GH CAN Operations Committee 5/1/2019

                                                                     Greater Hartford Coordinated Access Network

Operations Agenda

Wednesday, May 1^st, 2019

1.      Welcome and Introductions

·        Mollie Greenwood- Journey Home

·        Lisa Quach- Journey Home

·        Alexis Gaynor- Journey Home

·        Gerilyn Harrison- Salvation Army Marshall House

·        Zanetah Sasser- CHR

·        Sarah Dimaio-Salvation Army Marshall House

·        Crane Cesario-CRMHC/ DMHAS

·        Angie Smith- CHR  PATH

·        Rashawn Hughes- Salvation Army Marshall House

·        Maureen P.- CRT Mc Kinney Shelter

·        Carmen Crespo-Valle- CRT McKinney Shelter

·        Rebekah Lyas-Immacare

·        Patricia Lopez-Cruz- CHN CT

·        Latoya Fitzwilliam- Salvation Army

·        Danielle Dixon-CHR

·        Tyeisha Saffold- CRT East Hartford Shelter

·        Monique S.- YWCA/Chrysalis

·        Abbie Kelly- Hands on Hartford

·        Teresa Nieves- Chrysalis Center

·        Audrey Kennedy- South Park Inn

·        Elijah McFolley- Open Hearth 

·        Kara Capobianco- DOH

·        Stephanie Corbin- Mercy House

·        Ruby Givens-Hewitt- My Sister’s Place

·        Manuel Cadena- Catholic Charities

·        Tahira Bluff- Immacare

·        Roger Clark- Immacare

·        Kalicha Serrano- Immacare

·        Janievette Correa- Immacare

·        Denise Mitchell- Immacare

·        Ada A.- Interval House

·        Malika Nelson- CHR PATH

2.      Case Conferences – Fred Faulkner

a.      Salvation Army 114135

3.      Coordinated Entry

a.      ImmaCare Renovations – Rebekah Lyas

ImmaCare will close during renovations and staff will be seeking alternate options for clients (Rapid Exit, safe double-up, etc) and ImmaCare staff will do a housing purge. No longer accepting new clients as of May 10, 2019. Hopes are that Immacare shelter case managers will be able to assist with diversion, outreach, and any other areas there may be a need.

b.      YHDP Navigator Enrollment Questions Request – Mollie Greenwood

                                                    i.     Case Managers at Adult Shelters should complete this set of questions with any young adult in their shelter, and should upload it to files and documents in CT HMIS once completed, and notify the appropriate navigator.  If shelter case managers don’t know who the appropriate navigator is they should contact Journey Home.

c.      CT HMIS: Duplicate Creation – Crane Cesario, talk about it more in 2 weeks.

d.      Approval of Additional Homeless Outreach Worker for SmartSheets – Alexis Gaynor

Stephanie Boyce has been approved by the GH CAN, and will be given outreach/navigator privileges.

4.      Coordinated Exit:

a.      Reminder: Clients in Jeopardy of Losing Housing should be submitted for 5/15 Operations Committee

5.      Leadership Updates – Crane Cesario

6.      Announcements

a.      Rapid Exit Funding IS AVAILABLE.  Contact Mary.McGowan@journeyhomect.org with any questions!

b.      Family Shelter Check-In will be taking place immediately after today’s meeting from 3:30-4:00PM

c.      Data around housing and our shelter priority list is available on p. 2

d.      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.

e.      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	50	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	693
Verified Chronic Matched	22
Verified Chronic Not Yet Matched	29	We currently have 29 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	1	These households did not disclose a disabling condition, and are matched to various programs.
Not Chronic Matched	30
Potentially Chronic Not Yet Matched	36	Right now we believe 36 households have the chronic length of homeless history, but none of these individuals have their homeless and disability verifications completed.
Individuals - Active – Not Matched	343	This is Enrolled in CAN, Enrolled in TH, and In an Institution
Families – Active – Not Matched	41	This is Enrolled in CAN and Enrolled in TH
Families - Verified Chronic – Not Matched	1
Families – Potentially Chronic – Matched	0
Families – Potentially Chronic – Not Matched	0
Families – Not Chronic (Verified) – Matched	13	This includes RRH bridges
Families – Verified Chronic – Matched	1

SmartSheets Shelter Priority List Data

Individual Men	Individual Women	Family Stabilization List
41 unsheltered	43 unsheltered	16 families on Stabilization List
56 total	52 total