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Denton County Homeless Coalition has meetings at 9 AM on the last Wednesday of each month that are open to the public. The meetings alternate between Denton and Lewisville locations, with odd numbered months occurring in Denton and even numbered months occurring in Lewisville.

2024 Meeting Schedule:

  • March 27th United Way of Denton County
  • April 24th Next Steps Center in Lewisville
  • May 29th United Way of Denton County
  • June 26th Next Steps Center in Lewisville
  • July 31st United Way of Denton County 
  • August 28th Next Steps Center in Lewisville
  • September 25th United Way of Denton County
  • October 30th Next Steps Center in Lewisville
  • November 20th United Way of Denton County  (Adjusted Date to avoid holiday – Final meeting of the year)

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Point in Time Count 2024 – January 25th, 2024

Volunteer on this one day only event and make lasting impact for Denton County residents and nonprofits!

Each year the Denton County Homeless Coalition plans the annual Point in Time (PIT) Count. The PIT Count is a one day only volunteer event to survey all people experiencing literal homelessness in an area. This survey provides communities opportunities to gain vital information on needs, barriers, and current statuses of homelessness in their area.

In order for the PIT Count to be successful each year, communities rely on not only the agencies workings day to day with clients but volunteers like you as well. Denton County needs over 100 volunteers to ensure all people are surveyed throughout the County on this one day.

Volunteers interested would participate in 1-2 hours of training before the event and 2 hours of surveying day of.

30_PIT Count Volunteers Needed from United Way of Denton County on Vimeo.

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Denton County Barriers Fund

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Learn more below about how your donation can support making homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring in Denton County.

The Barriers Fund was created in 2018 in order to assist households in overcoming barriers to gaining or maintaining housing by reimbursing a partner agency for up to $1,000 per household for approved items or requests. The fund is intended as a ‘fund of last resort’, and is meant to be accessed when no other funding or resources are available in the community to ensure housing stability for people experiencing or at-risk of experiencing homelessness. Case managers from across the housing crisis response system at over 13 different agencies have access to this fund to support their clients. All applications for clients must be submitted by their case manager as funds are reimbursed directly to agencies.

Examples of items the Barriers Fund can assist households with are:

  • Access to critical documents (photo identifications, birth certificates, social security cards, documentation of homelessness)
  • Relocation expenses (bus, train, or plane tickets to confirmed safe and stable housing outside of Denton County)
  • Security deposits
  • Transportation (bus passes or car repair) to be able to get to a job
  • Job-related expenses (tools, uniforms, boots, certification, licensing)
  • Basic furniture or household items

Since the launch in 2018, the Barriers Fund has assisted over 524 households with an average cost of $563.81!

Some of the households supported by the Denton County Barriers Fund were

  • A domestic violence survivor and her 5 children with the security deposit and first months rent to move into a new apartment away from their abuser.
  • A person who does not have a vehicle with a $650 annual local day bus pass to get to and from work all year.
  • Reduce the monthly rent by $14 a month on an apartment unit so a client would be eligible for program assistance for 6 months giving him time to work to increase his income and remain stably housed.
  • A Veteran pay a $510 past due utility fee, the last barrier standing between him and long-term housing stability.
  • A mother of three who is disabled that gained housing but had no furniture to fill her home with $300 to furniture their home.
  • A household who needed assistance with paying for repair shocks for her vehicle to maintain their employment. The client had saved enough to pay for the parts and the Barriers Fund was able to help pay for the labor to replace them.

The Denton County Barriers Fund requests are reviewed by a panel of community members from the Denton County Homeless Coalition for approval. Only approved requests are eligible for reimbursement through the Barriers Fund. The Denton County Homeless Coalition has partnered with the United Way of Denton County to be the fiscal agent of the fund. Funding donated to the Barriers Fund is held in a separate account within United Way of Denton County to be deployed to the 13 agencies who submit requests on behalf of their clients.

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Do you have questions about the Denton County Barriers Fund?

Email dchcinfo@gmail.com.