Events, Meetings, & Updates

The CoC hosts meetings to organize planning and provide a system of outreach, engagement, assessment, housing services, and prevention strategies to address the various needs of those experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness.

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Check out our Calendar of Events for future meetings and register for CoC mailing lists. Access current Board and CoC Networking agendas and items and current monthly updates.

Calendar of Events & Mailing List  • Current Monthly Board Meetings & Current Monthly Update • CoC Networking Forum • Meeting Minutes Archive

Calendar of Events & Mailing List

Our calendar of events is shown below. Click on a specific event or meeting to see the agenda and details.

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“To save a life is a real and beautiful thing. To make a home for the homeless, yes, it is a thing that must be good; whatever the world may say, it cannot be wrong.” – Vincent Van Gogh

Current Monthly Board Meeting & Current Monthly Update

Why: Organized to plan for and provide a system of outreach, engagement, assessment, emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, permanent housing, and prevention strategies to address the various needs of those experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness within the 96 counties that make up the IA BoS CoC Jurisdiction. Interested parties are encouraged to attend and participate in CoC Board meetings when feasible. 

Where: Conference call or webinar/online meeting, with information published in advance. From time to time, the Board will meet in person at a pre-determined location.

When: Monthly on the second Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. (CST). Meetings may also be held at the call of the Chair or whenever a majority of Board member’s request.

*Archived Minutes & Resources- view previous minutes and meeting information.

Current Monthly Update- View the most recent monthly update: January 2025

Listed below in the drop-down folders are dates for upcoming Board Meetings:

CoC Networking Forum

CoC Networking Forums provide an opportunity to connect with and support providers to create networking and collaboration to ensure support is provided to those in need and is a collaborative effort. For more information, please contact Jess Bleile, CoC Associate Director.

These meetings will NOT be recorded, and we encourage people to attend the virtual meeting to learn about the topics and ask questions.

* Archived Minutes & Resources- view previous minutes and meeting information.

To add upcoming CoC Networking Forums to your calendar, visit the Events Page. Below in the drop-down folders are dates for upcoming Meetings: