The Housing, Health & Human Services Alliance of Rutherford County (formerly the Murfreesboro/Rutherford County Homeless Task Force), was established in 1999 as the Mayor’s Homeless Task Force when Murfreesboro Mayor Richard Reeves brought together a group of organizations and citizens interested in addressing the problem of homelessness in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County. In 2013, with the encouragement of Mayor Tommy Bragg and responding to guidelines set forth in the HEARTH Act and HUD’s Continuum of Care interim rule (24 CFR 578), the task force re-organized itself and changed its name to reflect its position as the lead entity for the Murfreesboro/Rutherford County Continuum of Care.
H3ARC welcomes all organizations and individuals who want to
join in ending homelessness in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County.
H3ARC adopted
by-laws in 2012. The task force has delegated administrative functions to an Executive Committee of 12 members, eight of them elected by the general membership for staggered three-year terms. The annual election is held at the January General Membership Meeting. Additional members are the Mayor of Murfreesboro (or designee), the Mayor of Rutherford County (or designee), Murfreesboro Housing Authority Executive Director (or designee), and the Chairman of the Consumer Council. Members of the Consumer Council are persons who are homeless or have been homeless.
In 2018, generous funding grants from the City of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County allowed H3ARC to hire an
Executive Director.