Greater
Hartford Coordinated Access Network
Operations
Agenda
Wednesday,
January 3rd, 2017
1.
Welcome and Introductions
Rochelle
Currie – The Connection
Amber
Higgins, CHR Manchester
Andre
McGuire, CRT McKinney
Sarah
DiMaio, SAMH
Geri
Harrison, SAMH
Janet
Bermudez, Hands on Hartford
Matt
Morgan, Journey Home
Mollie
Greenwood, Journey Home
Stephanie
Corbin, Mercy Diversion Center
Jackie
Maria Flores, Mercy Diversion Center
Kyren McCorey,
The Open Hearth
Fred
Faulkner, The Open Hearth
Heather
Flannery, South Park Inn
Malika
Nelson, CHR PATH
Elizabeth
Hyde, CRT
Crane
Cesario, DMHAS
Anita
Cordero, ImmaCare
Maureen
Perez, CRT
Lisa
Quach, Journey Home
Amy
Robinson, VA
Chris
Robinson, VA
Luz
Serrano, ImmaCare
Jose Vega,
CRT McKinney
2.
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Preference
Opening – Matt Morgan
a.
Preference will open on 1/5/18.
b.
Families with at least 1 adult & 1 child
under 18 or an individual between 18-24 including emancipated youth are
eligible.
c.
Head of household has to be experiencing
literal homelessness for at least 30 consecutive days to be eligible.
d.
There is no application process for this
preference. Must be referred through the CAN at housing matching meetings.
e.
Clients in RRH are eligible for this program
if they are unsuccessfully terminating from the program for financial reasons.
f.
Clients may want to wait for this option and
refuse RRH. That may present some challenges for the CAN. We are really
depending on everyone to give feedback on what happens the next few months. We
don’t want to draw people into the homeless system which is a realistic thing
that could happen. Journey Home can always shut down the preference if
necessary or try to rewrite preference.
g.
Clients need to have all required documents
when submitting application after referral.
h.
The clients are prioritized based on a point
system. This may be a good thing to tell clients who are calling that they may have
to wait a while. The chronic & PSH preferences are still open and will be
higher priority than families and youth.
i. The client
receives 1 point for each month of verified literal homelessness. Other points
are for having children under 6 in the household, any past DCF involvement,
homelessness caused by being kicked out of parents’ home and/or for fleeing DV.
i.
Puerto Rico hurricane survivors who are in
hotel/motel paid for by FEMA more than 30 days are eligible but still have to
go through same process as the CAN. Also applicable for displaced clients through
city’s relocation program. The CAN is still trying to work on how to get those
clients on the BNL.
j.
There are no services attached. Clients must
search for a unit and apply for security deposit on their own or with their
shelter case manager.
3.
Case Conferences – Fred Faulkner - NONE
4.
Coordinated Entry
a.
Cold Weather Updates – Sarah DiMaio
i. They have
been almost full every night.
ii. There have
been 178 individuals come through the warming center since 12/30/17.
iii. Severe
cold weather has been extended until 1/8/18. Willie Ware will be open 24/7
during activation.
iv. If you
have open shelter beds and you don’t want to wait until 7 p.m. or the morning,
please call warming center so they can fill the bed.
v. First time
SAMH had to shift single women to warming center to transfer families to Marshall
House since there were 4 families in hotel. Now, they only have 1 family in hotel.
They are using most recent entry date to determine who to transfer if
necessary.
vi. Have been
able to accommodate all shelter requests so far.
vii. Also sheltering other families from other CANs
since they do not have warming centers.
5. Coordinated Exit:
a.
Recently
Housed – Lisa Quach
b.
Changes
to Housing Matching Meeting Schedule – Lisa Quach
i. Rapid Rehousing & Chronic
Individuals will be merged into Coordinated Exit for Individuals.
ii. Will begin new meeting structure
February 2018. Meeting will be on Tuesday afternoons.
1.
Folks
preferred 1pm-3pm instead of 2pm-4pm due to traffic.
iii. Waiting for confirmation of new
meeting space.
c.
Housing
Data – see p.2
6. Point In Time Count Updates –
Cat Damato and Crane Cesario
a.
PIT
training run by CCEH on 1/9/18 from 10am-12pm or 1pm-3pm.
b.
PIT
Volunteer training will be rescheduled to 1/18/18. Will be catered by Max Bibo’s.
c.
Need
more volunteers for PIT on 1/24/18 from 5am-7am.
7.
Leadership Updates – Crane Cesario
8.
Announcements
a.
Youth Count Train-the-Trainer will be at CRT
Lumsden Ctr. On 1/8/18.
b.
CT Department of Housing has made Capital
Funding available for shelter improvements.
See DOH website for more information.
c.
Journey Home will be opening the Family and
Youth Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Preferences on Friday of this week.
d.
Beginning in January this committee’s meeting
schedule will be changing to meet on the first and third week of each
month. Check your email for an updated
link for the CAN calendar in coming days!
e.
As of January 1, 2018 Logisticare will no longer
be providing non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) in CT. A new company has the DSS contract now: VEYO,
a part of Total Transit Company. To request rides for medical appointments that
will take place on or after January 1, 2018, the new telephone number to call
is: 1-855-478-7350. Clients must still
request rides 48 hours in advance. VEYO has established a local call center
that is available with 24/7/365 access for trips on or after January 1,
2018.The call center number is 1-855-478-7350.
f.
GH CAN Housing Data
Data Element
|
Number
|
Notes
|
Chronically homeless households housed in 2015
|
102
|
This includes clients housed through GH CAN programs as well as
through other subsidies or independent housing
|
Chronically homeless households housed in 2016
|
211
|
This includes clients housed through GH CAN programs as well as
through other subsidies or independent housing
|
Chronically homeless households housed in 2017
|
179
|
This includes clients housed through GH CAN programs as well as
through other subsidies or independent housing
|
Chronically homeless households housed in 2018
|
1
|
This includes clients housed through GH CAN programs as well as
through other subsidies or independent housing
|
Total Chronically homeless households housed in GH CAN
|
493
|
|
Verified Chronic Matched
|
34
|
|
Verified Chronic Not Yet Matched
|
1
|
We currently have 1 chronic
verified clients who have not yet been matched to housing.
VI-SPDAT score
= 9
|
Potentially Chronic Refusers
|
3
|
|
Verified Chronic Refusers
|
0
|
|
Potentially Chronic Matched
|
1
|
These households did not disclose a disabling condition, and are
matched to various programs.
|
Potentially Chronic Not Yet Matched
|
25
|
Right now we believe 25 households
have the chronic length of homeless history, but none of these individuals
have their homeless and disability verifications completed.
|
Individuals - Active – Not Matched
|
549
|
This includes Active – Enrolled in CAN, Enrolled in TH & In an
Institution
|
Families – Active – Not Matched
|
29
|
This includes Active – Enrolled in CAN, Enrolled in TH & In an
Institution
|
SmartSheet Shelter Priority List Data
Individual Men
|
Individual Women
|
Families
|
Unsheltered: 168
|
Unsheltered: 121
|
Unsheltered: 19
|
Total: 244
|
Total: 172
|
Total: 45
|
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