Greater Hartford Coordinator
Operations Agenda
Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
Attended: Alicia Akers (CRT), Janet Bermudez (Hands on
Hartford), Manuel Burnias (CRT), Roger Clark (ImmaCare), Catherine Damato
(CRT), Angel Fernandez (Open Hearth), Luciana DeGray (YWCA), Klaudia Lobeska
(East Hartford Shelter), Gerilyn Maciel (Salvation Army), Andre McGuire
(McKinney), Maureen Perez (McKinney), Heather Pilarcik (South Park Inn), Kyren
McCrorey (Open Hearth), Luz Serrano (ImmaCare), Wendy Walker (McKinney), Serlena
Weatherington (Mercy), Anita Cordero (ImmaCare), Jackie Florez (Mercy), Shefia
Ibrahim (Mercy), Rikka Racelis (Chrysalis Center), and Tanesha Shuler (My Sister’s
Place)
1. Welcome
and Introductions
a.
Leadership Updates
a)
Mollie says there are 38 clients who meet the
criteria of chronic who have not been verified but do not know where they are
right now.
b)
Mollie says clients are being diverted at the
CAN appointments more than last year.
c)
Mollie says that Leadership discussed about if respite
programs and recovery programs should be listed on the HIC Chart. Recovery
programs are not on the HIC Chart right now.
e)
Roger asks how to get programs on the HIC?
i.
Mollie says Balance of State needs to approve
and program needs to agree to put their data on HMIS.
2. Case
Conferences
-
No conferences were brought up at the meeting.
3. Utility
Assistance through Hands on Hartford
a)
Janet says Hands On Hartford received a one-time
grant to help clients with utilities.
Janet
says the goal is to help clients with paying utilities and cannot exceed over
$500 for per client.
b)
Janet says the completed application and copy of
utility bill must be sent to her. Also, it will take about 10 business days for
approval and for the check to be sent out.
Janet committed to trying to expedite her review of the applications,
but that 10 days was the period of time that Hands On Hartford had to both
review the application and documentation as well as to cut the check.
c)
Janet requested that all staffinclude case
managers name and number on application in order to follow up if she has any
questions while reviewing the application.
o
Shefia asks whether this program could it pay
for back utility bills
i.
Janet says yes.
She added that clients who have been helped out before for utilities are
eligible as well.
f). Klaudia asks whether, if a client has income
and is able to pay a portion for bills that exceed $500, if the client has to
pay up front.
i.
Janet says yes they prefer that.
g). Janet says the
preference is for clients who are in the process of trying to get housing to
apply for this program since that has been a gap of services that has been
addressed in this committee.
h). Mollie asks
what kind of identification is required for submission of this form.Janet says
as long as it has the person’s picture and name on the picture, any photo ID is
acceptable. The households do not need
to have a DMV photo ID, things like a DOC ID, employment ID card, school ID
card, or municipal ID will be sufficient for this application.
4. PLAN
of Connecticut
a. The
definition of disability for this trust is not the same as the one we use for
HUD. Chronic substance use is not
considered a disability for this program.
The disability standards for the trust are the same as for social
security, but a household does not need to be receiving social security
benefits to qualify for the trust, they only need a letter from a doctor
indicating that they are unable to work for 12 months or more.
b. The
trust doesn’t send checks directly to participants, but they can send checks or
pay with credit cards directly to vendors.
b)
Shefia asks if the trust would pay for security
deposits.
i.
Colleen says they do help with security deposits
and help with moving costs.
c)
Alicia asks if the client has to be a United
States citizen.
i.
Colleen says there are no restrictions if they
are not U.S citizens.
5. Coordinated
Entry
a.
CCT Release of Information
a.
Mollie asks if anyone is using CCT as part of
their intake process?
i. Wendy
says she was in the past, but did not find it a good resource for getting information about institutional stays.
ii. Alicia
says she was not able to get any official information for intakes and discharges for clients.
iii. Gerilyn
says SAMH is using this form as part of their intake.
iv. Luz
says ImmaCare uses the form as part of their intake.
v. Angel
says Open Hearth is not using the form during the intake process.
vi. Klaudia
says East Hartford does not use the form.
vii. Heather
says South Park Inn uses the form by a case by case with clients only if they
are already aware that the households are high utilizers of ERs and/or
treatment programs.
viii.
Je’Naya says CHR PATH does not use the form.
ix. Luciana
says the YWCA uses the form
x. Serlena
says Mercy uses it for all of their programs.
6. Coordinated
Exit
a.
Recently Housed
7. Announcements
a.
Hands On Hartford and a number of community
partners are working on planning the Day of Sharing and Caring, and needs lots
of help planning and pulling off the event. If you’re interested in assisting,
please contact swalker@handsonhartfored.org.
b.
Salvation Army is offering an Anti Human
Trafficking Training at Capital Region Mental Health Center Tuesday, 9/26 from
1-4PM
c.
The time for the Rapid ReHousing Matching
Meetings has changed- Rapid ReHousing matching will now begin at 1:15 PM and go
until 2:45 PM
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