Greater Hartford Coordinated Access Network
Leadership Agenda
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
1.
Welcome and Introductions
2.
Zero: 2016 Updates – see p. 2
a.
Potentially Chronic: Active – 62 Active folks
still need to be matched. All chronic verified clients have been matched as of
today.
b.
Verified Chronic: Referred – 75 clients
referred. 29 of which have been chronic verified before 10/1/16.
3.
Chronic Verified Clients Over Income Limit – 6
challenging clients. SM – receives significant income = over income for all
programs. Working with Kelly Gonzalez trying to find unit to pay for
independently. When he gets his check, he goes after the radar. Amy said they
offered a home for him and he refused it. Have worked with him for over a year.
Theresa said do we remove him? Kara said we can’t remove him because as long as
he is unsheltered and chronic, we need to offer him housing every 2 weeks.
Rumors that he has a gambling problem. Only housed in hotel less than 10 days
and then right back in shelter. Was at McKinney, Jose talked to him. If you
leave shelter this time, we won’t let you back in. There’s a routine. Steve
Bigler believes they are enabling him if he has more than enough means to stay
out of the system. Mental health is pretty severe according to Amy Robinson.
a.
BM – Kara stated that per guidance
from DOH, if they’re chronic and they want to get into shelter, we have to let
them. If they are banned from all shelters, we need to offer alternative
options such as hotel/motel so need to brainstorm more options. May happen
again.
b.
CVA and AT –
Both are in and out of the system and hard to track down.
c.
RW – Owns the home and inhabitable. No
lights, no water, no heat. Fire in the home and his mom passed away. Kara said
because there are liens, there is no income from DOH. Not considered an asset
if it’s null. Need someone from the city or tax assessor’s office to provide
something for legal reasons.
d.
RRD – challenging. Not in places he
says they are. Listed as “Army Fatigue’ In HMIS because we don’t have ROI
signed. Amy is going to check to see if he’s a VET.
4.
CCT Release – get together twice a month. Case
conference difficult cases who need improved care plans or who’s going in
between hospitals. Opportunity for clients’ agencies struggling with outpatient
plan or mental health who can have their clients presented at the CCT meeting
but need to have clients signed CCT release first. Other potential benefits,
people who go missing and go into emergency room, if they sign CCT release, we
would have access to administrative services organization to better track
people if they have gone missing. Tracking history of homelessness would be another
benefits and being able to communicate about their care plan. Who is the point
of contact if someone has gone missing so they can reach out to CCT? Stephanie
Corbin from Community Health can look up in the system if someone has gone out.
For Beacon Health, can go through ICMs. Navigators or someone who starts
working with someone, have sign CCT to go with release. When we need them is
when we need to find them and we can’t find them to sign the CCT release. Crane
thinks they should sign the CCT release when they sign the HMIS release. It’s
just another additional form to be signed. Suggestion Crane has is to have
plain language statement to go with it, the GH CAN ask that you share this
information if you end up in the hospital we can find you and still continue to
serve you and not have to start all over again. Sarah and Theresa support it.
Even for shelter front line staff, they need simple language attached. Staff
needs to know how to explain it to clients. One CCT release covers St. Francis
& Hartford Hospital. Next steps: language for the two releases. Is this
something you can do at Journey Home? Take a stab and send it out for review,
by next meeting. Then they can give a live date.
5.
Cold Weather Protocol – Christie Corrigan and
Nate Fox – 2 weeks ago, lucky to connect with Lou. Using ImmaCare space where
they’ve been using No Freeze past few years as a lease out space. Came through
at the last hour. Tomorrow it will open up. Planning for 6:00pm tomorrow.
Normally, open time will be 8:30pm. Welcome center is open 4-8. Hoping people
will come there and there will be phones there and shelters can easily find
them. If they can’t get a hold of someone and someone doesn’t show up, will
have folks lined up to utilize all shelter beds. Welcome Center will not open
until next week at Center Church. Rest of the weekend until Wednesday will be
opening at 7. Will have phone numbers once they open next week. Working on a
flyer to send out to GH CAN. Will send out tomorrow.
a.
Welcome Center -
b.
No-Freeze Shelter
c.
Integration with Shelter Waitlist
6.
DOH RFP - $900,000 statewide for this. 3
different agencies going for DOH RFP. They want support from CAN leadership to
not duplicate too many services in one CAN. Gather folks that want to apply and
see what we need. No plan to split money. Take consideration what CANs have
excess funding. What CAN needs more or what CAN needs less. Not every CAN is
guaranteed money. No limit on RFP amount for each CAN. Unified application may
be better and to see what CAN needs. RFP deadline is 12/21. Need a sponsor from
the CAN leadership and to have application come from GH CAN not individual
agencies.
7.
Announcements:
a.
Next GH CAN Leadership Meeting will be held at
the YWCA, 53 Broad St., from 1:00-2:15 PM.
b.
The Landlord Risk Mitigation Fund is being made
available to you as landlords and property managers if you are willing to
accept all forms of housing financial assistance on behalf of Tenants referred
to you by the Greater Hartford Coordinated Access Network and if you are
willing to reduce barriers to enter your units such as relaxing credit or
background checks, reducing or eliminated application fees or including all
utilities in the rent. The Risk Mitigation Fund can then be used to
reimburse you for up to $1000 per tenant housed through the Greater Hartford
CAN, for such things as damages, unpaid tenant portion of the rent, rent for an
abandoned unit or excessive utility bills, that exceed what can be covered by
the security deposit, insurance or the housing program.
c.
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