Greater
Hartford Coordinated Access Network
Operations
Agenda
Wednesday,
April 3rd, 2019
1.
In Attendance:
Nimo Ahmed
– Salvation Army Marshall House
Manuel
Cadena – Catholic Charities
Crane
Cesario – DMHAS
Stephanie
Corbin – Mercy Housing and Shelter
Janivette
Correa – ImmaCare
Carmen
Crespovalle – CRT McKinney
Sarah
DiMaio – Salvation Army Marshall House
LaToya
Fitzwilliams – Salvation Army Marshall House
Alexis
Gaynor – Journey Home
Mollie
Greenwood – Journey Home
Rashawn
Hughes – Salvation Army Marshall House
Abbie
Kelly – Hands On Hartford
Audrey
Kennedy – South Park Inn
Rebekah
Lyas – ImmaCare
Geri
Maciel – Salvation Army Marshall House
Elijah
McFolley- The Open Hearth
Andre
McGuire – CRT McKinney
Teresa
Nieves – Chrysalis Center
Lisa Quach
– Journey Home
Amy
Robinson – US Dept of Veteran Affairs
Tyeisha
Saffold – CRT East Hartford Family Shelter
Monnique
Shand – YWCA
Angie
Smith – CHR PATH
Jose Vega –
CRT McKinney
Rina
Villanueva – CHR PATH
2.
Leadership Updates – Crane Cesario
a.
We broke up to discuss long stayers and talk
about how our system can respond to this community need.
i. One big
idea is that we can’t continue to do more with less.
ii. We also
thought about maybe having some folks who were recently housed do some
workshops in the shelters on what their experience getting housed was
like.
iii. We are
going to support a human trafficking letter – nobody in our area uses that type
of funding right now.
iv. The COC is
doing their work – we’re losing Zoe for another position.
v. Advocacy
Day is coming up. In the past, some
programs have LOST funding because nobody from their program showed up. A lot of executive directors that we’ve asked
cannot be there. It’s Wednesday April 17th.
3.
Case Conferences –
Fred Faulkner
We returned to our previous discussions around long-stayers in shelter.
4.
Coordinated Exit:
a.
One suggestion from the last meeting is to
incentivize shared housing by having a shared housing mixer.
i. There’s a
ready-to-roommate session. What if we
did like once a month a mixer, where clients are in control of their own
programs?
1.
Can we generate incentives, like rapid exit
covering two months of funding.
2.
Add this to the next agenda for more
discussion.
b.
Case Conferencing Households in Jeopardy of
Losing Housing – Lisa Quach, Crane Cesario
i. We had
this really good idea to discuss people in jeopardy of losing housing. The time that we’re spending talking about
them is expanding and is eating into time at the Individual Solutions meetings.
ii. Kara
suggested that everyone needs to ensure that agencies discuss people in
jeopardy of losing housing internally.
One suggestion is to have some time here to discuss this.
iii. We need to
think about how we want to manage the volume of work we’re doing.
1.
Tahaira suggested not bringing up clients for
whom the agency has a plan in place.
Maybe the expectation is there needs to be some internal discussion
first. And presentations need to come
with a strengths based focus.
2.
There should be an emphasis to identify what’s
next, and have the CAN be more of a reviewing.
3.
To Lisa’s point we need to take a breath after
that one. It’s a repeated cycle of what
we’re doing.
4.
There’s a point of becoming so self-aware that
we don’t want to do anything wrong.
a.
CSH standards now require that programs bring
folks to the CAN in advance.
5.
We may just need supportive housing providers
to come together to discuss
6.
There’s a difference between being aware of it
and trying to resolve it.
iv. Maybe we
can ask Kara to come for a couple of weeks to figure out a way to message the
process.
1.
Let’s start transferring Ops into the second
meeting of the month to focus on these cases.
a.
Revisit this as an agenda item.
b.
Let’s set a time limit on how long we are
spending on discussions.
c.
Come in with what you’ve already tried in a way that is strengths based.
c.
Recently
Housed
5.
Coordinated Entry
a.
Shelter Waitlist Process Questions – Stephanie
Corbin
i. Central
CAN Transfer Request - GH CAN approved Stephanie to add sex offenders from CCAN who could not be diverted to the Shelter Priority List for GH CAN.
c.
Outreach Worker List Updates – Alexis Gaynor - GH CAN Approved new official designated outreach workers who can call shelters to immediately identify shelter space.
6.
Announcements
a.
Family Shelter Check-In will be taking place
immediately after today’s meeting from 3:30-4:00PM
b.
Data around housing and our shelter priority
list is available on p. 2
c.
