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On April 1, 2017, Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant recipients (including recipients of funds under the CoC Program, Supportive Housing Program, Shelter Plus Care, and Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program) stopped reporting their Annual Performance Reports (APRs) in e-snaps and began submitting them in Sage HMIS Reporting Repository (Sage). Sage is an online repository that allows greater flexibility to recipients, CoCs, and HUD to report and search CoC Program APR data.

HUD is offering a webinar on the Sage HMIS Repository on both April 18th and April 19th. These are two offerings of the same training, so please only register for one of the webinars.

Participants will learn:

• How to access Sage, including a brief overview of the various user levels
• How to complete the CoC Program APR in Sage
• How to access additional resources and guidance on the CoC Program APR and Sage

Registration is now open for the following April Trainings:

Webinar Title	Date and Time	Registration Link
Sage Training: Submitting your CoC APR	Tuesday, April 18th 11 AM – 12 PM EDT	Register Now
Sage Training: Submitting your CoC APR	Wednesday, April 19th 3 PM – 4 PM EDT	Register Now

PLEASE NOTE: Registration is required.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar, Sage Training: Submitting your CoC APR, is relevant to CoC program grant recipients, as well as CoC and HMIS Lead agency staff. However, lines are limited for these calls. Please limit registration to 1 per organization; we encourage staff to listen together on one line (and use one registration), if possible. Attendance is limited to 1,000 participants for each webinar.

Training Series Point of Contact:

Thuan Huynh | 301.347.5841 | Thuan_Huynh@abtassoc.com

Registering for Sage Training: Submitting your CoC APR

Access the registration page using the link listed below and then select Register Now on the right side of the page.

• Sage Training: Submitting your CoC APR – Tuesday, April 18, 2017
• Sage Training: Submitting your CoC APR – Wednesday, April 19, 2017

You should receive an email confirming your registration. You will also receive reminder emails 24 hours and one hour before the webinar begins. All of these emails will include links to join the training at the time of the event.

If you have not yet registered for a HUD Exchange Learn account:
Create an Account on the HUD Exchange

1. Go to the HUD Exchange (www.hudexchange.info).
2. Click Log In (at the upper right).
3. Click Create an Account.
4. Fill out the form, and click the Create Account button.

Your account has been created. You will receive a confirmation email.

If you have already registered for a HUD Exchange Learn account:

1. Enter your Username and Password; select Log in
2. If prompted to fill out additional information, please do so, and select Update
3. You will be brought directly to the course detail page in HUD Exchange Learn
4. Select the checkbox next to the class name and location and then select Enroll in this Class

If you are unsure if you have a HUD Exchange Learn account:

• Go to the HUD Exchange Login page, and enter your email address into the field: Forget Username or Password?
• If a username for that email address already exists, you will receive an email with a temporary password that you can use to follow the steps above. If not, you’ll receive an error message.

Additional Instructions

To find out more information about upcoming trainings and access materials from previously held trainings, go to HUD Exchange Trainings.

HUD’s original email

Learn how the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) faith-government partnership is creating a new community co-investment process through the evidence-based Open Table model.

You can use Open Table to:

• Partner with the faith community to build an extended system of care.
• Discuss unmet need to address poverty for persons with behavioral health needs.
• Train residents to invest their intellectual and social capital in young adults and families.
• Provide unconditional support for persons who have experienced trauma.
• Create a sustainable system of care.

Hear from SAMHSA grantees and faith community partners in this webinar who will focus on the intersection of support for those who are experiencing homelessness and the Open Table model of poverty intervention.

Webinar Details:

Date: April 5, 2017
Time: 3:30-4:30 PM EDT
Phone Number: 888-928-9713
Passcode: OPENTABLE
Web Access: Join the webinar online.

Please invite community partners, stakeholders and coalition members to this informational webinar

HUD’s original email.

We have launched a new RFP for 2017!

2-1-1 Orange County (211OC) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to secure web based Software as a Service (SaaS) for the Orange County Continuum of Care’s (CoC) Homelessness Management Information System (HMIS).

Check out the March 2017 Data Matters Newsletter!

Check out how your projects compare to other projects in Orange County with the HMIS Q4 2016 Report Cards!  These report cards review data timeliness, entries referred from the Coordinated Entry System, and average data quality score for Universal Data Elements, Program Specific Data Elements at Entry, and Program Specific Data Elements at Exit.

Adsystech no longer provides support for the DIR (Data Integrity Report) because it is a LAHSA custom report. Agencies no longer have access to the DIR in their Management Report inventory list. Please use the existing data quality reports for your data quality needs. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Questions Tab on the Program Entry page is now showing the correct interface.

If you encounter any other system issues with the new site, please contact the HMIS Helpdesk at hmis-helpdesk@211oc.org as soon as possible so we can work to resolve the problem.

HMIS server has moved, visit  https://ochmis.esserver.com to access to HMIS using Internet Explorer. (NOTE: Chrome and Firefox no longer supported, you must use Internet Explorer.)

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is holding a series of webinars for Continuums of Care (CoCs) and recipients of CoC Program and Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program funding to educate participants about the components of the Notice Establishing Additional Requirements for Continuum of Care Centralized or Coordinated Assessment System. This webinar will connect the dots across all of HUD’s Coordinated Entry requirements and recommendations, help communities understand the requirements, and what steps a community should consider to evaluate and ensure compliance. Participants will be introduced to HUD’s Technical Assistance (TA) materials to aid their compliance efforts, including a checklist of essential elements assessment tool (available on the HUD Exchange).

Webinar Dates:

Date:	Time:	Registration Link:
Monday, March 20, 2017	1:00–2:30 PM EDT	Register Now
Wednesday, March 22, 2017	2:00–3:30 PM EDT	Register Now
Tuesday, March 28, 2017	1:00–2:30 PM EDT	Register Now

PLEASE NOTE: Registration is required. Content will not vary across sessions.

Who Should Attend?

Every CoC must establish or update its coordinated entry process in accordance with the requirements of 24 CFR 578.7(a)(8) and the Notice by January 23, 2018. Each CoC and each ESG recipient operating within the CoC’s geographic area must also work together to ensure the CoC’s coordinated entry process allows for coordinated screening, assessment and referrals for ESG projects. CoCs throughout the country designing and implementing coordinated entry processes to ensure that their housing crisis response systems end current homelessness for all households and ensure that future homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring. Recognizing that CoCs are in various stages of planning and implementation, this webinar is designed to help CoCs understand what is required, how to review their progress to date, and how to begin to identify areas that are completed or need further development. This includes staff and programs working on coordinated entry design and implementation, as well as projects required to participate in coordinated process.

Training Point of Contact

Jake LaSala | 240-582-3624 | CE.Training@Cloudburstgroup.com

Registering for the Requirements for Coordinated Entry Systems Webinar – March 2017

Access the registration page below and then select Register Now on the right side of the page.

• Requirements for Coordinated Entry Systems Webinar 3/20
• Requirements for Coordinated Entry Systems Webinar 3/22
• Requirements for Coordinated Entry Systems Webinar 3/28

If you have not yet registered for an HUD Exchange Learn account:

Create an Account on the HUD Exchange

• Go to the HUD Exchange (www.hudexchange.info).
• Click Log In (at the upper right).
• Click Create an Account.
• Fill out the form, and click the Create Account button.

Your account has been created. You will receive a confirmation email.

If you have already registered for an HUD Exchange Learn account:

• Enter your Username and Password; select Log in
• If prompted to fill out additional information, please do so, and select Update
• You will be brought directly to the course detail page in HUD Exchange Learn
• Select the checkbox next to the class name and location and then select Enroll in this Class

If you are unsure if you have an HUD Exchange Learn account:

• Go to the HUD Exchange Login page, and enter your email address into the field: Forget Username or Password?
• If a username for that email address already exists, you will receive an email with a temporary password that you can use to follow the steps above. If not, you’ll receive an error message.

Additional Instructions

To find out more information about upcoming trainings and access materials from previously held trainings, go to HUD Exchange Training.

HUD’s original email

The APR Training: Overview of the Sage HMIS Repository Webinar will provide an overview of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) new reporting system for the submission of its Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Annual Performance Report (APR). Effective April 1, 2017, the new system, Sage Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Repository, will now be the portal for all CoC Program recipients to submit their APR to HUD.

Registration is now open for the following March Training:

Webinar Title	Date/Time	Registration Link
APR Training: Overview of the Sage HMIS Repository	Thursday, March 16, 2017 3:30-4:30 PM EDT	Register Today

Who Should Attend?

The APR Training: Overview of the Sage HMIS Repository Webinar is relevant to CoCs and CoC Program recipients. Attendance for this webinar is limited to 1,000 participants.

Training Series Point of Contact

Lily Rosenthal | 617-520-2435 | Lily_Rosenthal@abtassoc.com

Registering for the APR Training: Overview of the Sage HMIS Repository Webinar

Access the registration page below and then select Register Now for the desired class.

• APR Training: Overview of the Sage HMIS Repository Webinar

If you have not yet registered for a HUD Exchange Learn account:

Create an Account on the HUD Exchange

1. Go to the HUD Exchange (www.hudexchange.info).
2. Click Login (at the upper right).
3. Click Create an Account.
4. Fill out the form, and click the Create Account button. Your account has been created. You will receive a confirmation email.

If you have already registered for a HUD Exchange Learn account:

1. Enter your Username and Password; select Log in.
2. If prompted to fill out additional information, please do so, and select Update.
3. You will be brought directly to the course detail page in HUD Exchange Learn.
4. Select the checkbox next to the class name and location and then select Enroll in this Class.

If you are unsure if you have a HUD Exchange Learn account:

• Go to the HUD Exchange Login page, and enter your email address into the field: Forget Username or Password?
• If a username for that email address already exists, you will receive an email with a temporary password that you can use to follow the steps above. If not, you’ll receive an error message.

Additional Instructions

To find out more information about upcoming trainings and access materials from previously held trainings, go to HUD Exchange Trainings.

HUD’s Original Email