Shelter providers to meet new key players

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, September 17, 2013

PORT ANGELES — New managers for the state Department of Social and Health Services, Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County and the Salvation Army office in Port Angeles are expected to be introduced at the next Shelter Providers Network meeting on Wednesday.

Jodi Lamoreaux, who fills the new position of Region 3 Housing Program manager for DSHS, will talk about her role.

The meeting will start at 9 a.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church’s downstairs fellowship hall, 301 E. Lopez Ave.

Habitat for Humanity’s new executive director, Dave Finley, and new Salvation Army officers Scott and Cherilee Ramsey also have been invited to introduce themselves.

Also on the Shelter Providers agenda are reports on moving the Sequim Housing Resource Center to Serenity Square; proposed relocation of the Street Outreach Shelter in Port Angeles; the work plan for the past three years of the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness; changes coming in state homelessness funding; legislative advocacy and upcoming events and other services; as well as housing and funding news.

At 10:30 a.m., the group will adjourn to a Homeless Management Information System meeting on improvements to the state data system and new data-gathering mandates for agencies applying for county homelessness funds.

For more information, contact Shelter Providers coordinator Martha Ireland at 360-452-4737 or shelter providersnetwork@gmail.com.