Resident’s Committee

ReportSpring 2012

Meeting

Resident Committee Campaigns

• Re-Entry Subcommittee• Michelle Moyè, Committee Chair• Goals

• Bring awareness and education to the issue

• Increase housing resources for the Re-Entry population

• Still working on getting a Shell Bill with Dept of Corrections

• Partnership with Corporation for Supportive Housing

Resident Committee Campaigns

• Full Time Student Status with PSH• Clarification about whether or not

residents are allowed to go to school full time.

• Support from the Legal Aid Fund in Chicago

• Reported PSH agencies: Mercy Housing & A Safe Haven

• Increase awareness and support from other housing related organizations and entities

Resident Committee Campaigns

• Increase Resident Participation throughout the state • MORE RESIDENTS• MORE RESIDENTS• MORE RESIDENTS • SHPA Scholarship Program

• Increase involvement for residents, not the fiscal burden on residents

Recent Visits• Southern Illinois Coalition for the

Homeless• Renaissance Social Services• Mercy Housing• AFC Advocacy Staff

Advocacy Workshops• Available for YOU!!!!!

Residents Committee• 3rd Tuesday of the Month• May 15th

• 888-296-6500• Code: 292814#• Prep for the Resident Conferences • Topics Needed

Social Media• Linked In

• Importing information from the Monday’s Memos• Change to Business Page; Happening Mid-May

• Facebook • At 292 friends, 266 Likes on the SHPA page• Illinois Legislators• Facebook Timeout• Would love to see more residents added if they

have pages

Collaborations with Colleges & Universities

• Interns• First Intern submission, Loyola student• Also collaborated with Columbia in Chicago• SH Agencies; direct your overflow of

students our way

• Areas of Interest• Political• I.T., website design• Social Justice

Want a workshop? Call me!

• Do you want to help plan and host an advocacy workshop? Do you want to plan an event in your building or in your community? Do you want to take action and change policies that affect supportive housing?

• Call SHPA Residents Education & Advocacy Coordinator Johnna Lowe at

312-202-0256 or email at j.lowe@shpa-il.org