Committee Structure

Blue Ribbon Task Force

Member Listing
Roles & Responsibilities
Subcommittees

1. Prevention and Crisis / Services and Support
2. Transition to Independence 
3. Permanent Housing
4. Public Information/Awareness

Kelly Ayscue East Carolina Behavioral Health LME Ayden Lessie Bass Intergenerational Community Center Stantonsburg David Batie ECU Department of Construction Management Greenville Michael Best Greenville Housing Authority Greenville Margaret Blackmon Pitt County Substance Abuse Coalition Greenville Ann Bonner-Stewart St. Paul's Episcopal Church Greenville Cassandra Campbell Pitt County Schools Greenville Raymond Carney Raymond Carney Construction and Rentals Greenville Kathy Castillo Community Volunteer Greenville Eddie Chance Chance & Smith Builders, Inc Greenville James Corbett Community Christian Church Greenville Dean Corbett Farmville Housing Development Corporation Farmville Jerry Cox Ayden Housing Authority Ayden Frank Dawkins, PhD, LCSW Care Net Counseling East Greenville Theresa D. Edmondson Walter B Jones Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center Kinston Don Edmonson Edmonson Construction Co Winterville

Gerald Whitley Town of Grimesland Grimesland Cassius Williams State Farm Insurance Ayden Eddie Williams Century 21 Elite Properties Greenville Kenny Flowers ECU Office of Economic Development Cary Trudy Halstead God's Love of Pitt County Inc Winterville Cecil Hardy Greenville Police Dept. Greenville Jennifer Holtz Community Volunteer Greenville Pam Kesegi Greenville Community Shelter, Inc. Greenville Ernis A. Lee Pitt Community College Greenville Sandy Lee Legal Aid of North Carolina Greenville Gary Leonhardt Walter B Jones Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center Falkland Travis Lewis Pitt County Schools Ayden Diana Lucas Family Violence Program, Inc of Pitt County Winterville Adelcio Lugo Self Help Credit Union Grimesland Van Madray Pitt Community College Greenville

Sharon McLaughlin Greenville Community Shelter, Inc. Greenville Melvin McLawhorn Pitt County Board of Commissioners Greenville Ayanda Meachem Legal Aid of North Carolina Winterville Scott Mullis Greenville Utilities Commission Ayden Laurie Nelson Community Care Plan of East Carolina University Health Systems Greenville Barbara Ormond-Davis Operation Sunshine, Inc Ayden Earl Phipps Greenville Police Dept. Greenville Monica Raynor Catholic Charities Winterville Veronica W. Roberson Alderwoman Town of Winterville Ismael Ruiz-Millan Unidos por Christo UMC Greenville Lynette Taylor WITN TV Winterville Chief James Tripp Pitt County Sheriff Department Greenville Becky Tyndall Independent Living Greenville Cheryl Walters United Way of Pitt County Greenville J'Leigh Whalen Philadelphia House Greenville

BRTF Roles & Responsibilities

10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness Blue Ribbon Task Force
(50 community stakeholders)

Over a ten-month period Pitt County Blue Ribbon Task Force members will:

• Attend monthly Blue Ribbon Task Force meetings
• Attend monthly subcommittee meetings
  • Each Task Force member will be asked to serve on one subcommittee - Prevention and Crisis Stabilization/Services and Support, Transition to Independence, Permanent Housing or Public Information/Awareness
• Review all relevant information shared (i.e., best practices and data presented by Management Advisory Team and Project Manager)
• Review drafts of the 10-Year Plan document
• Participate in at least one public forum
• Attend the unveiling event of the final 10-Year plan

Blue Ribbon Task Force Co-Chairs:

The co-chairs of the 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness will be responsible for leading the Blue Ribbon Task Force meetings and working with subcommittee chairs.

Co-chairs will be required to participate in the following meetings over a 9-month period.
(January 2008 – September 2008)

• Weekly/bi-monthly Management Advisory Team meetings
• Blue Ribbon Task Force meetings
• One session to review the draft of the 10-Year Plan document.

The co-chairs will be responsible for reviewing the relevant information provided by the Management Advisory Team, approving documents and providing general oversight.

Subcommittees of Blue Ribbon Task Force

Prevention and Crisis / Services and Support

• Discharge planning (local and state institutions)
• Access to emergency services/emergency assistance
• Prevention for at-risk individuals
• Outreach to the homeless or those at-risk for becoming homeless
• Issues related to foreclosure, etc
• Mental illness and substance abuse support services
• System of Care
• Web-based resources and point-of-entry
• Identify focused interventions to start with and build on successes
• Target populations: services for victims of domestic violence, women with children, single men, veterans, single women, families, teen parents, pregnant women, runaway and homeless youth, and youth in foster care
• Job readiness and training

Transition to Independence 

• Financial Literacy
• Education
• Job Training
• Employment
• Interim Housing (Shelters and Transitional Housing)
• Transportation

Permanent Housing

• Affordable rental housing (tenant-based rental assistance, single room occupancy housing, Section 8, shared living)
• Permanent support housing
• Housing First (including services)
• Homeownership

Public Information/Awareness

• Develop relationships with local media (radio, print and television)
• Identify media opportunities and other communication strategies to educate and inform the community
• Develop strategies to publicize public forums and focus groups
• Identify neighborhood listservs and other listservs
• Write and distribute press releases
• Write op-eds or letters to the editor
• Develop communications materials (i.e. general brochure, fact sheets, signage at community events)
• Review website content (10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness website to be created)