GH CAN Leadership Meeting Notes 6/24/2020

GREATER HARTFORD COORDINATED ACCESS NETWORK MEETING AGENDA

Follow Up Meeting

Wednesday, June 24^th via Zoom

 1PM – 2:15PM

1.       Welcome and Introductions – 5 minutes

2.       COVID – 19 – 15 minutes

                                                               i.      Agency Update

1.       CHR – in the process of hiring and interviewing candidates. Sub contracting with Mercy for one RRH employee

2.       YWCA – no major updates

3.       Beacon Health – no major updates

4.       Open Hearth – no major updates

5.       DV – no major updates

6.       MHA – interviewing for positons, actively looking, new HR manager starting tomorrow.

7.       Chrysalis – opened up Rec, max of 10 people, averaging 6 people for this week. Continuing to socially distance.

8.       Mark Jenkins – 12 hours of outreach in field, half day on Saturdays. Seeing clients.

9.       EH Shelter – no major updates. Veterans are also doing well. No cases.

10.   CHR Enfield – no major updates

11.   Mercy – no major updates

12.   Tenesha – no major updates

13.   Danielle – no major update

14.   JH – air mattresses have been delivered, porter pottys have been delivered, hotels are being tested again today. Moving folks from Comfort Inn to Best Western. Extended contract for Meals on Wheels. SA to provide one meal.

15.   DMHAS – no additional reports. Hoping to bring back maybe 30% of employees onsite - challenge for PPE.

3.       CT Dept. of Homeland Security Donation – Sara Wilson – 10 Minutes

a.       Dial Soap has donated units of soap on pallets. Bars of soap, hand soap and liquid body soap. Open to delivering pallets to 5-10 locations. JH can store some. Can be picked up in New Britain. Contact Sara for more information.

b.       JH has a second warehouse with new lodging kits for those who will be housed in the next few weeks.

4.       Statewide ESG-COVID Housing Effort Update –Andrea Hakian and Crane Cesario – 15 minutes

a.       In the process of hiring new RRH case mangers

b.       New referrals

c.       ESG prevention meeting to come soon with Amanda

d.       Webinar tomorrow – to be forwarded to group

e.       ESG funding has been approved and passed from the city – working to coordinate work with JH

5.       Agenda Items – 2 minutes

a.       City of Hartford Updates for ESG

6.       Announcements – 2 minutes

a.       COVID-19 Testing site will be open to the public by appointment at Samuel V. Arroyo Recreation Center at 30 Pope Park Drive. It will be staffed by licensed health care providers from MinuteClinic. To schedule a slot, patients can call Hartford 311 at 860-757-9311, Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a same-day appointment