GREATER HARTFORD
COORDINATED ACCESS NETWORK MEETING AGENDA
Follow
Up Meeting
Wednesday,
May 6 via GoToMeetings
1PM – 2:15PM
1. Welcome
and Introductions – 10 minutes
2. COVID
– 19 – 15 minutes
i. Agency
Updates
1.
Any staff/clients tested positive?
a.
Open Hearth – everyone is being tested. Working with Hartford Health to
start testing every two weeks. Charter Oak will test anyone that is coming in
new.
b.
Reached out to city to have testing at hotel
site – Liany is working on bringing testing to hotel sites. Starting with Red
Roof Inn.
c.
Yolanda/ Charter Oak – testing will begin next
week from 9-3 to anyone. Public info, COVID 19 hotline first, telehealth then
they can be scheduled to come in. Average 60 test per day.
2.
Any Challenges or successes?
a.
Open Hearth – testing went well. State
department of health approved morning of. Site has to be outdoors instead of
indoors. Have spreadsheet and ROI before testing begins.
3. Update on Clients with Income refusing to engage in
housing – Lisa Quach – 15 Minutes
a.
Messaging from CAN for those who are refusing to
engage in housing
b.
Letter says “no guarantee for hotel placement
past June 1st”
i. Can
we give discharges during a pandemic from hotel?
1.
Can Solutions provide discharge dates? Solutions
can make decisions case by case.
2.
Who will the discharge letters come from CAN?
CAN
ii. If
they refuse what should be done?
1.
If they deny the 3 opportunities what should be
done? Start with a letter explaining why. Message can include 60+
prioritization. Explain emergency shelter is for those who need emergency
shelter if they have options they are not in need of emergency shelter.
2.
What if they do not leave on the discharge date?
a.
Any legal filing needed?
b.
Motel has the right to terminate them if they do
not leave on the date everyone leaves.
c.
Need to deal with situation once it arises.
iii. Clients
are assuming if they hang around long enough they will get low income housing.
iv. Some
clients have legit reasons why they don’t want to move into a housing
opportunity. Need a standard message for those with non legit reasons.
v. Lots
of clients refuse shared housing- clients do not have enough income
vi. Notify
shelter managers at hotels this is being worked on.
c.
Unsheltered without risk factors for beds in
hotels - next category in priority list – move forward. 84 men and 19 women. 3
youth are category 4.
i. Reserve
some beds – 5/6 beds for 1st category. Save 3 rooms.
d.
4 have been housed with Mercy $$
4. Statewide
ESG-COVID housing effort – Matt Morgan – 15 minutes
a.
Subcommittee is meeting.
b.
Master leasing, polling agencies on who has
staff who are not being utilized during COVID. Agencies interested in
participating.
c.
Preapprove clients for apartments – prescreening
if possible.
d.
CHR working on language about what has to be
done from agencies
e.
Discussing statewide efforts with Rapid results
group
5. COVID-19
Equitable Emergency Response Fund Updates – 15 Minutes
a.
Portable Bathrooms – Barbara Shaw and Mark
Jenkins working on location. Pull park location. Public does not use that park
much which will be a good location. Sara checked on portable bathrooms. Outreach
workers and Mark’s team can go to location to make connections. Medical site
willing to join.
b.
PPE – large shipment to Journey Home. Alison is
coordinating distribution and collecting list of supplies needed. Reach out to
Alison if any supplies is needed.
c.
Air Mattresses
Request was submitted on Monday. Waiting to hear back on
when funds will be available.
6.
Agenda Items – 2 minutes
7.
Announcements – 2 minutes
a. Zoom
for GH Leadership meetings. Use security code.
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