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MCCH Mission MCCH provides solutions to end homelessness in Montgomery County.We accomplish this by:

• Meeting the urgent needs of people experiencing homelessness by providing short-term emergency shelter along with the supportive services needed to return people to stable housing as quickly as possible.

• Connecting people who are experiencing homelessness to stable, permanent housing along with the services and supports they need to maintain their housing.

• Increasing the supply of affordable housing in order to provide stable, permanent homes for people exiting homelessness.

• Advocating for the creation of a comprehensive and rapid response system to prevent and end homelessness in Montgomery County.

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MCCH Organizational Goals1. End chronic homelessness in Montgomery County by

2016.2. Prevent and end homelessness among Veterans in

Montgomery County by 2015.3. Prevent and end homelessness for families, youth, and

children in Montgomery County by 2020.4. Set a path to ending all types of homelessness in

Montgomery County by 2020.

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MCCH Program and Service Priorities

Dedicating all MCCH/CH housing openings for Veterans the chronically homeless Accepting all referrals from our CoC Housing Prioritization Committee Prioritizing our emergency shelter clients with the longest shelter

stays for placement into permanent housing using our housing locator services

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MCCH Program and Service Priorities

Ensuring fidelity to the core principal of Housing First Staff development training on best practices to serve our most

vulnerable clients including trauma informed care and harm reduction Piloting the evidence-based Vulnerability Index & Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool to assess client needs and appropriate housing placements with a goal of its adoption system-wide to allocate resources in a logical targeted way

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MCCH Permanent Supportive Housing ProjectsSeneca Heights Apartments

MCCH STRATEGIC PLANNING 6

Seneca Heights Apartments

Renovated Econo Lodge in Gaithersburg, Maryland 40 PSH Units – Single Adults

17 PSH Units - Families Tenant Council On site case management and property management

Cavanaugh Hagan Pierson & Mintz

MCCH STRATEGIC PLANNING 7

MCCH Permanent Supportive Housing ProjectsCordell Place

Cavanaugh Hagan Pierson & Mintz

MCCH STRATEGIC PLANNING 8

Cordell Place

Renovated Office Building in Downtown Bethesda, Maryland 32 PSH Personal Living Quarter “PLQ” Units– Single Adults Tenant Council On site case management and property management

Cavanaugh Hagan Pierson & Mintz