Housing/Advocacy Committee
2024-04-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-05-08 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-06-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-07-10 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Virtual
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Task Force Meeting
2024-04-11 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-09 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-13 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-11 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Mann Center (In-Person) & Virtual (Zoom), 507 N Steele St. 2nd Floor, Sanford, NC, 27330, United States
The Task Force and Committees

Creating a coordinated and comprehensive approach to end homelessness.One Task Force | Two committeesCORE | Housing | Service Provision

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Main S3 Task Force
Chair: Tamara BroganVice Chair: Ruth PriceMeeting date and time: Second Thursday of each month at 4 PM

Partner with agencies to find, write and secure grants to provide and expand services
Strengthen our committee structure/leadership
Create and maintain open lines of communication with all parties involved —S3 agencies, target population,and the community as a whole
Continue to build trusting relationships with each other and various participating agencies
Recognition and respect for individuals and agencies
Willingness to listen and appreciate the concerns of community stakeholders by building trust in our relationships

Previous meetings can be found below. Click on a meeting to see the meeting agenda and minutes from past meetings.

December 202511 December Task Force MeetingDecember 11, 2025 November 202513 November Task Force MeetingNovember 13, 2025 October 202509 October Task Force MeetingOctober 9, 2025Load More

Coordination, Outreach, Resources, and Engagement (CORE) Committee
Focuses on the front end of the system of shelter and services
Co-Chairs: Cindy Hall, Kendra MartinMeeting date and time: First Tuesday of Each month at 3 PM

Create and maintain open lines of communication with all parties involved —S3 agencies, target population,and the community as a whole
Focus on housing first
Redefine coordinated entry that works
Redefine low barrier
Case conferencing for agencies involved in order to increase communication
Develop processes, procedures and guidelines about how we treat each other and our clients
Substance Abuse Resources – Harm Reduction and other best practices

Previous meetings can be found below. Click on a meeting to see the meeting agenda and minutes from past meetings.

August 202427 August Learn & Share Ideas About Lack of Affordable Housing in Lee CountyAugust 27, 2024 June 202425 June Learn & Share Ideas About Lack of Affordable Housing in Lee CountyJune 25, 2024 May 202424 May NC BoS CoC Emergency Transfer PlanMay 24, 2024Load More

Housing/Advocacy Committee
Staff by Beth from Partners for ImpactFocuses on the development of Permanent Supporting Housing and low-income housing.
Co-Chairs: Bob Hughes, Gabby Murillo AndersonMeeting date and time: Second Wednesday of each month at 10 AM

Stay focused on the lack of housing
Advocating and getting the community more involved to meet needs and close gaps
Maintain our credibility through our visibility and advocacy for our efforts to allay homelessness/poverty issues

Previous meetings can be found below. Click on a meeting to see the meeting agenda and minutes from past meetings.

December 202509 December S3 Housing Advocacy Action GroupDecember 9, 2025 November 202511 November S3 Housing Advocacy Action GroupNovember 11, 2025 October 202514 October S3 Housing Advocacy Action GroupOctober 14, 2025Load More

Past Committees

When S3 Housing Connect was originally established, six committed were created to provide expertise and/or input on specific issues related to homelessness. Four of those original committees have ceased to meet. However, you can find archived notes by clicking double-clicking on the committee title.

Data and Metrics
The overall goal of the Data and Metrics Committee is to create a series of measurable goals and timetables to motivate and guide the plan.
The committee is tasked to utilize the NC Homeless Management Information System and possibly other data sources to develop reporting out mechanisms and a dashboard for the website. The committee is asked to determine and validate baseline numbers and draft measurable goals for review and approval by the governing body. The committee is directed to adopt the definition of homelessness by HUD for its work.

Low Barrier Shelter
The overall goal of the Low Barrier Shelter Committee is to support the establishment of a low-barrier shelter. Initially, this will mean helping to support the opening of a “white flag” shelter for the 2017-2018 winter months.
On a longer-term basis, the committee is tasked with helping identify suitable sites for a permanent, year-round shelter. The committee is expected to interact with the Service Provision Committee to ensure essential linkage between outreach, shelter, and permanent housing is reflected in the shelter operating plan. Additionally, the committee will assist and support the development of volunteer activities and needed in-kind services for shelter and work with the Community Engagement Committee to solicit such items.

Resource Development
The overall goal of the Resource Development Committee is to seek remedies to gaps in services and housing by identifying and seeking resources to meet the need. The committee is tasked to help identify and secure needed funds, both cash and in-kind, from both public and private sources.

