Welcome to TCHC

Working to prevent and end homelessness in Tarrant County one person at a time

The Tarrant County Homeless Coalition is dedicated to providing leadership in preventing homelessness. In the past two years we have experienced an 18.5% decrease in the number of homeless living on the street and residing in our emergency and transitional housing programs. Our progress must continue.

TCHC plays a vital role as the lead agency for the Continuum of Care for the homeless in our community. Together, we:

• Provide strategic planning, coordination, and interagency collaboration to improve services for the homeless
• Provide expert knowledge on the condition, extent, and status of homelessness in Tarrant County
• Partner in the facilitation in the development of new permanent supportive housing
• Provide extensive training and support for nearly 100 homeless service provider agencies and 450 human services case managers, social workers, and staff

And most importantly, together, with our extensive talents, resources, insights, and expertise - we end homelessness!

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UPcoming TCHC Training opportunities

Sept. 10, 2010 - Eviction Prevention Planning

Morning Session: 8:30am - 11:30am; Afternoon Session: 1:30p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Fort Worth Housing Authority Auditorium

This training will feature best practices and insight on devising plans to prevent evictions of clients. Participants' will learn the following skills and strategies:

• What are the roles of property management and supportive service staff
• Why is it important to provide written notice of lease violations
• What do you do when tenants miss paying rent?
• What steps you should take to ensure evictions is  the last resort
• Problem-solving before eviction becomes the necessary response
• The steps in the eviction process

The facilitator of this training will be Joyce Grangent, Senior Program Manager at the Atlanta office of the Corporation for Supporting Housing. For more information or to register for the event, click on the Eviction Prevention.

Registration for Morning Session

Registration for Afternoon Session

T3 Training Series: Best Practices In Case Management

The T3 Training Institute is a joint collaboration between the National Center on Family Homelessness and the Center for Social Innovation. T3 provides cutting edge training to service providers nationwide.

T3 Training Philosophy

A skilled workforce is essential to ending homelessness and other deeply entrenched social problems. To support such a workforce, our training is:

·         Skills-based and practical

·         Grounded in adult learning theory

·         Interactive

·         Based on established core competencies and skills standards

·         Focused on bringing evidence-based and promising practices to the field

There will be three (3) ways to participate in this training. CEUs will be offered in this training. To register and to learn more about each option, click on the links below.

Option One: The Comprehensive Face-to-Face Workshop on November 2 -3, 2010 at Fort Worth Housing Authority.

Option Two: Self-Directed Online Courses (5 Courses done at your pace.)

Option Three: Self-Directed Online Courses AND Comprehensive Face-to-Face Workshop on Nov. 2-3, 2010 at FW Housing Authority.

Executive Directior Cindy Crain Presented CoC Debriefing for 2009.

August 31 - Cindy Crain, Executive Director of TCHC, held a debriefing of the 2009 Fort Worth/Arlington/Tarrant County Continuum of Care  Applicaiton at Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth. Below is a copy of the MS Powerpoint presented by Ms. Crain.

2009 CoC Debriefing Summary

July 2010 Point In Time Summary Now Available

TCHC and the Continuum of Care conducted a mid-year point in time count during the month of July 2010 for the Fort Worth/Arlington/Tarrant County CoC. Click here to download the summary report of the findings.

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