Steering Committee: This standing committee meets bi-monthly to provide strategic direction and leadership to the Continuum of Care process.  Membership is comprised of stakeholders who wish to assist in the development and implementation of the Continuum of Care strategy.  This committee will assign the Continuum of Care Goals and tasks to other committees for completion and monitor progress on the overall CoC goal achievements.  The Steering Committee meets the third Wednesday of every month, 1:30 p.m., ACCESS, Inc. conference room, 230 W. Market Street.
 

Community Meeting: Membership is comprised of community stakeholders including homeless shelter, housing, service providers, foundations, and businesses. Members share information related to homeless population and receive an update on the progress of implementing the Continuum of Care Strategic Plan. This standing committee meets quarterly to review and discuss various homeless issues, policies, and other homeless related trends.
 

Point-in-Time: This is an ad hoc committee that coordinates activities related to the annual count of the homeless population as required by HUD. The HUD point-in-time count is currently required in January.  This committee will coordinate shelter, street, and other potential contacts such as police, hospitals, and food pantries. This committee may also work with the University of Akron to seek student-volunteers for the street count.  In 2009/2010, this committee will work closely with the HMIS Advisory Committee to combine point-in-time count results with HMIS participating agency counts. Typically, this is a two-three month process, starting six weeks prior to the count, and ending with the final collection and reporting on data derived from the count.
 

SuperNOFA: This committee will assist with the development and submission of the annual Continuum of Care Super NOFA application. Committee will meet February to June. Frequency of meetings will be dependent on the information required to develop the application for funding. Participation in this committee will be required for agencies requesting funding, and other stakeholders may also be invited to assist with obtaining and verifying information. The activities of the Review & Ranking Committee and the Monitoring Visits Committee will be planned in coordination with this application process.
 

Project Homeless Connect: Responsibilities will include coordinating Project Homeless Connect event on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. This committee will meet monthly.
 

Policy Committee: In response to HUD's request, this committee will develop a Continuum of Care policy document in 2010.
 

HMIS Advisory Committee: The members of this committee will maintain the policies and procedures of the Akron/Summit County HMIS, provide direction and help to identify homeless trends within Summit County.  The committee will also determine appropriate use of aggregate reports that will be published from the HMIS Database to the rest of the Akron/Summit County Community.