Thanks to our local partners at HUD, the Alaska Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (DHS&EM) has agreed to host a meeting on Monday, at 1:30 PM to share information on how providers across the state can access COVID-19 Disaster (emergency response funding) Programs. The meeting agenda will be as follows:

• General Comments
  • Colleen Bickford, HUD
  • Jasmine Boyle, ACEH Executive Director
  • Brian Willson, AKCH2 Executive Director
• COVID-19 Disaster Programs Presentation
  • Alaska Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (DHS&EM)
• Q&A and Discussion 

Dail-In/GoTo/Zoom Details Here - TBD

If you have questions about the upcoming meeting or would like to be added to the invite list please contact the ACEH Community Liaison, Melissa Hernandez at [email protected].

Anchored Home, Anchorage’s Strategic Plan to Solve Homelessness: 2018-2021, is a three-year tactical road map which draws on new tools and strategies while building on the community’s existing work and planning. Key pillars of Anchored Home include investing in Prevention & Diversion, strengthening the Anchorage Housing & Support System, ensuring Public Health &  Safety, and bolstering Advocacy & Funding. The goal is to ensure homelessness in Anchorage is a rare, brief and one-time event. To read more about Anchored Home, please visit our website at: https://anchoragehomeless.org/anchored-home/.

On May 21, 2020 at 6 PM we will host the Anchored Home Community Update and discuss Anchorage’s response to COIVD-19. The update will be jointly led by Jasmine Boyle, Executive Director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness (leading Housing & Support System efforts), Nancy Burke, Housing and Homelessness Coordinator from the Municipality of Anchorage (leading Public Health & Safety efforts),  Michele Brown of United Way (leading Prevention & Diversion efforts) and Dr. Richard Mandsager, a three-year Senior Fellow Executive-on-Loan by the Rasmuson Foundation (leading Advocacy & Funding efforts). Each pillar lead will share the work happening to move Anchored Home forward in Anchorage during the COIVD-19 worldwide pandemic.

This meeting will be streamed on Facebook Live; you don’t need a Facebook account to access the video meeting. To watch the live stream, navigate to the following link: https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageHomeless/live/. Do you have questions for the Anchored Home team? What would like to know during the update? In order to best facilitate participation at our virtual meeting we kindly ask that you submit your questions in advance to  [email protected] by Friday, May 15, 2020. We hope to cover many of these questions in our presentation and in future communications from ACEH.

We look forward to you joining us at 6PM on Thursday May 21, 2020 for the Anchored Home Response to COVID-19 Community Update.

With Gratitude,

Melissa Hernandez
Community Liaison
Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness