GREATER HARTFORD
COORDINATED ACCESS NETWORK MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday,
March 3, 2021 via Zoom
1PM – 2:15PM
1. Welcome and Introductions – 5 minutes
2. COVID – 19 Agency Updates – 5 minutes
a.
Vaccinations
b.
SPI, TOH – had 1st and 2nd
dose of vaccines already
c.
TOH – staff have been vaccinated, 100%. 2 new
staff will be vaccinated soon. Clients, about 100% have been vaccinated, with
the exception of those who are new. New folks have been scheduled or will be
scheduled. Staff were required to be vaccinated. Clients were urged to get
vaccinated and expressed community need. Biggest concern – some thought they
were being injected with COVID, discussion was done explaining. Fred was
vaccinated first.
d.
EH Shelter – clinic will come in twice a month
for COVID testing and education around the vaccine. Will have someone come in
and talk with the families individually to discuss the need for vaccine and
information around the vaccine. Will go over where they can go and get
vaccinated. Wheeler Clinic will come in to educate. Staff 60% have completed
vaccinations. Some staff are waiting to get vaccinated, staff will be at a
100%.
e.
SAMH – not mandating employee vaccinations.
Employees are scheduling own vaccinations. Several staff have received 1st
does. SA is not collecting information on staff vaccination. Few staff members
have had COVID, waiting for immunity
based on doctor recommendation. Shelter residents are working with the city.
Case Managers are discussing with the residents about vaccinations. Collecting
numbers and reporting to the city of those who are getting vaccine, who will
get it, and who does not want it. The city will schedule based on quantity. Milner
is gathering numbers – waiting for J&J vaccine. MH will have vaccine
through the city.
f.
ImmaCare – half of staff and clients signed up
for vaccine. Some staff have received 2nd dose last week. Some staff
are scheduled. Less than half signed up for vaccine. Some will receive vaccines
this week. Through Charter Oak Health Center.
g.
Interval House – can’t do on site clinic.
Advocates are working with residents to scheduled them for vaccinations based
on eligibility/ age limit. Will provide transportation. Based on appointment
eligibility. Recommending vaccine to staff but not mandating. Not tracking
staff vaccinations. Difficulty finding apts.
h.
McKinney – 2 dose will be next week. Testing
will be tomorrow. Will reduce testing to 1 time a month. IN April will schedule
one more round of vaccinations. Had 3 vaccination clinics at hotel, next week
will be 4. First 80 people including staff. Reduce number of people getting
tested because they have received vaccination. Clients about 45%, staff about
90-95% received vaccine. Only staff that have not received vaccine is ones who
have tested positive for COVID. Constantly talk to clients about vaccine, also
have nurses talk to the client about vaccines.
i.
GHHRC – hotel, working with staff. One staff waiting
to receive vaccination after doctor approval. 95% staff have been vaccinated.
Hotel staff is harder to vaccinate. Hiring a peer to go to shelter site to
discuss vaccinations.
j.
HOH – staff were vaccinated yesterday. Only 3
staff have not been vaccinated- medical or religious. 40 staff. 70% of tenants
for onsite apartments have been vaccinated. Sharing information in conversations
and written information. Direct Care staff works in health care and vaccinated
early in the process and has discussed it with other staff. Day shelter guest have
not been vaccinated yet. Possibly waiting for city to get J&J vaccine that
is one dose.
k.
YWCA – 2/3 of staff have been vaccinated. Half
signed up – clients. 3-week gap. Working with Charter Oak for vaccinations.
l.
Mercy – most have been vaccinated. Some waiting
on 2nd dose. Those who did not get shot was because of medical
issues. Will work with new staff and residents that will receive vaccinations.
70% of staff and residents received vaccinations.
m.
CHR Enfield – not mandatory, highly recommended.
Infection control dept is tracking information. Working with clients to
register through VAMS, CVS, and Walgreens. Some clients do not qualify – by age
population.
n.
Chrysalis – 70 % of staff have received 1st
does, 2nd dose 3/17. Not mandatory, doing lots of education. Lots of
education for clients too. InterCommunity is providing vaccinations.
o.
Cornerstone – not mandatory. Vaccination on
site. 14/40 clients- not counting warming center. 11/15 for staff. Volunteer visiting
nurse has been educating. Urgent Care in Ellington did vaccination.
3. Cold Weather/Winter Planning Updates – Lisa
Cretella, Bryan Flint, Kara Capone, Mark Jenkins, Emily Soucy, and Kelly
Gonzalez– 15 minutes
a. Coming
to end soon, March 31.
b. Enfield
– no major updates.
c. Mercy
– triage is going well. Consistently busy with at least 1 family every night.
d. SA
– positive cases, 2 staff decided to not return to work. Concerned about social
distance. Reached out to city for curtains to keep census at 50. Afraid of what
can happen behind a curtain is a major concern. Some staff have been asking for
fewer shifts because of the concerns at the WC. Threats have been made to
staff/other clients. Hoteled a few during cold weather activation.
e. Manchester
Warming Center – smaller location. At
capacity last night for the first time. 9 people. Total of 23 different people,
most has been 9 a night.
f.
Might be an opportunity to extend hoteling
for those who have been matched to a housing program. Hotels are using FEMA
funding. DO not want clients to go MIA if they have been matched. Would like to
consolidate hotel to simplify. How many rooms and what population should we aim
for after 3/31? 1 room available through GHHRC. Can fill this room based on CAN
referral. Possibly another bed is available. Cornerstone – mixed populations
can be difficult to manage. Enfield – some residents are not looking for a
resolution, not looking for housing help. New smartsheet info ill be added with
who has a plan and who does not. CHR – under capacity of PATH program.
4. Updates/ Next Steps on Accessing In-home
Intensive Services and Accessing Higher Level of Care/Residential Treatment
Programs – Crane Cesario - 10 Minutes
a.
SubCommittee on topics –
b.
Next meeting add this for a longer time frame to
discuss.
c.
Sustainability Workgroup Subcommittee – Matt Morgan
5. Agency Removal from CAN ROI –Lisa Quach – 5
minutes
a. Draft
b. This
is the first time this has happened in statewide CAN about removing an agency.
c.
When voted in not signing CAN participation
agreement – something we want to develop in the near future. Need written actions.
d.
Approval of policy is needed today.
e.
Crane – need a warning before termination. Appeal
process also needs to be added. Offending party can have representation.
f.
Not talking about state federally funded
agencies, only the community programs.
g.
Client should sign release with specific agency
they are working with.
h.
Temporarily suspend access for the agency? Work on
policy in the meantime.
i.
Draft out to everyone before next meeting to
further discuss and vote.
j.
CAN is ok with removing agency if there is
violence involved.
6. Family Homelessness and RAPs – Lisa Quach –
5 minutes
7. Advocacy for CAN Leadership – Matt Morgan –
5 minutes
8. Balance
of State Continuum of Care Context/Updates –10 Minutes- Crane Cesario
9. ESG-COVID Program Updates/FLASH –Jane Banks/Yoshi
Bird, Andrea Hakian, Stephanie Corbin, Lisa Quach, Lionel Rigler, Barbara Shaw,
Kara Zichichi, Matt Morgan – 7 minutes
a. Prioritization
for Rapid Rehousing – Lisa Quach
10. Future Agenda Items or Additional
Announcements – 1 minutes
a.
CT CAN Entity
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