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Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition
The Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition (HOTHC) is recognized as a 503c3 tax exempt organization.
The HOTHC works towards:
- Fostering public education & awareness about the issue of homelessness.
- Improve outreach to homeless persons.
- Identify gaps or duplications in services and develop strategic plans to provide a continuum of care when serving the homeless.
- Advocate for quality institutional and non-institutional care and individualized treatment for the mentally ill homeless.
The services and programs of member organizations include, but are not limited to:
- Housing
- Crisis Intervention
- Psychosocial Rehabilitation
- Case Management
- Client Advocacy
- Family Education and Support
The HOTHC meets monthly on the third Friday of the month at 11:45. Member organization take turns providing lunch. If you would like to reserve a lunch, please email with your RSVP by no later than 5:00 on the Tuesday before the Friday meeting. Meeting locations vary from month to month. For the most up to date information on meeting location please call, email or check the website: www.heartoftexashomeless.org/heart-of-texas-homeless-coalition-calendar-of-events/meeting-dates
As a reminder, all FY 2021 CoC Competition materials for the Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition/TX-604 Heart of Texas Continuum of Care can be found at the link below. This page has the official competition notice and request for proposals, timeline, and scoring tools, and will have more to come in the future so please book mark this page!
FY 2021 Awards FY 2021 TX-604 Heart of Texas CoC Awards FY 2021 Texas CoC Awards FY 2021 TX-604 NOFO Debriefing FY 2021 Collaborative Application FY 2021 TX-604 CoC Registration FY 2021 TX-604 Grant Inventory Worksheet FY 2021 TX-604 CoC Application FY 2021 TX-604 Priority Listing Application FY 202...
The Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition/TX-604 Heart of Texas Continuum of Care has released FY 2021 CoC Competition Notice and Timeline for the local competition. If your agency is interested in applying for Continuum of Care funding, please see the notice for more information. This competition notice includes information about applying for new and renewal CoC projects, and renewal and replacement YHDP projects for YHDP grantees.
HUD is hosting a webinar on 9/2 to learn more about the FY 2021 CoC Competition. Space will be limited but the webinar is being recorded and a link to the recording will be posted on the HOTHC FY 2021 CoC webpage.
On Wednesday, August 18, 2021, HUD published the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition on Grants.gov.
FY 2021 CoC Competition webpage is up on the HOTHC website. Please visit to find more information about this year's competition. The Request for Proposals will be coming out on September 1, 2021.
http://www.heartoftexashomeless.org/fy-2021-coc-nofo/
http://www.heartoftexashomeless.org/fy-2021-coc-nofo/
HUD has announced the FY 2021 Continuum of Care Competition Funding Opportunity. More information to come, including our local Request for Proposals and timeline for the competition. If any HOTHC member wants to participant scoring and ranking our local project application competition, please email us at heartoftexashomelesscoalition@gmail.com to sign up.
More coverage on our exciting Heart of Texas 100 Day Youth Housing Challenge: "Together with local school districts, corporate partners and social service providers, the HOTRMHMR Klaras Center for Families, The Cove, and the Family Abuse Center are working together to rapidly move youth into housing." https://www.fox44news.com/news/local-news/local/local-groups-challenge-waco-community-to-help-end-homelessness/?fbclid=IwAR1riU5xL-qPNkHU8lzbmOE999FDB5Mn8g5aHeWn-CCZDmgCS_uV2kLSl1Y
WACO, Texas – The Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition is hosting their first 100-Day Youth Housing Challenge. This is an opportunity as a community to house 35 people between the ages of 16 and…