Coalition Board Chair Welcomes
Marilyn Brown as President & CEO 

I am delighted to introduce you to the inaugural issue of our new e-newsletter, Coalition Communique. We appreciate your readership - only through education and advocacy can we make a real difference in reducing and eliminating homelessness in our community. I hope you enjoy the articles you read here today, and I look forward to seeing many of you at our upcoming Three Decades of Achievement celebratory lunch on Friday, April 5. Read more about the event in another article in this issue.

Marilyn Brown

I would also like to announce some very good news for our organization. Marilyn Brown, who has been serving in an Interim capacity for the past year, has accepted the permanent position as the President & CEO of the Coalition. Marilyn has worked in the nonprofit, corporate and government sectors throughout her career. Not a native Houstonian, Marilyn was transferred to Houston in the late 90s when she worked for BFI, Inc. She later worked as Director of Community Relations for Waste Management, Inc. Moving back into the nonprofit world, Marilyn worked at the Greater Houston Community Foundation and was the President & CEO of Leadership Houston. Her love of community led her to law school at the University of Houston Law Center, graduating in December 2010. She has a B.S. in Education from the University of Tennessee and an M.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Memphis.

The Homeless Services Coordinating Council will conduct its monthly meeting April 3, 2013 from 8:30 to 10:00 am at the MHMRA Conference Center, 7033 Southwest Freeway between Bellaire and Hilcroft. Registration and networking breakfast is from 8 to 8:30am. The meeting will feature a spotlight on Goodwill's Community Rehabilitative Services Program and crucial updates on the CoC action plan. Attendance and membership is free to CoC housing and services providers. For more information contact the Director of Community Engagement, Gary Grier at ggrier@homelesshouston.org

Through its Texas Foundations Fund program, the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC) partners with non-profit organizations and rural government entities across Texas to support housing services that meet the critical housing needs of very low-income Texans. TSAHC selects partners through an annual competitive application process and provides awards of up to $50,000 to support partners' housing service programs. Click here to see the draft of their application process.