Voting Member – Sustaining Organization or Individual – financially supporting
There are benefits of being a Sustaining Organization or PAID member of the Mid Florida Homeless Coalition FL520 Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Sumter Counties Continuum of Care.
- Individuals & all employees of Paid Member Organizations will receive a 25% discount on all workshops held by Mid Florida Homeless Coalition.
- Ability to apply for or receive grant funds through Mid Florida Homeless Coalition.
- Sustaining Members Logo added to MFHC website.
- You can become, through MFHC, more effective in: Advocating for the rights of the homeless population; encouraging coordination and collaboration of available resources so as to maximize utilization and promote efficiency; and sustaining diversion and prevention initiatives.
Voting Member – Community Organization or Individual
Individuals or organizations can be a member of the Mid Florida Homeless Coalition FL520 Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Sumter Counties Continuum of Care. Individuals or organizations can and are encouraged to attend Committee Meetings as well as Membership Meetings, provide input, vote on Committee items, and vote on new or renewing Governing Board Members. Only one person may vote on behalf of an organization on any one item. Once accepted as a member of this organization, membership will continue until the individual or organization resigns or is removed. Organizations are asked to notify Mid Florida Homeless Coalition, Inc. if the Contact person for the organization changes.
Continuum of Care
The Continuum of Care (CoC) program is designed to assist sheltered and unsheltered homeless people by providing the housing and/or services needed to help participants move into transitional and permanent housing, with the goal of long-term stability.
Specifically, 24 CFR part 578.1 of the CoC Program interim rule states that the primary purpose of the CoC Program is to:
- Promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness;
- Provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, and local governments to re-house homeless individuals and families rapidly while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities as a consequence of homelessness;
- Promote access to and effective use of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families;
- Optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.