North Carolina Local Leaders Calls
The Local Leaders Call is a bimonthly virtual meeting where NCCEH invites public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders to share best practices, data, challenges, and successes in providing homeless services and affordable housing opportunities.
The Local Leaders Call provides an opportunity to stay up to date on shifting state and federal funding and policy priorities, and to connect with a diverse array of stakeholders across North Carolina. We encourage all local leaders, including elected officials, government employees, services providers, housing developers, ministers of faith, and advocates to attend!
The Local Leaders Call is typically held on the second Wednesday of January, March, May, July, September, and November at 1 PM. To receive meeting invites or to suggest a future speaker or topic, please email liz.carbone@ncceh.org.
Past Recordings
Ordered chronologically from most recent.
INNOVATIVE FUNDING APPROACHES FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES
The panel featured guest speakers from the City of Durham, Golden Leaf Foundation, and the City of Wilmington. Watch the recording to discover creative solutions that cities, counties, and towns across North Carolina are using to increase local funding opportunities for affordable housing and homeless services. Hear implementation strategies and lessons learned from the Q&A. We encourage all local leaders, including elected officials, government employees, services providers, housing developers, ministers of faith, and advocates to watch!
STATE AND FEDERAL POLICY UPDATES AND ADVOCACY
The November 12th call featured timely updates on the federal government shutdown and the current activities of the North Carolina General Assembly, with a focus on how these developments impact homeless services and affordable housing programs. Guest speakers included: John Threlkheld from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Thaddaeus Elliott from the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Rep. Deb Butler of the NC General Assembly District 18, Anna Patterson from the NC Housing Coalition and Karen Wade from NC DHHS.
ENGAGING NC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The September 10th NC Local Leadership Response Call provided guidance on two important upcoming opportunities to engage elected officials about homelessness policies and program funding that affect local work.
PUSHING BACK ON THE CICERO BILLS IN NC
Local leaders from across North Carolina met weekly as a strategic policy team to push back two Cicero bills in the NC General Assembly. They celebrate and share the steps that blocked this legislation–for now.
NC CONGRESSIONAL STAFF LISTENING SESSION ON DELAYED HUD GRANTS, MARCH 2025
NC CoCs sharing the local impact of HUD grant delays with 11 NC congressional staff.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AND HOMELESSNESS WITH
USC (LA) STREET MEDICINE PROGRAM AND CIRCLE THE CITY IN PHOENIX, JANUARY 2025
Street Medicine Best Practices with Circle the City, Phoenix, Arizona, and Q & A Round table leads from Partners Behavioral Health Management, Trillium Health Resources, Kintegra Health/HealthNet Gaston (CoC-509), and Burke County Health Department (NC-503)
BEST PRACTICES FOR COC/PHA COLLABORATION, NOVEMBER 2024
PHA/COC Models for Collaboration with Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development and Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust.
POST-HURRICANE HELENE DISASTER RECOVERY, OCTOBER 2024:
KEY UPDATES TO SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SEPTEMBER 2024:
Representatives from the Department of Health & Human Services, Legal Aid, and the SAHMSA SOAR TA Center shared insights on how recent changes may impact service delivery and client outcomes.
THE GROWTH OF HOMELESS POPULATIONS AND DIMINISHING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MAY 2024:
National Homelessness Law Center, National Low Income Housing Coalition (The Gap Report), and local models for addressing homelessness with supportive affordable housing in Winston Salem, Wilmington, Roxboro.
THE SOAR APPROACH TO LEVERAGING SSI/SSDI INCOME AND BENEFITS FOR THOSE AT RISK OF OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FEBRUARY 2024:
SAHMSA SOAR TA Center, Coastal Disability Advocates, Partners Health Management.
LAUNCHING NC MEDICAID EXPANSION, NOVEMBER 2023:
Dr. Shannon Dowler, NC Medicaid’s Chief Medical Officer [and staff] plus Health and Economic Opportunity Program with Pisgah Legal Services, NC Community Health Center Association, LME/MCO representatives, Care Share Health Alliance, and NC Navigator Consortium.
MODELS FOR LOCAL WORKFORCE PARTNER COLLABORATIONS, OCTOBER 2023:
Chet Mottershead, NC’s Assistant Commerce Secretary, Division of Workforce Solutions plus Union County Community Shelter, Rowan Helping Ministries, Centralina Workforce Development Board, Charlotte Works with Charlotte/Mecklenburg CoC 505, Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (ABCCM), and Step Up Durham.
LEGAL AID PARTNERSHIPS IN NC COMMUNITIES ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, SEPTEMBER 2023:
Ashley Campbell, CEO of Legal Aid of North Carolina and Jim Barrett, Executive Director of Pisgah Legal Services (Western NC) and their local projects.
LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT MODELS FOR HOUSING PLACEMENTS WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, MAY 2023:
All Chicago and Housing Connections Initiative (NCCEH and Blue Cross Blue Shield).
ADDRESSING CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, APRIL 2023:
Yay Babies, HopePhil(adelphia), Families Moving Forward.
INCURSIONS BY CICERO ACTION TO CRIMINALIZE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN STATE LEGISLATURES, MARCH 2023:
Testimonials from Arizona, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas plus National Alliance to End Homelessness and the National Law Center for Homelessness.
EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ADDRESS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, FEBRUARY 2023:
Best practices from Lexington KY, Sarasota FL, and Wichita KS as well as several in-state models.