Monday, November 9, 2015

Greater Hartford CAN Meeting 11/19/14

Greater Hartford Coordinated Access Network
Meeting Notes
November 19th, 2014

In Attendance:
Rubi Alegria- Mercy Housing
Shannon Baldassario – MACC
Sandy Barry – Salvation Army Marshall House
Steve Bigler – CRT
Wendy Caruso – 211
Crane Cesario – DMHAS
Roger Clark – Immaculate Conception / ImmaCare
Mary Davenport – The Network
Brenda Earle- Department of Housing
Rosemyn Falu-Rodriguez- Salvation Army Marshall House
Bryan Flint – Cornerstone
Rosemary Flowers – My Sisters’ Place
Chris Fortier – The Open Hearth
Chelsea Fortson – CHR
Mary Gillette- Mercy Housing
Mollie Greenwood – Journey Home
Andrea Hakian – CHR
Amber Higgins – CHR
Mark Jenkins – Blue Hills Civic Association
Steve MacHattie – Immaculate Conception / ImmaCare
Dalilia May – Interval House
Asra Mir – CHR
Matt Morgan – Journey Home
Patrice Moulton – CRT / East Hartford Shelter
Pieter Nijssen – Tri Town
Roxan Noble – Chrysalis Center
Heather Pilarcik – South Park Inn
Jamie Randolph – CRT / East Hartford Shelter
Lionel Rigler – City Of Hartford
Amy Robinson – CRT / SSVF
Barbara Shaw – Hands On Hartford
Kathy Shaw – My Sisters’ Place
Rob Soderberg – CHR
Sarah Trench – Journey Home
Jose Vega- McKinney Shelter
Luisa Guerra – Department of Social Services
Cristina MacGillis – Department of Social Services
Audrey Kennedy – South Park Inn
Philomena McGee – CHR
Kathy Shaw – CHR


1.      Introductions & GH-CAN Meeting Notes for last week, 11/12/2014 (emailed)
a.      GH-CAN was excited to welcome representatives from the Department of Social Services to their first meeting.
2.      Updates:
a.       Shelter Bed Availability Report:  Please note that this is an Internal CAN
Document only, and should only be distributed to CAN agency staff.
b.       Interim GH-CAN Release of Information- For use in every assessment appointment.
                                                              i.      The HMIS Release of Information covers several options for clients in terms of data sharing.  They can opt out of telling one agency, they can share less information.  With the implementation of Coordinated Access, those sharing restrictions are no longer realistic.  In order to work as a coordinated system, clients will not be able to limit their information sharing as they have in the past.  The medical model for treatment says “if you need medical treatment, you need to complete this information release,” and the same will need to be true for our CAN in order to work as a community.

3.      Working Groups: DSCs and Housing Referral Group
a.      Duty Services Coordinators:
                                                              i.      Assessment appointments so far- pulling from HMIS
                                                            ii.      Appointment questions or concerns?
                                                          iii.      Banned/suspended list
                                                           iv.      Next week- conference call- 877-783-2009.  Access Code: 403094
                                                             v.      Group report-out
b.      Housing Referral Group:
                                                              i.      Document Readiness for the UHA
                                                            ii.      Document Ready Committee- role of group, who are the members, and what are their responsibilities?
                                                          iii.      What information do we know, what do we need to know? Who is monitoring this data?

4.      CAN Process Questions:
                                                              i.      Report back- DSC group and Housing Referral Group
                                                            ii.      Discharge Policies- How will we handle clients who are being discharged, but still need shelter?
                                                          iii.      Proposed VI-SPDAT Scores- See attached handout

5.      Working Groups: Core Review Group and Oversight Group
a.      Core Review Group
                                                              i.      How will we handle referrals to this group moving forward
b.      Oversight Group
                                                              i.      Cold Weather Protocols for our CAN- How will we handle the upcoming winter?

6.      ANNOUNCEMENTS

GH CAN Coordinators:
Matt Morgan, Journey Home  matt.morgan@journeyhomect.org 

Crane W Cesario, CRMHC – DMHAS   crane.cesario@ct.gov

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