2019-2021 STATE FUNDING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (19-21 RFP)
February 14, 2019 The 19-21 RFP is focused on improving the quality and capacity of the Charlotte County Continuum of Care’s Homeless Response System. Click the image below to view the full presentation
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Thank You To All Who Attended The 2019 Leader Award Breakfast!
February 4, 2019 Thank you to our sponsors: WellCare Health Plans, Jewish Family & Children’s Services, Charlotte Behavioral Health Care, Virginia B. Andes Volunteer Community Clinic, Grafico Industries, Charlotte Community Foundation, and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. Thank you to our partners: Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce and Charlotte County Economic Development. Thank...
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2019 Leader Award Winners!
January 31, 2019 The Gulf Coast Partnership would like to extend a special thank you to our sponsors: WellCare Health Plans, Jewish Family & Children’s Services, Charlotte Behavioral Health Care, Virginia B. Andes Volunteer Community Clinic, Grafico Industries, Charlotte Community Foundation, and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. Annual Breakfast and Community Leader Awards...
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RFP for State Funding Issued
January 29, 2019 GCP Stakeholders, The Gulf Coast Partnership – Request for Proposals (RFP) for State Funding issued. Please find the document attached. Feel free to share with anyone who may be interested. Thank you, Angie Click to expand document
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Homeless Count reveals Charlotte’s invisible population
January 27, 2019 By RUSTY PRAY Sun Correspondent - Detective Matt Woelk was on the hunt for Jimmy. The Punta Gorda Police Department officer was taking part Thursday in the Point in Time Homeless Count with Lt. Justin Davoult and two volunteers. Woelk met Jimmy a few times and had developed a soft...
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January 22, 2019 Join fellow community leaders at the Annual Breakfast and Leader Awards hosted by Gulf Coast Partnership & Together Charlotte! WHEN: Friday, February 1st from 8AM-10AM WHERE: Isles Yacht Club - 1780 West Marion Avenue, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 (View Map) What: Once a year, the Gulf Coast Partnership accepts nominations...
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Understanding our ‘shadow population’
January 19, 2019 Volunteers prepare to count homeless people in the community By RUSTY PRAY SUN CORRESPONDENT It’s about more than counting heads. The Point in Time Homeless Count, scheduled for the evening of Jan. 23 and the morning of Jan. 24, is a full survey of the sheltered and unsheltered homeless population...
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HUD is trying to help thousands of low-income renters amid shutdown
January 14, 2019 The Department of Housing and Urban Development is hoping to find roughly $15 million to renew 170 contracts with private building owners who rent to poor Americans. HUD is hoping to use existing funds to renew the contracts, which expired prior to last month's partial government shutdown. The shutdown has...
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2018 Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day Vigil
January 9, 2019 Last month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress which stated that on a single night in 2018, approximately 552,830 individuals across the country were identified as experiencing homelessness, a 0.3 percent increase from the previous year. Sadly,...
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2019 Point-In-Time (PIT) Count Volunteers Needed
December 13, 2018 The 2019 Point In Time (PIT) Count is the annual count of homeless persons in Charlotte County. This count is done in order to help inform federal, state, and local governments on the current state of homelessness and directly influences the amount of funding allocated to prevent and end homelessness...
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Homelessness Rises More Quickly Where Rent Exceeds a Third of Income
December 12, 2018 Communities where people spend more than 32 percent of their income on rent can expect a more rapid increase in homelessness. Income growth has not kept pace with rents, leading to an affordability crunch with cascading effects that, for people on the bottom economic rung, increases the risk of homelessness....
Read More CHARLOTTE HOMELESS PERSONS’ MEMORIAL DAY VIGIL
December 10, 2018 Friday, December 21 at 6:45pm (Gilchrist Park’s large pavilion) Charlotte County, FL – The public is invited to gather in honor of those homeless and formerly homeless Charlotte County residents who passed away during 2018. Charlotte County’s Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day Vigil, an annual event observed across the Nation, will...
Read MoreOnce a year, the Gulf Coast Partnership conducts a survey of the community to receive nominations for employers and educational institutions who enrich the lives of homeless and extremely low-income people in Charlotte County through employment, and supported employment programs such as work training, internships, and apprenticeships so they can...
Read More 2019 Point-In-Time (PIT) Dates Announced
November 28, 2018 How many people are currently homeless in the United States? How many of them are families, youth, or veterans? The answers to these questions and more can be answered by point-in-time counts. A point-in-time count is an unduplicated count on a single night of the people in a community who...
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Looking to make your Thanksgiving extra memorable? Try volunteering!
November 21, 2018 There are many things to be thankful for this holiday season, and a great way to show our appreciation is by giving back to those in our community. There are many wonderful organizations that count on volunteers to help bring joy and happiness to others. On September 26th of this...
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Congratulations to Gulf Coast Partnership’s CEO, Angela Hogan!
November 16, 2018 Angela Hogan of the Gulf Coast Partnership and Louise Hubbard of the Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council have been announced as the first appointees to the Florida Coalition for the Homeless Advisory Board. The newly formed Florida Coalition Advisory Board will be comprised of former Board Members and other persons...
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Home, Together: Read the Plan
November 15, 2018 Home. Because we know that the only true end to homelessness is a safe and stable place to call home. Together. Because the solutions are going to take all of us working together. Read the plan. usich.gov/home-together #HomeTogether Home, Together: Read the Plan from USICH on Vimeo.
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2018 Together Charlotte Housing Report
October 25, 2018 The purpose of the 2018 Together Charlotte Housing Report is to address the brewing housing crisis in Charlotte County. A consortium of community organizations must work together, in response to a growing and urgent need in Charlotte County for housing. The report focuses on creating a vision for housing by...
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The Gulf Coast Partnership has been hosting a 7 week Community Case Management Training Series in an effort to provide our community partners with the tools they need to effectively assist our most vulnerable homeless residents exit out of homelessness and enter into housing. Today, we were honored to have...
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Coordinated Entry is a process that allows access, assessment, prioritization, and referral for homeless persons to housing based on needs and vulnerability. We are excited to launch the new Access Point Locator on the Gulf Coast Partnership website at https://gulfcoastpartnership.org/access-points/. This tool allows users to search for open One Charlotte...
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