USICH Webinar: Join us on August 2 at 11:00 AM (PST), to explore strategies for success in responding to the NOFA, including an overview of key policy priorities and important changes from last year’s competition. Register now!
Alliance Webinar: Join the National Alliance to End Homelessness August 3 at 10:00 AM (PST), as they focus on the new Joint Transitional Housing and Permanent Housing-Rapid Rehousing component project. Register now!
Please be advised that the HMIS system will be unavailable on August 5th, 2017, from 10:00PM to August 6th, 2017, at 2:00AM PST while Patch 251 is being applied to HMIS. We apologize for any inconvenience.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) invites you to attend a panel discussion on how recovery happens even for people who have spent most of their lives without housing.
How can I reach someone who seems unaware that help is possible? How can I assist someone to set meaningful goals when they say that they have given up? If you have considered any of these questions then this webinar is for you! Our expert presenters will discuss:
Susan Pfefferle, Ph.D., from Abt Associates, will moderate presentations and discussion among:
Webinar Details:
Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Time: 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM ET
This webinar is the third in HHRN’s Outreach and Engagement: Evidence-based Practices that Promote Recovery and Resilience.
This video, released on March 21, 2017, covers how to capture the information about a client’s living situation in HMIS needed to calculate their chronic homeless status. Every HMIS-participating project must record clients’ living situation and disability status in HMIS at project entry and can simply record that information based on client self-response.
On June 30th, 2017, 211OC hosted an LGBT Sensitivity Training session presented by the LGBTQ Center of Long Beach and learned a lot about how to best serve our LGBTQ clients experiencing homelessness. Please feel free to look through the slides that were presented today to get a feel for what we discussed.
In a nutshell, here are some best practices that we went over:
Thanks so much to everyone who was able to make it to this training!
211OC will host a FREE LGBT Sensitivity Training for all Orange County homeless service providers on Friday June 30th from 10AM to 12PM. A representative from the Long Beach LGBT Center will conduct the training which will consist of a presentation and Q&A session.
Where? CASA Training Room (Upstairs) 1505 E 17th. St Santa Ana, CA 92705
When? Friday, 6/30/17, from 10AM to 12PM.
We are hoping at least one representative from each of our agencies can attend this important training. According to HUD “[m]embers of the LGBT community are more likely to become homeless, and once homeless, more likely to endure discrimination and harassment that extends their homelessness.” We want Orange County’s CoC to be a safe and welcoming place for all LGBT clients experiencing homelessness, and we hope that this training will help us serve this marginalized population better!
There is no need to RSVP for this event, please just show up ready to learn!
OC LGBT History Fun Fact: In April 1972, Costa Mesa resident John Rule installed a pink mail box outside his house to mark the founding of what eventually became the Orange County Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center, one of the first in the nation. Because it was not safe to advertise the purpose of Rule’s house, the pink mailbox let community members know that they were in the right place.
Did you know that according to HUD “[m]embers of the LGBT community are more likely to become homeless, and once homeless, more likely to endure discrimination and harassment that extends their homelessness”? LGBT people are not protected under the Fair Housing Act, however, HUD’s Equal Access Rule “makes it illegal to discriminate against LGBT individuals and families in any housing that receives funding from HUD or is insured by the Federal Housing Administration, regardless of local laws.” Orange County is positioned to lead the way in providing safe, compassionate, and equal housing opportunities to members of the LGBT community.
In order to better serve our LGBT population experiencing homelessness, 211OC will provide a FREE training on LGBT sensitivity and best practices. We hope to have at least one representative from each of our HMIS participating agencies attend this upcoming event. In order to book an appropriate venue, we need to get a rough idea of how many attendees we can expect.
If you would like to attend, please send an email to Casey Parnis with answers to the following questions:
How many staff members from your agency would you like to send?
Are there any specific sub-populations you would like more information about (i.e. youth, transgender, LGBT parents)?
Are there any weekdays in June that you would be unavailable for training?
Thank you so much! We hope to see you there!
The Homeless Inventory Count (HIC) and Point in Time count (PIT) have been approved by the County and submitted to HUD! Thank you to all of the agencies for their hard work and collaboration, which made this possible!
Please check out our May 2017 Data Matters Newsletter & Orange County Reports webpage for more information.
Please be advised that the HMIS system will be unavailable on April 29th, 2017, from 10PM to 2AM PST while Patch 248 is being applied to HMIS. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Awesome news! We are implementing a new HMIS Helpdesk software called HappyFox, which will allow us to respond to your HMIS issues much more quickly and accurately. Woohoo! HappyFox also provides us with “Knowledge Base” software, which is a collection of articles written by 211OC HMIS Staff about common HMIS problems. Checking the Knowledge Base before submitting a ticket can help you solve some issues on your own without having to wait for a reply from HMIS Staff!
IMPORTANT: Client names, dates of birth, and social security numbers should NEVER be sent through HappyFox, including in screenshots. Check ALL screenshots for visible client identifying information and use Paint or other image editing software to block it out before attaching.
As a reminder, only designated Agency Administrators should be contacting 211OC through the new Helpdesk software. However, all users can search for help using the online Knowledge Base.
In addition, 211OC Staff will not be responding to emails sent to the HMIS helpdesk email (hmis-helpdesk@211oc.org), and we will no longer be responding to HMIS questions sent to our individual email addresses. Please submit all questions or concerns to the new HMIS Help Desk ticketing system.