Purpose:
Mayor Jim Gray formed the Commission on Homelessness to provide a more direct focus on and attention to a set of issues many in the community are already working to address and recommend a course of action for the implementation of any needed changes or improvements in Lexington’s effort to prevent and end homelessness.
Click here to view the Executive Order.
Click here to view the Final Draft Report.
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Upcoming Meetings:
Presentation: Final Draft Report to Mayor and Council
Council Work Session, Tuesday, January 29, 2013
200 E. Main St., Council Chambers, 2nd Fl.
Lexington, KY 40507
3:00pm
Meeting Schedule
Meeting Agendas:
August 15, 2012
September 5, 2012
September 26, 2012
October 17, 2012
November 7, 2012
November 28, 2012
December 12, 2012
January 16, 2013
Meeting Minutes:
August 15, 2012
September 5, 2012
September 26, 2012
October 17, 2012
November 7, 2012
November 28, 2012
January 9, 2013
Open Space Meeting Reports:
On August 25, the Mayor's Commission on Homelessness hosted a day long "Open Space" meeting on homelessness. Open Space is similar to a conference, but different in that the participants set the agenda and lead the small group work sessions the day of the meeting based on their respective interests. Participants were asked to propose session topics responding to the question, "What should our community think about, know about, and do in order to best address the opportunities and challenges presented by homelessness?"
Throughout the day, participants recorded the reports from each break-out session.
Click here to view the reports. These notes reflect what was entered by participants and have not been altered or edited.
Documents:
Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Task Force Revised Recommendations
Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness (2010)
Opening Doors: 2011 Update
Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness in Lexington-Fayette County, KY (2010)
Exhibit 1 Continuum of Care (CoC) Application (2011)
2008 Social Services Needs Assessment
By and For the Community: 1990 Mayor's Task Force on Homelessness
Helpful Links:
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
Kentucky Housing Corporation
Kentucky Interagency Council on Homelessness
Homeless Resource Center
Homeless Resource Exchange
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
National Center on Homeless Veterans