CCEH has funding available for victims of
Hurricane Maria- if you are working with anyone who was a hurricane evacuee
please contact Mollie Greenwood or Lisa Quach immediately.
d.
CCEH has funding available for childcare for
families in shelter!
f.
My Sisters’ Place Security Deposit Funding is
available – contact person is Darryl Gillus at 860-969-1906
GH CAN Housing Data
|
Chronically
homeless individuals housed in 2015
|
102
|
This
includes clients housed through GH CAN programs
as well as through other subsidies or independent housing
|
|
Chronically
homeless individuals housed in 2016
|
211
|
This
includes clients housed through GH CAN programs
as well as through other subsidies or independent housing
|
|
Chronically
homeless individuals housed in 2017
|
179
|
This
includes clients housed through GH CAN programs
as well as through other subsidies or independent housing
|
|
Chronically
homeless/potentially chronic individuals housed in 2018
|
151
|
This
includes clients housed through GH CAN programs
and bridges to PSH as well as through other subsidies or independent
housing
|
|
Chronically
homeless/potentially chronic individuals housed in 2019
|
42
|
This
includes clients housed through GH CAN programs and bridges to PSH as well as
through other subsidies or independent housing
|
|
Total
Chronically homeless individuals housed in GH CAN
|
685
|
|
|
Verified
Chronic Matched
|
23
|
|
|
Verified
Chronic Not Yet Matched
|
33
|
We
currently have 33 chronic verified clients who have not yet been matched to
housing.
|
|
Potentially
Chronic Refusers
|
1
|
|
|
Verified
Chronic Refusers
|
2
|
|
|
Not
Chronic (Verified) Refuser
|
1
|
|
|
Potentially
Chronic Matched
|
3
|
These
households did not disclose a disabling condition, and are matched to various
programs.
|
|
Not
Chronic Matched
|
26
|
|
|
Potentially
Chronic Not Yet Matched
|
34
|
Right
now we believe 33 households have the chronic length of homeless
history, but none of these individuals have their homeless and disability
verifications completed.
|
|
Individuals
- Active – Not Matched
|
319
|
This
is Enrolled in CAN, Enrolled in TH, and In
an Institution
|
|
Families
– Active – Not Matched
|
38
|
This
is Enrolled in CAN and Enrolled in TH
|
|
Families
- Verified Chronic – Not Matched
|
1
|
|
|
Families
– Potentially Chronic – Matched
|
1
|
|
|
Families
– Potentially Chronic – Not Matched
|
0
|
|
|
Families
– Not Chronic (Verified) – Matched
|
11
|
This
includes RRH bridges
|
|
Families
– Verified Chronic – Matched
|
3
|
|
SmartSheet Shelter Priority List Data
|
Individual Men
|
Individual Women
|
Family Stabilization List
|
|
86 unsheltered
|
91 unsheltered
|
18 families on Stabilization List
|
|
104 total
|
109 total
|
|
Households at
Risk of Return to Homelessness – Policy Adopted Last Month
Case
managers or agency representatives are expected to bring up households who may
be at risk of returning to homelessness as soon as a housing issues is
identified and will use the case conferencing template. A detailed review
of the at-risk housing situations will provide the community a chance to
brainstorm solutions, and providers who have existing relationships with the
households may be able to support them in maintaining their housing. All
households at risk of returning to homelessness will be brought up for case
conferencing at the Individual or Family Solutions Meeting as soon as feasible
with a goal of 60-90 days prior to their housing being terminated. Staff are expected to follow up on
recommendations from the GH CAN and update the CAN in a timely fashion.
|
Outreach
Worker/Navigator
|
Agency
|
Phone
number
|
|
Amy
Robinson
|
U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
|
860-666-6951
ext. 6916
|
|
Angie
Smith
|
CHR
PATH
|
860-690-7680
|
|
Rina
Villanueva
|
CHR
PATH
|
860-970-7607
|
|
Officer
Jim Barrett
|
Hartford
Police Department- City Hall
|
860-757-4431
|
|
Tony
Mack
|
Immacare
|
860-299-6719
|
|
Dave
DuVerger
|
South
Park Inn
|
860-724-0071
|
|
Shihan
Ghazi
|
Mercy
House
|
860-808-2112
|
|
Gabby
Bagot (Youth Navigator)
|
Community
Renewal Team, Inc.
|
|
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Nimo
Ahmed (Youth Navigator
|
Salvation
Army Marshall House- Youth Navigator
|
860-543-8430
|
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Proposal
Outreach/Diversion
Specialist
|
Salvation
Army Marshall House
|
860-543-8430
|
|
Proposal
Mark
Jenkins
|
Harm
Reduction Coalition
|
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