Washington County staff and partners announced several administrative items and recruitment efforts for service providers.

Kenny, an HMIS program specialist for Washington County, asked attendees to complete an HMIS training feedback survey (link in chat) and said the survey closes January 30 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time. "It only takes about 5 minutes to complete, and the survey closes January 30 at 5PM Pacific time," Kenny said.

Nadia announced recruitment for a lived experience advisory committee seeking people with recent experience of homelessness (preferably in Washington County) to participate in compensated, roughly quarterly focus groups and feedback sessions. She said she would share contact information in the chat for referrals.

Ally/Natalie noted Community Connect is mostly fully staffed and introduced a new Community Resource Employee named Chris who is training to join the team. County staff reminded the group the next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 8:30 a.m.