The next combined meeting of Homelessness Ended through Local Partners (H.E.L.P.) and Clergy and People for Workforce Housing will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 9, 2013 at the Ocean County Library in Toms River. (The meeting will be in the "Home Town Dairy Room" on the second floor. The address of the library is 101 Washington Street, Toms River.
It is right across from the Court House. Parking can be found on the
street in front of the building or in the parking garage behind it.)
As always, all who are interested in addressing the critical, related problems of homelessness and affordable housing
are welcome to attend.
Please join us, and invite others who share that concern.
Homelessness Ended through Local
Partners (H.E.L.P) and Clergy and People for Workforce Housing
Joint Meeting –
December 9, 2013
Agenda
1.
Introductions and information sharing
·
Review of
materials
·
Reports/discussion
re forum at Georgian Court and event at OC Library in TR (Pam,
Ginger, Rosemary and others)
2. Tent
City/homelessness/affordable housing report and discussion:
·
current status of
Tent City settlement and litigation overall
·
current status of
endeavor to produce (a) shelter/”Lodge”/emergency housing center and (b) long-term
affordable/supportive housing
·
use of revised
power point as a follow-up advocacy tool
·
presence and advocacy at Special Response/Board of
Social Services
3.
Other
proposed events and actions:
·
Report on effort to have clergy preach sermons on Dec. 21/22 addressing homelessness and calling for
action/advocacy (Ginger)
·
Discussion and final preparations and assignments for
“candlelight vigil” on 12/21
o
Location, time,
parking, microphone, other logistics, etc.
o
Purpose and goal:
message, speakers, actions/advocacy efforts to ask people to accomplish, etc. (calls
to Freeholders and Mayors, etc. re need for shelter, establishment of Homeless
Trust Fund, need for permanent supportive/affordable housing, etc.; distribution/collection of pledge cards
re attending meetings, making calls, etc.; other)
o
Getting the work
out: flyers, newspaper articles, other
publicity, distribution of same, etc.
o
Materials,
handouts, other information distribution
o
Other
·
Appropriate/possible responses to Freeholder comments
re Tent City / homelessness at 12/4 public meeting
·
Initial discussion of other possible follow-up events: attend public
meetings of county/local governments; private meetings; call/postcard
campaigns; a facilitated “working” conference emphasizing causes
of the problem and, by the end of the event, producing a draft outline of a
plan to implement effective solutions; other
4. Review of ongoing developments
regarding the post-Sandy rebuilding effort.
5. Other
issues and concerns
6. Set
next meeting date and adjourn
