Expression of Interest: Austin/Travis County Governance Committees

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The Austin/Travis County Leadership Council is now recruiting new voting members! Our intention is to create community-based engagement that prioritizes the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness, includes equity advocates from the community, and fosters collaboration with diverse service providers across our CoC. The estimated time commitment is 2 hours/month for meetings and an additional 2 hours/month for review of relevant documents and materials. Once seated, committees will also nominate their co-chairs; being a co-chair is estimated to add another 2 hours/month of work. The new committees will have a limit of 7-15 voting members, however all community members are invited to attend meetings for discussion and transparency of decision-making.

People with personal lived experience of homelessness and equity advocates representing marginalized communities who are not otherwise paid to be on committees and workgroups will be compensated. Additionally, technology will be available to those who need it. If there are any other barriers to you making this commitment, please get in touch with Maya Beit-Arie at mayabeit-arie@austinecho.org and Dylan Lowery at dylanlowery@austinecho.org.

Thank you for your interest!

Email *

Name *

Do you have personal lived experience of homelessness? *

Yes

Agency/Organization (if applying as an individual with lived experience, please say so) *

Which committee are you volunteering for? Select all that apply *

Permanent Housing: responsible for overseeing the Property Engagement Workgroup, Navigation Expansion Workgroup, Rapid Re-Housing Workgroup, Permanent Supportive Housing Workgroup, and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Workgroup

Performance Monitoring: responsible for overseeing the Coordinated Entry Workgroup, HMIS Workgroup, and CoC NOFO & Scorecard Workgroup

Crisis Response: responsible for overseeing the Outreach & Engagement Workgroup, Crisis Beds Workgroup, Encampment Response Workgroup, and Diversion Scaling Workgroup

Equity: responsible for overseeing the Policies & Procedures Workgroup, Homelessness Response System Tools Workgroup, and Training & Professional Development Workgroup

Systems Improvement: responsible for overseeing the Capacity Building Workgroup and the Employment, Healthcare, and Mental Health & Substance Use ad hoc groups

Required

Are you interested in participating on any workgroups, even if you are not selected as a voting member for a committee at this time? Select all that apply.

Not interested in participating on workgroups at this time

Property Engagement Workgroup

Rapid Re-Housing Workgroup

Permanent Supportive Housing Workgroup

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Workgroup

Coordinated Entry Workgroup

Scorecard Workgroup

Crisis Response Workgroup

Peer Support Workgroup

Equity Review Tool Workgroup

SOAR Workgroup

APAT Development Workgroup

What experience do you have that is relevant to the committee(s) you are applying for? If applying to more than one committee, please describe relevant experience to each committee you are applying for. *

Are you able to commit to attending monthly 2 hour meetings and reviewing all documents/materials necessary to actively participate in the meetings? *

Yes

I'm not sure

Are you able to commit to at least 6 months of participation on the committee(s)? *

Yes

What supports do you need to commit to being in a virtual space, committing to attending monthly meetings, completing necessary document review, and doing so for at least 6 months? *

Assistance with technology (e.g. Chromebook, internet hotspot, headphones, etc.)

Training on authentic engagement of people with lived experience

Training on the Homelessness Response System and its components

Training on racial equity

Training on meeting facilitation

Peer mentoring/supports (e.g. affinity spaces, peer mentorship)

Physical location or space to attend virtual meetings

Other:

Required

What is your race and ethnicity? *

What is your gender? *

Thank you for completing this Expression of Interest! We will be contacting you shortly with next steps. In the meantime, if you have any questions please contact Maya Beit-Arie at mayabeit-arie@austinecho.org

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