Greater Hartford Coordinated Access Network
Leadership Committee Agenda
Wednesday, November 29th, 2017
In Attendance:
Brian Baker – South Park Inn
Steve Bigler – CRT
Crane Cesario – CRMHC, DMHAS
Stephanie Corbin – Mercy Housing and Selter
Justine Couvares- Chrysalis Center
Sarah DiMaio – Salvation Army
Fred Faulkner – The Open Hearth
John Ferrucci – South Park Inn
Rosemary Flowers – My Sisters’ Place
Louis Gilbert – ImmaCare
Andrea Hakian – CHR
Lauren Fair – Salvation Army Marshall House
Matt Morgan – Journey Home
Lionel Rigler – City of Hartford
Kathy Shaw – My Sisters’ Place
Barbara Shaw – Hands On Hartford
Cathy Zeiner – YWCA
Rikka Racelis – Salvation Army
1.
Cold Weather Planning Update
a.
The Willie Ware Rec Center will be opening on
12/7/17, but Salvation Army staff will be providing phone triage services this
weekend, so any household who calls 211 reporting that they slept outside will
be transferred to Salvation Army Marshall House to try and identify any
available beds prior to the opening of the Triage and Warming Centers.
b.
The city has continued to schedule programming
at the Willie Ware Rec Center, as a result the Warming Center will open at 7:30
to ensure there is sufficient time for program participants to leave before
warming center clients arrive.
c.
There are concerns about file storage that
Salvation Army is working on with the City.
d.
Pool tables currently in the facility are a
space concern. The facility can hold up
to 50 people in tables and chairs most nights, but will extend up to 75 people
if Cold Weather Protocol is activated by the governor.
e.
Because it is a city building, there is a zero tolerance
policy for substance use on the premises.
2.
Point in Time Count
a.
The Point In Time maps from CCEH aren’t
abundantly clear, we will be requesting suggestions of encampments from the
Operations Committee.
3.
Households Returning to Homelessness from
Housing Programs – APR Review
a.
Following last meeting’s discussion of folks who
returned to homelessness from CAN housing programs, there was an ask that
programs receive a list of all referrals they’ve received. This would allow programs to crosswalk folks
currently enrolled in their program, as well as folks no longer enrolled to get
us more detail on folks who may have discharged from programs into
homelessness.
4.
Shared Housing Update – Mollie Greenwood
a.
Letticia Brown-Gambino, now at Chrysalis Center,
invited some of her former colleagues from Columbus House to talk to interested
GH CAN providers about shared housing.
b.
There was a concern that there is a current
zoning restriction that does not allow multiple unrelated people to live in the
same unit (no more than 2 unrelated households). Lionel offered to follow up with the City.
5.
Dynamic Prioritization Update – Crane Cesario
a.
We are trying to move our housing matching process
away from using so much case conferencing so that it can be more data driven
and objective.
b.
One thing we need to pay attention to is prioritization
for households who are discharging from Rapid ReHousing programs. Right now, the BOS performance measures
discourage keeping folks in RRH programs for more than 6 months, which limits
the time folks have to stabilize in these housing programs before we have to
talk about more intensive interventions.
c.
Some advocacy groups are concerned about the
messaging if we move towards progressive engagement, and that there won’t be as
much advocacy around our essential permanent supportive housing resources.
6.
Shelter Entry Data – Mollie Greenwood
a.
Shelters received data about which households
who came into shelters were being recorded through the SmartSheet and which
households may be entering through side-doors.
We will redistribute this information in a few months.
7.
GH CAN Shelter and Housing Data – Mollie Greenwood
8.
Future Agenda Items
a.
Drop in HUD Hartford FMR
b.
Can we regularize meeting dates by moving to the
first and third week of the month? This
committee voted to meet every first and third week, with the third week
dedicated to COC items. Housing matching
committees will meet every second and fourth Wednesday.
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