GREATER HARTFORD
COORDINATED ACCESS NETWORK MEETING AGENDA
Follow
Up Meeting
Wednesday,
April 1st via Zoom
1PM – 2:15PM
1. Welcome
and Introductions – 5 minutes
2. COVID
– 19 – 15 minutes
i. Shelter
Updates
1.
McKinney – curfew is 7pm instead of 10pm. Clients
cannot return if they stay out one night out of hotel. 1 client was stopped
from entering yesterday, that client was positive for COVID – 19.
2.
EH Shelter – trying to keep clients in shelter.
Asking clients where they are going if they are trying to leave. Trying to
reduce # of residents, trying to house as many clients as possible. Was able to
house a family of 3 – provided air mattresses. Looking to house another family
this week. If a client is out more than 24 hours they cannot return. Expecting clients
to return by 8pm.
3.
Cornerstone – received thermometer. Working to
get Tri town building to move clients to separate bedrooms. Working with board
on space. 4 people in hotels, food is being brought over every day.
4.
SPI – 1 client is symptomatic, is quarantined
but not tested. 1 staff has been tested positive. 1 staff also is being tested –
has not been at work. Nonresidents not allowed in building. Transition to
hotels – what if someone refuses? What will be done for Resbit clients? Will
the Warming Center be backfilling the current census of 40 people as they
transition to regular shelter beds, or are the current 40 the last people who
will be served by the warming Center before it closes?
5.
Open Hearth – no one is isolated at the moment.
2 staff have been tested. Main dorm is down to 16. Meals are being served in main
dormitory. Capacity of 48 – 43 people currently. Satellite location downtown,
will help spread out men. Over 60 are in single rooms.
6.
Interval House – all is well so far
7.
YWCA – all is well so far
8.
SA Marshall House – full, no mandatory quarantine.
People are cooperating. Received thermometers – have English translation. Discovery
survey. Warming center – taking census down, 12 placed in hotel. 2 guest retuned
to home state. Prioritizing Hartford and Hartford CAN region. 40 will have beds
held for them. Will not be back filling Warming center – also doing discovery survey.
1 self-report – false report. Extending till May 31st, cooperative
staffing, will keep doors open during the day.
ii. Hotel
Updates
1.
Waiting for state to determine hotel space, DAS
is administrating. Looking at hotels in Hartford and East Hartford. Looking for
a large hotel to relocate McKinney, SPI and some EH residents. 70-75 people in
hotel at the moment in Capitol Hotel and Comfort Inn in Wethersfield
2.
Case management is being done for hotel clients
3.
1 client has symptoms but not positive for COVID
– 19
4.
Will move some residents from Capitol hotel to a
larger hotel once available
3. Extending time limit for DOC discharges for diversion
appointments– Stephanie Corbin - 5 minutes
a.
Teamed with
CCEH - $ for discharges from DOC, 48 hour discharge to 14 days
b.
CHR and
Manchester are working on this – have staffing capacity
c.
If end
of sentence – no choice but to discharge
i. Is DOC obligated to do more for inmate?
d.
Pilot
to see how many clients we will receive – will monitor closely
e.
Should
we support all or just end of sentence people?
f.
Will
cover 1st month and security deposit
g.
Everyone
is in support as a pilot
4.
COVID-19 -
PSH/RRH/Other agency updates – 10 minutes
a.
Mercy – Amendment for staffing, RRH. 60K to use
from now to June 30th - short term, 3 months, just $, some can be
for services. Will need to figure out how to get the money into the community.
Will be able to pay up to 3 months of rent upfront. Will need to figure out
prioritization- is it for elderly and medically compromised? We have 7 people with 1K income – can they
live independently and some services needed. Lisa will add this for
Individuals. Identified those with income and will ask about barriers. Will
connect those to case managers and or GHBI. Mercy will cut checks instead
of ACT. Can serve 12 to 15 people of
families from shelter or unsheltered space. Money needs to be spent, can
possibly access security deposit money from Hartford Foundation.
b.
The Connection – continuing to house youth, no
positive tests and no symptoms at the moment.
c.
Town of Manchester – working to identify resources
for those who are chronic and newly homeless. No quarantine plan at the moment –
working on.
d.
CRT – Vets, GPD not taking in new clients
e.
CRT Supportive housing – staff are working from home;
some are working at the office. 5 new HPASS clients, contact by phone, trying
to house clients. Staff are reaching out to landlords for inspections. Working on
rehousing clients who were in a recent fire.
f.
ImmaCare – no one has tested positive in
programs, staff are working from home. Landlords do not want to show apt unless
clients have gloves and mask – working with landlords.
g.
DOH – no updates
h.
DMHAS – able to get charter oak families housed,
working with 1 more clients. Mega waiver to delay inspections – inspect by FaceTime,
virtual signatures – working on
i.
Community Solutions –
j.
CHR Enfield – warming center in Enfield is
closing Saturday. 9 people currently at WC. Some are refusing resources but
working with clients to resolve homelessness, also providing camping gear to
those who refuse resources
k.
HOH – takeout food and beverages, day shelter
only on inclement weather days, providing navigating resources. for the next
few weeks MANNA’s community meals day program, operating out of our Center at
55 Bartholomew, Mons – Thursdays, is doing takeout food and beverages. Day sheltering will be provided on inclement
weather days (or if someone requests it) only to folks living outside. We are still providing some navigation, referral
and resource services.
5. Plan for “non-symptomatic newly homeless” –
10 minutes
a. Receiving
calls from hospital and city of Hartford. Right now – we have nothing available,
they have to sleep on the street – any communication to help?
b. No
answer for anyone who we cannot divert.
c. Are
they being to a list? Yes, to SmartSheet, not called shelter waitlist. No
process in place yet for prioritization. Only adding those who are reporting
they have slept outside. Can we refill hotel rooms if someone move out of
hotel? – we can but might not have a relationship with them.
d. Adding
people to hotel sites who are unsheltered? Need to be connected to a provider. Will
work on collaborative. How will we
identify who is most vulnerable, how should we prioritize? - Operations topic, for newly homeless
i. SPI,
McKinney to add those who are newly homeless
ii. Not
sure if we will get more hotel rooms – 1 drop in location at most communities
iii. Staff
concern if clients are in hotels and shelter
iv. Need
to approach city or come up with plan for a location to take new intakes, it
will be a lot of people going into hotels
v. Smaller group to discuss on 12pm tomorrow –
daily call
6. Plan for homeless clients (not in shelter
or hotel) who are being discharged from Hospitals after testing positive for
Covid-19 – 10 minutes
i. In Hartford hospitals call the City
directly to sort out a quarantine plan?
ii. Any updates on these hospitals? - Johnson
Memorial, Rockville General, Manchester Memorial, UConn Health, (and the Central
hospitals too).
7. How to handle quarantine in hotels or
shelters if people test Positive? – 10 minutes
a.
Particularly
for clients with addictions- how strict is quarantine- might need a public
health perspective on this – Intercommunity and COH
b.
Do we
need Quarantine specific detox beds?
8. Announcements
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