness are on a path to permanent housing with tailored supportive services as…
During the MS Balance of State (BoS) Continuum of Care (CoC) Annual Meeting, CoC Coordinator Reginald Glenn gave a presentation analyzing the PIT Count for the State of Mississippi. This presentation contains data for sheltered and unsheltered persons, as well as homeless subpopulations. This presentation will be continued and tailored for the CoC Regional Coalitions.
concerning the business, initiatives, and events of the Mississippi Balance of State. See the report below
MS Balance of State CoC is accepting applications for the 2017-2018 Continuum of Care funding cycle! This funding will renew/fund projects that have end dates in 2017 and continue through 2018.
Earlier today, Secretary Julián Castro announced $355 million to more than 1,200 local homeless housing and service programs across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This funding includes $725,424 to support 7 local homeless housing and service programs in Mississippi. These Continuum of Care (CoC) grants support the Obama Administration’s efforts…
The Mississippi Balance of State Continuum of Care (MS BoS CoC) will hold an Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, June 9, 2016 starting at 10 AM. This meeting will include presentations as well as an introduction to the CoC Coordinated Entry Systems Implementation. To register for the event, scroll to the form below or click…
JACKSON, MS – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro today awarded $4,718,822 to support 27 local homeless housing and service programs in Mississippi.
Christian Services of Hattiesburg, MS is sponsoring a March For Meals 5K, Walk or Rock benefiting their Meals on Wheels Program. The race will happen Saturday, March 5, 2016. Registration starts […]
Thank you to all who are participating in the 2016 Point-in-Time Count! We appreciate everyone who volunteered (or is volunteering) to make this count successful. Survey numbers are coming in from all over our coverage area, and we look forward to creating valuable reports that will be produced by the data received from your efforts.…
The 2016 Point-In-Time Count is happening all this week January 25th-29th across the Balance of State. The reference period for the count will be January 25th @ 12AM until January 26th @ 12AM. The […]