Service Provision Committee
It is our goal to identify existing services and support for the homeless as well as gaps in those services and supports and bring those resources into a coordinated, community-wide plan. We are tasked to focus on key areas such as outreach and engagement with those experiencing unsheltered homelessness; coordinate intake and assessment; prevention and diversion; and other social services.

NLIHC's Our Homes, Our Votes 2024
2024-04-15 14:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
The National Low Income Housing Coalition provides resources, tools, and trainings to housing advocates, housing providers, direct services organizations, and tenant leaders who are dedicated to boosting voter turnout among low-income renters in their communities. Showing elected officials that low-income renters are a powerful voting constituency is essential to advancing racially and socially equitable housing policies at the federal, state, and local levels. To provide detailed information on the components of a nonpartisan election campaign, NLIHC hosts a series of webinars in federal election years. These discussions will feature experts and advocates with frontline experience in election efforts.

The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 webinar series will launch on Monday, April 15, at 2:30pm ET. The webinar dates and topics are listed below. All webinars will be held from 2:30 to 3:30pm ET.
Register for the webinar series here.

Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 Kickoff

The same communities that face the greatest barriers to securing stable, accessible, affordable homes also face the greatest barriers to voting. This webinar will kick off the Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 webinar series with an overview of the connection between housing justice and political participation, the effectiveness of nonpartisan voter engagement campaigns, and why housing and homelessness advocates should get involved in the 2024 election cycle.
Click here for the webinar recap, recording, and presentation slides.

Learn & Share Ideas About Lack of Affordable Housing in Lee County
2024-04-30 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | T&M Event Center, 801 Wicker St., Sanford, NC, 27330, United States
S3 Housing Connect’s Housing/Advocacy Committee will be holding its 2nd community dialogue around the lack of affordable housing in the City of Sanford and Lee County. This discussion will be an opportunity to share information around what is actually available in the area regarding affordable housing, statistics on Fair Market Rent, what actions can be taken to increase the affordable housing inventory, and how citizens can participate in advocacy.
Register Here: https://forms.gle/LjVxfH6ojrD9qBDi9

NC BoS Homeless Assessment and Referral Tool (HART) Training
2024-05-16 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
With great excitement, the NC BoS Equity Core Team announces the rollout of the new NC BoS Coordinated Entry Assessment. After 2+ years of planning, creating, and piloting, the NC BoS CoC will transition from the VI-SPDAT to the Homeless Assessment and Referral Tool (HART). All providers currently conducting VI-SPDATs with their clients are highly encouraged to attend.
Login information will be emailed to registrants 1 day before the training.

NC BoS CoC Emergency Transfer Plan
2024-05-24 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
North Carolina Balance of State Continuum of Care (NC-503) Emergency Transfer Plan for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking, or Human Trafficking.
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Housing Matters 2 NC Podcast
2024-05-28 09:45 - 10:00, 2024-06-11 09:45 - 10:00, 2024-06-18 09:45 - 10:00, 2024-06-25 09:45 - 10:00, 2024-07-02 09:45 - 10:00, 2024-07-09 09:45 - 10:00, 2024-07-16 09:45 - 10:00, 2024-07-23 09:45 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Phone
Welcome to the new Housing Matters 2 NC Podcast with the latest news and information for the housing movement in North Carolina. With changes that impact your work happening daily, we’re here to make sure that you stay up to date on the news no matter where you are. The podcast will include the audio from each week’s Housing Call that we host every Tuesday at 9:45 AM, so if you are unable to make the call, you will have another chance to listen in.
Number: (267) 807-9605
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Previous Calls: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fwGYnkaagGq4L1OUY07v5

NLIHC's Tenant Talk Live - Monthly Call
2024-06-03 06:00 - 19:30, 2024-07-01 06:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Join resident leaders and the National Low-Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) staff for the next Tenant Talk Live webinar to discuss how you can advocate for needed resources and other protections for people experiencing homelessness and low-income renters in your community. NLIHC staff will provide updates on what is being done at the federal level to address the affordable housing crisis, discuss issues and efforts from around the country, share ways you can take action, and answer questions.
Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcOmqqD0oH9aHFO8inZoX4ZuDrAEiFO_m#/registration
2024 Dates & Times

Jun 3, 2024 06:00 PM
Jul 1, 2024 06:00 PM
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Sep 2, 2024 06:00 PM
Oct 7, 2024 06:00 PM
Nov 4, 2024 06:00 PM
Dec 2, 2024 06:00 PM

