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Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida Homelessness Partnership Agreement in the amount of $72,614 for FY 2026/27 for the continuation of advocacy services for the homeless population in Seminole County. Countywide (Allison Thall, Community Services Director)
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Division:
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Community Services - Community Assistance
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Authorized By:
Allison Thall, Community Services Director
Contact/Phone Number:
Carrie Longsworth/407-665-2389
Background:
As the lead agency, Homeless Services Network of Central Florida (HSN) performs coordination, planning, and administrative functions for the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness (CFCH) and Continuum of Care (COC) partner agencies who provide direct crisis, recovery, and housing services to homeless individuals and families in Seminole County.
The funding awarded to Homeless Services Network of Central Florida (HSN), will further the production of good data, best practices and funding trends, critical to the development and implementation of action strategies for Seminole County and the central Florida region to help those who are homeless. HSN will:
• Serve as the primary advocate organization for the needs of the homeless in Central Florida and forcefully advance plausible solutions to ending homelessness in the region;
• Increase Collective Impact work to encompass youth homelessness around the region;
• Work with jurisdictions to make systemwide changes and improvements based on recommendations from governance report;
• Contribute to the crafting of revised and specific regional plans for engaging the homeless problem and create the funding and infrastructure necessary to implement those plans and sustain the results they produce;
• Devise and direct fundraising efforts necessary to fulfill and create systems of fiscal management and accountability that will assure public confidence;
• Create new strategies for resource development to complement existing resources to do housing first model;
• Provide housing operation services for homeless Seminole County residents.
Requested Action:
Staff requests the Board approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida Homelessness Partnership Agreement in the amount of $72,614 for FY 2026/27 for the continuation of advocacy services for the homeless population in Seminole County.