GREATER HARTFORD
COORDINATED ACCESS NETWORK MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday,
July 7th, 2021 via Zoom
Next
meeting: July 21, 2021
1PM – 2:15PM
1. Welcome and Introductions – 5 minutes
2. Updates/ Next Steps on Accessing In-home
Intensive Services and Accessing Higher Level of Care/Residential Treatment
Programs – Lisa Quach - 15 minutes
a. Google
doc has been updated and discussed
b. Goal
– prioritize through programs, setting aside enrollments for our clients
- NAEH/ DOH Next Steps to Support
Shelters – Lisa Quach - 20 minutes
- Shelter Goals/ Local CAN Needs
i.
Meeting was last week for shelter
providers
ii.
Lessons Learned/ Internal Shelter
Goals–
1.
ImmaCare – good refresher, meeting
was held in previous years. Goal for ImmaCare, house one person per week. Less than
first round goal – because of less people in shelter. Can provide old goals.
Goals were created for the region.
2.
CHA – housing choice and client
choice conversations that can be done with clients. Choice to choose own
option. Useful tools for discharge date – setting a housing date. Framing the
conversation.
3.
SA – have not debriefed yet. Staff
found it helpful, positive feedback. Will provide take away.
4.
DOH – progress goal weekly by
agency and by CAN. In the past it was a monthly goal, now weekly goal. Deadline
to get clients out of hotels by Sept 30th, how many weekly exits are
necessary to reach the total goal. Slides to be sent to group -sent.
5.
Google Doc as tracking – can not
set up automatic reminders, can be widely shared.
6.
YWCA – would like manageable goals
7.
EH Shelter- would like to think of
goals
8.
SPI – take number of people for
standard placement goal. Divide by 12 for annual goal.
9.
Tracking to begin on July 1st
with CAN
10.
Next Steps:
a.
Report progress – Elijah to
provide Lisa with a template.
b.
Internal goals to be identified
and reported to Lisa
c.
Create a doc based off of
templates for entire CAN
d.
Report back by
e.
Once goals are determined, discuss
CAN length of stay for annual numbers – looking at CAN capacity, how will it
shift average length of stay.
- How do these goals
align with previous goals set in past learning collaborative?
- Since the learning collaborative, what have been the
immediate next steps?
- CT CAN Collaborative Discussion – Matt Morgan – 15 Minutes
- document was emailed yesterday – draft version
- Matt shared doc
- Sharing outcomes – comparing between CANs
- Statewide levels to improve
- Special incentives and progress to be reported out
statewide
- Work with established partners like PSC
- Making sure providers are driving the system
- How can we break barriers, identify entities and where
they to be placed
- CAN COVID Task Force has been meeting to discuss this
topic
- Look at streamlining entities that already are in
place
5. COVID – 19 Agency Updates and ESG Updates –
10 minutes
a.
Updates/Vaccinations
i.
Unite CT will make referrals to SPI for GH CAN
for prevention, will also provide legal services, details to come soon
ii.
SPI looking to repurpose space. Funding for
hotels for quarantine/isolation space for unvaccinated clients? Unallocated
funds for shelter dollars, unspent dollars for shelter. Will look into using
funds to use for winter. Needs to be spent by JAN for ESG dollars. Other funds
can go through Sept.
6. Future Agenda Items or Additional
Announcements – 1 minute
a.
Lisa Quach and Crane Cesario are GH CAN BOS
representatives for 2021
b.
Winter Warming Center to be added to future agenda –
RFP process through COH. Only ESG funds will be available for this winter. SA has applied, city reduced contract, will
decide by July/August.
c.
Shelter beds have been full, triage beds at ImmaCare
have been filled the same night. Beds should be filled through triage.
d.
Discuss at operations – discuss the filling of beds through
triage for shelter beds. Check back in a few weeks.
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