NCCEH Lived Expertise Advisory Council
2024-06-14 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
The purpose of the NC BoS Lived Expertise Advisory Council (LEAC) is to improve the provision of services to people experiencing homelessness, and the policies that govern these services, across the NC Balance of State CoC through insights and expertise that come from people experiencing homelessness firsthand.
Lived Expertise Advisory Council
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Policies to Expand Equity-Oriented Affordable Housing: Opportunities and Cautions from Recent Research
2024-06-18 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Register Here: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/4609825/01EBB32AADFB312BDE38E865A14EFFF0
Safe, stable, and dignified housing is a key social determinant of health and well-being. But ensuring that affordable housing is accessible to everyone has remained a formidable challenge for our nation.
The Urban Institute, in collaboration with Policies for Action (P4A), a signature research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, invites you to join a robust discussion about equity-oriented affordable housing. This event will include a wide array of researchers, policymakers, advocates, and other stakeholders to explore housing policies that create meaningful impact on racial and health equity. P4A research grantees will share highlights of their latest housing policy research as a starting point for discussing what could be on the horizon for new or improved equity-oriented housing policy solutions.
Opening Remarks

Solomon Greene, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Janneke Ratcliffe, Vice President for Housing Finance Policy, Urban Institute

Panel 1: Evidence on State and Local Planning Policies

Aaron Barrall, Housing Data Analyst, Lewis Center for Regional Policies Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Noah Kazis, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Law School
Noémie Sportiche, Researcher, Mathematica; Associate, Harvard University
Corianne Payton Scally, Senior Fellow, Research, Urban Institute (moderator)

Panel 2: Evidence on Outcomes for Households and Residents

Lisa Bates, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University
Christopher Donald, Executive Director and CEO, DC Housing Finance Agency
Haydar Kurban, Professor, Department of Economics and Director, Howard University Center of Excellent in Housing & Urban Research and Policy (CHURP)
Christina Plerhoples Stacy, Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute (moderator)

Panel 3: Key Insights and Reflections from the Real World

Colleen Green, Director of the DC Department of Housing and Community Development, Government of the District of Columbia
Helen McIlvaine, Director of Housing, City of Alexandria
Ingris Moran, Lead Organizer, Tenants and Workers United
Angie Rodgers, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Economic Development, Prince George’s County
Michael Neal, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute (moderator)

NCCEH Racial Equity Subcommittee
2024-06-19 11:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
The purpose of the Racial Equity subcommittee is to identify areas in NC Balance of State CoC’s policies that may contribute to racial disparities in access to and services from the homeless system and to recommend changes to them.
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83264838597?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 832 6483 8597

Rapid Re-Housing: A Proven Approach to Ending Homelessness
2024-06-20 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
An effective response to homelessness requires permanent housing solutions with enough flexibility and options to meet an entire community’s diverse housing needs. But meeting these needs is a real challenge amid the nationwide housing affordability crisis. Rapid Re-Housing, as a program model, has the potential to be flexible and adaptable at the system, program, and individual levels. In this webinar, hear from communities that are harnessing that flexibility to meet the moment and generate innovative and creative housing solutions.
Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t8sbbHK7RFaU8s9eHjEYtA#/registration

Learn & Share Ideas About Lack of Affordable Housing in Lee County
2024-06-25 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Trinity United Metodist Church, 503 Maple St., Sanford, 27330, United States
Please join us as we continue a series of community discussions around the lack of affordable housing in Sanford/Lee County. This will be an open dialogue where the S3 Housing/Advocacy Committee will share housing inventory data. Most importantly, this is an opportunity for the community to engage in constructive dialogue around solutions.
Register Here: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfvnYpRYZ…/formResponse

Southern Regional CFAC
2024-07-09 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Trillium Health Resources, 450 Country Club Rd., Lumberton, NC, 28360, United States
The second Tuesday of each month from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held in person at Trillium Health Resources, 450 Country Club Rd, Lumberton, NC 28360. A virtual option is available and can be accessed through the link below.

Join the MeetingCall In #: 415-655-0001Access Code: 2632 620 0512

Details: https://www.trilliumhealthresources.org/regional-operations

North Carolina Tenants Union - Landlord Research Workshop
2024-07-11 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | North Carolina Tenants Union, North Carolina
Want to learn how to gather information about the landlords operating in our communities? Join us for a Landlord Research Skills Workshop next Thursday, July 11th, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. online. Learn how to do strategic public records research in support of the tenant movement.
Registration is at bit.ly/NCTUworkshop. Questions about access or other needs? Email research@nctenantsunion.org.

NLIHC's Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 Webinar Series
2024-07-15 14:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
NLIHC’s nonpartisan Our Homes, Our Votes campaign aims to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue. This webinar series will train housing advocates, tenant leaders, and direct service providers to register, educate, and mobilize voters in their communities. Each webinar will cover a different topic at the intersection of nonpartisan civic engagement and housing justice.
Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FOd59Yw-R4KxUcnpYjsTXQ#/registration

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