Tacoma Pierce County Coalition to End Homelessness

The Tacoma Pierce County Coalition to End Homelessness is a loose network of individuals, non-profit agencies, government agencies, and community businesses working together to serve people experiencing homelessness. Our end goal is to help folks establish safe housing as quickly as possible and help them to retain that housing so their homeless episode is short and never repeated. We also work to address many of the factors that drive homelessness.

Coming Meetings and Events

Event
	Date: 1/28/2020 - 6:00 PM
	Location: Tacoma Public Library Downtown Branch
	Program: Convening by MDC, TMA and AM to work on possible shelter locations and how to best deploy volunteers to respond to people experiencing homelessness

Friday Provider Meeting
	Date: 1/31/2020 - 9:00 AM
	Location: The Salvation Army Church (1110 S Puget Sound Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405)
	Program: Tristia Bauman, with the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, a nationally known speaker, will discuss solutions to homelessness and recent work by the Center. The City of Tacoma will present on their Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) employment discrimination complaint resources and process.

Friday Provider Meeting
	Date: 2/7/2020 - 9:00 AM
	Location: The Salvation Army Church (1110 S Puget Sound Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405)
	Program: City of Tacoma Fair Housing Resources for tenants facing discriminatory practices. We will also learn about the Palmer Scholars Pathways program. Northwest Integrated Health will come and talk about their Medically Assisted Therapy program.

Friday Provider Meeting
	Date: 2/14/2020 - 9:00 AM
	Location: The Salvation Army Church (1110 S Puget Sound Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405)
	Program: Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care will come to discuss a new Homeless Assistance Voucher Pilot Program getting ready to launch in Pierce and Snohomish Counties. We have room for an additional presentation.

Friday Provider Meeting
	Date: 2/21/2020 - 9:00 AM
	Location: The Salvation Army Church (1110 S Puget Sound Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405)
	Program: Looking for Youth Themed Presentations

Friday Provider Meeting
	Date: 2/28/2020 - 9:15 AM
	Location: The Salvation Army Church (1110 S Puget Sound Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405)
	Program: We will hear about the Port Gamble S'Klallam Reentry Program, and innovative program providing supported employment to tribal members with criminal records. Learn about protecting our clients with a State program to identify and mitigate lead-based paint hazards. We might have room for an additional presentation.

Employment Event
	Date: 3/31/2020 - 10:00 AM
	Location: Goodwill's MWOC building - 714 S 27th St, Tacoma, WA 98409
	Program: Hire253 - Hiring fair focused on employment for people experiencing homelessness.