Membership Council – Minutes
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
10:00-11:30AM
Palm Square 2nd Floor Conference Room
Attendance: Terri Sabella (Behavioral Health); Vella Karman (City HHS); Marti Bier (City NHCD); Christy
Moffett (County HHS); Michelle Wilkinson (EasterSeals); Christine Banks (Private Funding); Susan
McDowell (LifeWorks); Monica Keller (VA); Julia Spann (Domestic Violence); Irit Umani (Trinity Center);
Jo Kathryn Quinn (Caritas); Mitchell Gibbs (Front Steps); Lisa Garcia (HACA); Darilynn Cardona-Beiler
(ATCIC); Blythe Plunkett (Ed/Outreach WG Chair); Natalie Metzger-Smit (LifeWorks)
March Minutes Approved w/ amendments to Title – Agenda to Minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Mandy DeMayo, Acting Chair
ECHO Update
Niki Paul, ECHO
 Reminder to RVSP for the upcoming Coalition Spring Meeting, May 1, 2015
HUD Continuum of Care Business
Niki Paul, ECHO
 ACTION: Adopt update in Austin/Travis County Membership Council Chair Slate
o Vote tabled until May meeting-need approval from CoC Stakeholders
 ACTION: Adopt new ECHO Task group (H2T)
o Moved to approve by Irit Umani. Second by Jo Kathryn Quinn. All in favor 18-0.
 ACTION: Adopt ECHO as HUD HMIS Agency Lead for 2015
o Moved to approve by Marti Bier. Second by Blythe Plunkett. All in favor 18-0
 Reviewed 2015 IRT Membership
o Need to have Membership Council approve project rankings for July meeting
 Reviewed Local NOFA Application Renewal Component Percentage Breakdown
o Irit proposed change – 55% project and 30% data; pending Sam Woollard’s recommendation
(invite to next Membership meeting)
o Comment:
 Recommendation to align local application with HUD application
 Are there other elements we can include other than capturing data? (i.e. comment
sections – more context)
 Coordinated Assessment prioritization (targeting hardest to serve) may weaken
outcomes with individuals not returning to the workforce and increasing income
 Agreed to review on May agenda w/ guidance from Sam W.
 Reviewed FY15 CoC Application Timeline
 Discussion:
o Community Funding Priorities Review
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Amend description to “Individuals, youth, and families who have experienced family
violence”
 HUD guidance requires a documented disability – correct “and/or”
 Replace third bullet with updated information/eventually include coordinated
assessment – understand what we are prioritizing vs. what our agencies are capable
of
o Tier policy for FY15-Do we allow a new project in Tier I?
 On a project basis
 Table discussion until Sam W. can attend
 De-obligated funds should be discussed in application
HUD Policy Adoption:
o Prioritizing Persons Experiencing Chronic Homelessness in Coordinated Assessment
 ACTION: Adopt for local CoC Policy
 Moved to adopt by Irit Umani. Second by Jo Kathryn Quinn. All in favor 16-0
o Create formal CoC Policy from here Appropriate Placement for Transgender Persons in
Single-Sex Emergency Shelter and Other Facilities
 ACTION: Adopt for local CoC Policy
 Moved to adopt by Christine Banks. Second by Marti Bier. All in favor 16-0.
Austin’s Plan to End Veteran Homelessness
Niki Paul and Tu Giang, ECHO
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 Housing Our Heroes: May 30th, September 14 , and October 24th-events arranged for
intensive outreach for Veteran homelessness
 OneKeyATX Campaign to help engage landlords
 Coordinated Assessment – greatly contributing to the success of getting veterans real-time
appointments/housed
ADJOURN
Acting Chair, Mandy DeMayo
Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 13th, 10am-11:30AM, Palm Square 2nd Floor Large Conference Room.
 Next Month: ACTION: Review 2015 IRT Membership and Appointment 2015 IRT Chair