Boise/Ada County Homeless Coalition 2020 Speakers and Presentations
February
- Kendra Knighten, Policy Specialist, Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy—legislative update
- Podcast: What city of Olympia WA has done about homelessness in their town
- Howard Belodoff—Report on Martin v. City of Boise and implications and responses in Olympia
March
- Updates from IHFA Conference on Housing and Economic Development—
- Keynote: Economist: Elliot Eisenberg, Motivational Speaker: What you do matters. Collaborative Housing Initiatives. Wells Fargo investing $1 billion in Idaho
- Jarrett: Breakouts: Opportunity zones—tax incentives. Supportive Housing That Works Keynotes: Pollical Analysist. Law updates on Section 6 and Sec 8
- Neysa: Alternative Approaches to Affordable Housing (Windy Court); Housing and Health Care (St. Al’s); Comm. Health Needs Assessment, (Women in Leadership).
- Dana Oster from BSU (not at meeting to report)
- Peg: Social Media, How hoarding can affect landlords and how to deal with it. Housing & Health Care. And Landscaping.
April—First Zoom Meeting because Covid-19
- Agency Updates—Covid fallout and supports
May
- Jodi Petersen-Stigers, Interfaith Sanctuary
- Agency Updates (re: COVID pandemic)
August
- Gary Hanes, Love your Neighbor Committee report and PowerPoint presentation
- Pam Romer, Update from Ridenbaugh Apartments—affordable housing units threatened
September
- Rebecca Lemmons, St. Al’s, Community Needs Assessment, completed this year by St. Al’s and United Way
October
- Jenna Sheldon, “Idaho Strong,” FEMA COVID Response through the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. COVID Help Now Line.
Boise/Ada County Homeless Coalition 2020 Activities and Accomplishments The Covid-19 Lockdown Year
January
- Continuation of the 2019 Annual Meeting–Elections
- Summary of Goals for the Year
February
- Planning for showing Invisible Class—parties to invite, possible venue
[plans later aborted because Covid-19]
March
- MAP updated on www.homelesscoalitionboise.com
- Letter Writing Campaign organized by Development Committee so that affordable housing is regularly in the public awareness
- Executive Committee members attended IHFA Conference on Housing and Economic Development
- By-Laws updated, presented, and approved
- Financial Policy Document of best practices (by Jarrett Rummel, Treasurer) created, presented, and approved
June
- 100 reusable water bottles printed with Homeless Coalition Logo distributed in late June Reordered 250 in July and distributed in early August
November
- Denise Caruzzi led a brainstorming session to set priorities for an expanded vision and to identify leaders for the coming year