GREATER HARTFORD
COORDINATED ACCESS NETWORK MEETING AGENDA
Follow
Up Meeting
Wednesday,
June 3rd via Zoom
1PM – 2:15PM
1. Welcome
and Introductions – 5 minutes
2. COVID
– 19 – 15 minutes
i.
Agency Updates
1.
Wethersfield results have come back – 1
inconclusive result and others have all come back negative.
ii.
Any Challenges or successes?
3. Warming
Center Closing Update – 10 minutes
a.
Results came back – 65% combination choice.
Those with income = waitlist and those without income to hotels.
b.
1 of 8 have gone to get tested and placed at
hotel after results came back negative
c.
With income are working on housing
d.
6 decided not to get tested
e.
1 individual with income is at Traveler Inn
4. Statewide
ESG-COVID Housing Effort Update – Matt Morgan and Crane Cesario – 15 minutes
a.
CHR – call for input
b.
Hartford is receiving ESG funds
i.
Can city funds be used for extra Diversion
dollars?
ii.
Are available – concern about “double dipping”
iii.
Over 1 million
iv.
In communication with local HUD office. HUD –
hard to predict where the money is needed. Will revise contract to HUD.
v.
50% to RRH efforts
vi.
Other funds are not clear
vii.
Looking to send out draft next week for approval
viii.
Additional funds to come – Cares Act, COVID, ESP
funding
ix.
2 year funding – depends on how city writes the
contract
c.
Outreach is a gap – once funding is available,
maybe hire for homeless outreach
d.
RFQ is due on Friday 6/5/2020 – for HUD ESG,
specific to COVID
5.
Hotel Matching Event June 11th – Lisa
Quach – 5 minutes
a.
Partnership with 1000 homes
b.
Start with Best Western Hotel – 124 people who
have been identified to be housed
c.
Social distancing ready to be housed event
d.
Units will be pre-inspected, youtube videos of
the units, applications, and money orders will be available to not cause delays
e.
Yesterday was the launch
f.
House shares and landlords willing to work with
clients
g.
Room shares are available
h.
Clients who do not have case management will
have case management
i.
CRT and SPI – ok with clients who want to
participate? Can case managers join too if they are working with clients? Yoshi
is in support of this event. CHR – open to the opportunity. Flyers will be sent
out.
j.
Outdoor event and folks will be 6 feet apart
6.
Data After COVID – Matt Morgan – 10 minutes
a. Collecting
number of those who will be in shelters
b. Shelter
beds to serve more people in the year
c. Marshall
House – stay the same for bed capacity – smaller utilization, no more than one
family in a room
d. EH
Shelter – normally at 40 but now will be 20 beds to serve
e. SPI
– normally 85, will most likely loose 20 of 85 bed capacity.
f.
Open Hearth – will move down to 46
g. McKinney
– will loose 30 beds
h. ImmaCare
– hopefully will be able to keep 75 by using the 2nd floor to continue
to serve 75 – Rebekah
i.
Cornerstone – planning to open building next
door. 15 people next door. Potentially more capacity.
j.
Interval House/ the Network/ Clairvaux House –
no changes
k. SA
Crisis beds – no changes
l.
Marshall House – increase capacity to 23 beds
for 2nd floors
7. City
Recovery Plan After COVID – Matt Morgan – 10 minutes
a.
Attachment from Matt
b.
Local plan only at the moment
8.
Agenda Items – 2 minutes
9.
Announcements – 2 minutes
a. Survey
that was send out is due Friday – for homeless service provider. Crane to
provide information.
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