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SRCEH's mission is to end and prevent homelessness in the Sacramento region through policy analysis, community education, civic engagement, collective organizing and advocacy
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 August, 2014
In This Issue
SAVE THE DATES

10th Anniversary of the Northern CA/Central Valley Homeless Roundtable

August 28, 2014

9 am- 3 pm

West Sacramento Community Center,

1075 West Capitol Ave, West Sacramento

$15 registration fee

To Register

 

Strategic Action Planning Summit 

September 9, 2014 - [time & location TBA]-

Sacramento Steps Forward, with Homebase as consultants, is leading a planning process to update the Sacramento CoC's 2007 Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

For more information

 

Sacramento Homeless Connect

October 25, 2014 

10 am - 3 pm

Sacramento City College

For more information
What you Need to Know about the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act [WIOA] - formerly known as WIA [Workforce Investment Act], recently signed into law by President Obama:
WIOA, according to USICH, helps  ensure that people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness have improved employment opportunities by:
1.  recognizing people experiencing homelessness as a specific population with barriers to employment;
2.  reinforcing the intent of the workforce system to assist people with significant barriers to employment - removing perceived disincentives for serving those with greatest needs for support;
3.  increasing local coordination and flexibility to meet the unique needs of people experiencing homelessness and regional job skill demand.
RESOURCES
Responding to Transgender Victims of Sexual Assault:

New online guide published by Department of Justice [DOJ] - 

A tool to promote understanding of, support for and responses to transgender victims of sexual assault - for service providers, first responders & healthcare providers.

Homeless & Low Income Voter Engagement Training
 
 
 September 4, 2014
10 am - Noon
Habitat for Humanity
819 North 10th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
 
TOPICS
  • Do's & Don't's for Nonprofits
  • Homeless Voter Registration made easy
  • Legal Rights & Responsibilities
  • Moving from voter registration to voter education to Get Out the Vote [GOTV]
  • Proposition 47: Reduced Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative

To register:

Email name, organization to Bob Erlenbusch, bob@srceh.org or call 916-993-7708

 

Cosponsored by Sacramento Area Congregations Together [ACT] 
Make it Easy for Homeless People to Vote on
November 4, 2014
BECOME A
POLLING SITE!
Sacramento County Election is always looking for polling sites.  Get involved and 
make a difference!

 

Minimum requirements:

1.  Minimum space requirement for a  polling place is 18 by 20 feet;

2.  One electrical outlet must be available for use;

3.  Accessible to voters with disabilities;

4.  Facility must be available to the precinct board from 6am - 10 pm Election Day [11/4/2104]. Voting hours are 7am - 8am;

5.  Must be free of any activities that will interfere with the voting process;

6.  Sacramento County will pay $50.00 for the use of the facility.

 

Email Precinct Operations Now!

 
Housing California
Wants to Hear from You!
If you are part of a local Continuum of Care [CoC] or homeless collaborative and would like to learn how you can impact your state policymakers in crafting solutions to the problems you encounter serving people experiencing homelessness, contact John Bauters, Housing CA's Policy Director - Homelessness-  and find your voice in state government!
John Bauters, 916-287-9886 or Email
 
Paycheck to Paycheck Nominated for an Emmy Award
PayCheck to Paycheck: The Life & Times of Katrina Gilbert  
The documentary, which follows a Tennessee single mother as she struggles to support 3 young children on $9.49 an hour working at a nursing home, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award [the awards ceremony will be broadcast on NBC, August 25, 2014].
 
Sacramento's Karen Skelton served as coordinating producer for the documentary and is editor-in-chief and CEO of the Shriver Report, a nonprofit media initiative focused on issues affecting women led by Maria Shriver.
 
CALL TO ACTION:
Homeless Children & Youth Act of 2014 
Sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Feinstein [D-CA], Sen. Portman [R-OH] and Sen. Begich [D-AK] and in the House of Representatives by Congressman Stivers [R-OH-15] and Congressman Miller [CA-CA-11], it would make it easier for homeless families and unaccompanied homeless youth to receive HUD homeless assistance
 
Runaway & Homeless Youth Trafficking & Prevention Act
Introduced by Senators Leahy [D-VT] & Collins [R-ME], this bill reauthorizes the Runaway & Homeless Youth Act and makes critical updates to enable these programs to serve unaccompanied homeless youth as well

National Campaign for Youth Shelter
An immediate federal commitment to add 22,000 youth shelter beds - a five fold increase & a comprehensive effort to count the number of homeless children & youth
 
National Campaign to Restore Housing Voucher Funding
National campaign to restore the 70,000 housing choice vouchers that Congress cut during the sequestration. Cutting these vouchers during a housing crisis was irresponsible,  and we can not allow the current funding to be the new baseline for funding in the next budget. 
Join the grassroots campaign to restore the housing voucher funding.
Training Opportunities
Health Care for the Homeless Regional Training
August 14-16, 2014
University of California, Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus
 
Violence Against Women Act [VAWA] of 2103 - Housing Protections for Survivors - Free Webinar -
August 21, 2014, 2 PM [EST]
Presented by National Housing Law Project -
topics include legal protections, advocacy strategies and practical tips for protecting survivors
 
Corporation for Supportive Housing - Supportive Housing Center Training Center:

Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness
| 916-993-7708 |
1331 Garden Highway, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95833
 




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