Membership

Connection, Collaboration, Community

A community for dedicated CoC’s, service providers, agencies, and individuals united by their shared passion for building better communities.

Membership Categories

FCH offers several different types of memberships

Florida COCs are members of Florida Coalition for the Homeless

Florida Continuums of Care

Florida Continuum of Care (CoC) organizations, as designated by HUD. The Continuum of Care (CoC) program promotes community-wide efforts to end homelessness through the funding and utilization of nonprofit services and programs designed to optimize self-sufficiency among homeless individuals and families.

Organizations can be members of the Florida Coalition for the Homeless

Organizations, Providers, Local Government

Organizations that provide support services for the homeless in Florida, including shelter and service providers, schools, faith-based ministries, affordable housing developers, sheriff’s departments, and behavioral health providers, local government, and others serving the homeless in Florida.

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Individuals and Students

Individuals that provide support services for the homeless in Florida, or are interested in the issue of homelessness, including, but not limited to advocates, social workers, human services providers, mental health care providers, and students.

Is Membership Right for You?

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FCH provides training, resources, and support to assist members in their efforts to help the homelessness in their local communities. Our members come from a wide range of backgrounds, but all share a passion for helping others. Do any of the following situations sound familiar? These are just a few of the many challenges facing those who serve the homeless every day.

Shelter providers: You have people living in cars or on the street who need emergency shelter but your current clients aren’t leaving; they need treatment, a job, or affordable rental housing.
Community agencies: Your meal ministry, outreach teams, jail, sheriff’s department, or hospital emergency room see the same homeless people every week; you don’t know where to send them for the help they need to become self-sufficient and stably housed.
Substance abuse and mental health services providers: Your client is ready to be discharged into the community but has no housing. Where will he/she live?
Bridge housing agencies: After two months in housing, your client and her children are ready to return to the community. However, they need three more months to save up the money for first and last month’s rent and the securities and utilities deposits – and you have clients on a waiting list!

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Benefits

Membership Category	Continuum of Care Lead Agency $2500	Partner $1500	For Profit or Large Non-Profit (>15 employees) $500 Local Gov't or Small Non-Profit (<15 employees) $200	Individuals $100 Students $25
Benefits	Participation in annual FCH Legislative Policy Planning Vote on annual legislative advocacy priorities Legislative advocacy alerts, calls to action, and legislator directory with contact information Opportunity to serve on the FCH Board of Directors Opportunity to serve on the FCH committees and task forces Exclusive access to the Members Email Group Continuing Education Units at statewide conference Exclusive access to one on one legislative counseling and assistance through our legislative consultants Membership dues and the FIHSH annual conference training are allowable expenses for staffing grant Membership certificate	Participation in annual FCH Legislative Policy Planning Vote on annual legislative advocacy priorities Legislative advocacy alerts, calls to action, and legislator directory with contact information Opportunity to serve on the FCH Board of Directors Opportunity to serve on the FCH committees and task forces Exclusive access to the Members Email Group Continuing Education Units at statewide conference Membership certificate	Participation in annual FCH Legislative Policy Planning Legislative advocacy alerts, calls to action, and legislator directory with contact information Opportunity to serve on the FCH Board of Directors Opportunity to serve on the FCH committees and task Forces Exclusive access to the Members Email Group Continuing Education Units at statewide conference Membership certificate	Legislative advocacy alerts, calls to action, and legislator directory with contact information Opportunity to serve on the FCH Board of Directors Opportunity to serve on the FCH committees and task forces Exclusive access to the Members Email Group Continuing Education Units at statewide conference Membership certificate
Voting	Each CoC may vote to elect designated FCH board members. Continuums of Care designate one authorized representative and one authorized alternate to serve in the absence of the representative for voting purposes.	Each Partner may vote to elect designated FCH board members. Partners designate one authorized representative and one authorized alternate to serve in the absence of the representative for voting purposes.	Each organization may vote to elect designated FCH board members. Organizations designate one authorized representative and one authorized alternate to serve in the absence of the representative for voting purposes.	Each individual member may vote to elect designated FCH board members. Each individual has one vote.

Ready to join us?

Becoming an FCH member will help you make a difference in the lives of your clients as they work toward self-sufficiency and stable housing. We are currently accepting applications for new members.

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