Community Announcements
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Register Now for MHC’s 2017 ESG Program Application Workshop
Mississippi Home Corporation will be hosting its annual ESG Program Application Workshop at the following date and location:
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5 Thoughts on Street Outreach to Housing
Iain DeJong, President & CEO of OrgCode Consulting, shared some of his thoughts concerning the process of transitioning homeless individual through street outreach to housing.
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Register for the 2017 Annual Membership Meeting
The Mississippi Balance of State Continuum of Care (MS BoS CoC) will hold its Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, June 8, 2017 starting at 10 AM. This meeting will include presentations, reports, as well as news and notes for the continuum.
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Trump Administration’s Budget Blueprint: What it means for Homelessness
President Trump released his “skinny budget,” today. The proposed cuts to programs that help poor and low-income people are enormous, and the increases small. This budget proposal starts off the Fiscal Year 2018 budget season, and there will be lots of back and forth with Congress and opportunities for you to weigh in.
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RESCHEDULED: Southwest Regional Coalition – March 2017
The Southwest Regional Coalition meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 21st has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 23rd.
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Dr. Ben Carson Sworn In As HUD Secretary
Dr. Ben S. Carson, Sr. was sworn in today as the 17th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office with Secretary Carson’s wife Candy and granddaughter Tesora holding the bible. Secretary Carson will now lead a cabinet agency with approximately 8,000 employees…
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PUBLIC HEARINGS ANNOUNCEMENT: State of Mississippi 2017 Annual Action Plan
The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) and The Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) will conduct public hearings to obtain input from citizens for the development of the 2017 Annual Action Plan.
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Funding Opportunity: Department of Justice’s Specialized Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance for Service Providers
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applicants to provide intensive human trafficking training and technical assistance to service providers in one of two purpose areas…
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PIT Follow-Up Information
PIT Survey Submission There are two ways to submit your initial survey data to the MS Balance of State CoC: By Email: Surveys can be scanned and emailed to pitcount@muteh.org OR to the PIT Coordinator Reginald Glenn (rglenn@muteh.org). By Fax: Surveys can be faxed to MUTEH’s Office via the following number:(866) 551.0916 Initial submissions must be sent to us by the deadline of Friday, February 3rd. In addition,…
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Today is the day! ARE YOU IN?
The 2017 Point-In-Time Count is happening all this week January 23rd-27th across the Balance of State. The reference period for the count will be January 23rd @ 12AM until January 24th @ 12AM. The MS Balance of State CoC wants to adequately supply all volunteers with sufficient resources to have a successful and thorough count.…