Workforce Development
Leadership Team:
Charter:
- Increase income through employment
Goals:
- Get 10 organizations enlisted in the 253Works Job Club program
- Organize 3 Hire253 hiring fairs
- Increase Hiring success at Hire253 to 30% of all attendees
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Advocacy
Leadership Team:
Charter:
- Advocate for better laws, policies and funding around housing and homelessness
Goals:
- Organize and conduct 3 candidate forums for 2018 Primary
- Connect to 4 other key advocacy groups around homeless issues
- Develop selected policy and funding action agenda for Pierce County, Tacoma and 2019 WA State Legislature
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Innovative Shelter Team
Team Website:
Leadership Team:
Charter:
- Increase temporary and permanent shelter stock for individuals with very low income
Goals
- Protect current low income housing stock, particularly sunsetting housing programs
- Identify rural tiny house village site and agency to fundraise for and operate site
- Establish 2 tiny houses as low-income DADUs in urban village setting
- Identify city & county owned property to develop for permanent low income housing with emphasis on micro/shared housing, mobile home parks, permit camp-sites.
- Establish Tent City site and agency to fundraise for and operate site
- Advocate for other alternative, temporary shelter options: Safe Lot; Youth Shelter; Urban Rest-stop. Identify and support agencies that will consider offering such options.
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Daily Meaningful Activity
Leadership Team:
Charter:
- Increase housing retention and client stability with the newly housed, through DMA and intentional supportive socialization.
Goals
- Create comprehensive list of DMA ideas/activities and socialization ideas/resources.
- Develop a Mentoring program with periodic care conferences are recommended.
- Maintain continuity of support, beginning with Stability Site (or wherever), through home placement.
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Eviction Mitigation
Leadership Team:
Charter:
- Deduce number of evictions and the long-term impacts of evictions
Goals
- Code Changes – gather support data to support code change recommendations
- Develop Eviction Outreach Program.
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Racial Equity
Leadership Team:
Charter:
Goals
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