Plan Administration,
Coordination, and Implementation
Currently, the administrative structure
of Bringing Our Community Home is informal in nature, but bound by a commitment and vision to
significantly aid some of our community’s most vulnerable
people in a meaningful way. Various scenarios, from forming a
new nonprofit entity to a less formal collaboration bound by agreements,
are being studied for effectiveness and feasibility. It is not
uncommon for the organization of a community-based plan of this
kind to take several years to develop, and, while it is thought
that a more sustainable strategy will be agreed upon in the next
one to two years, the Finance and Implementation Committee has
committed to continue meeting to provide the guidance and leadership
necessary to shepherd the Plan through this phase.
The daily implementation activities
of Bringing Our Community Home have been distilled into five primary functions. These functions
can be performed most effectively if vested into designated positions
held by dynamic and well connected coordinators. The feasibility
of creating these positions is dependent upon the ability to generate
new supportive funding streams and/or to responsibly reallocate
existing resources to support them. Identifying funding for the
Campaign Coordinator and Fund Development Coordinator functions
has been given a top priority and, through the Transition Committee,
private resources are currently being solicited to secure these
positions. The resources and activities for the remaining functions
will be assigned within the first three years of the plan.
The primary implementation functions
are described below as single job descriptions, but some could
conceivably be divided and allocated into existing positions:
- Chronic Homelessness Campaign Coordinator: oversee all aspects of Bringing Our Community Home implementation
and the coordination and supervision of staff. He or she will
communicate closely with and convene the Plan Committees and
Leadership Council as appropriate, and will work with the Leadership
Council in support of proposals and funding requests. This position
will function much like a Chief Administrator/ Executive Director.
- Housing Project Manager: secure access
to all housing necessary, including basic housing assistance
and permanent supportive housing, work to secure housing capacity,
arrange for property management, and act as a liaison to services
and treatment.
- Outreach and Integrated Service Teams Manager: working closely with the Fund Development Coordinator and Finance
& Implementation Committee identify personnel from other
agencies who serve the chronically homeless and coordinate into
functional teams; retain Outreach, Transition and Integrated
Services Team Leader services; create the model of care, protocols,
and procedures for Teams; manage the schedules and resources
Teams require; and convene case conferencing and Team coordinating
sessions.
- Income and Employment Manager: identify appropriate
entities to carry out strategies and action steps; link the
benefits access and employment activity to Teams and to housing;
and monitor progress and outcomes in this area.
- Fund Development Coordinator: identify and cultivate
resource opportunities; draft the Annual Finance Plan; convene
agencies to develop programs that fit funding possibilities
and optimize mainstream resources; coordinate public relations
and the media effort.
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