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Author: Diana Taylor

2023 Spring NHSDC Conference Live Webcast – April 3, 2023

HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) Technical Assistance (TA) providers are working with the National Human Services Data Consortium (NHSDC) to offer the technical information you need to successfully measure progress towards preventing and ending homelessness. NHSDC brings together human services data professionals from around the country to learn best practices, inspire one another, and make connections at the Spring 2023 Conference. If you will not be attending the conference in Chandler, AZ, you can watch the five sessions below through a live webcast and participate in the Q&A through the chat in the final session. The recordings will also be posted on the HUD Exchange in the near future.

Schedule for April 3, 2023

Session Time
Strategic Communications with Non-CoC Partners and the Public 12:45 – 1:45 PM EDT
Unsheltered and Encampment Response 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
HMIS Project Set-Up 101 and 102 4:15 – 5:30 PM EDT
HMIS Fundamentals 5:45 – 6:45 PM EDT
Q&A with the HUD SNAPS Office on the 2024 HMIS Data Standards 7:00 – 8:00 PM EDT

Joining Instructions

Registration is not required. It is strongly recommended that you join 15 minutes prior to the start time of the session.

Join the Webcasts on April 3, 2023

Webcast Point of Contact

If you encounter any difficulties when joining the webcast, please contact Lou Cirelli at lou@meetingscouts.com.

Register Today: HMIS Data Analytics On-Demand Course: Cohort Seven – Starting January 17, 2023

Registration is now open for the seventh cohort of the HMIS Data Analytics On-Demand Course. The goal of this immersive course is to provide a conceptual and practical framework for ad hoc reporting utilizing HMIS data. This self-paced course is open to anyone in your community who is interested in analyzing, interpreting, and communicating HMIS data. This is an introductory level course and might be a good fit for newer members of your HMIS team or someone looking to brush up on their data skills. Participants are not expected to have high-level technical or statistical skills; only basic knowledge of the following is needed:

• HMIS data standards
• How to pull an HMIS comma-separated value (CSV) file set (unless the participant has access to someone who can pull HMIS reports for them)
• How to enter data into Excel and navigate within it


The data analytics course will equip participants with the skills to create a data brief highlighting trends to engage communities to drive insights into action. A combination of content, hands-on skill-building, and recommended resources are provided to help a basic data user build skills and knowledge necessary to be an advanced data professional while providing opportunities for ongoing professional development and learning.


Participants will have eight weeks to complete six course modules at their own pace. Course participants will also receive a certificate upon completion of all six modules.

Registration
The seventh offering of the HMIS Data Analytics On-Demand Course will be held from January 17 – March 17, 2023.
Please Note: Registration is limited to 250 individuals and will automatically close once the course is at capacity. When registering, please use the code 2023JANHMIS.

Register for Cohort Seven

For more information, please visit the course syllabus and the HMIS Data Analytics On-Demand Course page.

Questions?
For any questions regarding the HMIS Data Analytics On-Demand Course, please contact hmisonlinecourse@cloudburstgroup.com.

Training Opportunity: Safety Planning for Survivors Experiencing Homelessness

The Office of Care Coordination, on behalf of the Orange County Continuum of Care (CoC), is hosting the upcoming training opportunity. Safety Planning for Survivors Experiencing Homelessness will be presented by Domestic Violence Resource Centers, Metro LA Center for the Pacific and Asian Family, East LA The Whole Child, and West LA Saint Joseph Center.

The training is intended for advocates, survivors, housing and homeless service providers, victim service providers, and program administrators. Through this training, attendees will learn safety planning based on housing status and best practices.

Please find details below on the upcoming training opportunity and reference the flyer here for additional information. 

Training Session 

Date: Friday, November 18th, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Meeting Link: Click here to join the meeting  
Meeting ID: 213 427 875 351
Passcode: 8GgxUq Or call in (audio only): +1 949-543-0845
Phone Conference ID: 972 334 636#

Listening Sessions for Continuum of Care Plan for Serving Individuals and Families Experiencing Homelessness with Severe Service Needs

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the release of the Continuum of Care (CoC) Supplemental to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness (CoC Special NOFO) on June 22, 2022. As part of the CoC Special NOFO application process, CoCs are tasked with developing a CoC plan for serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness with severe service needs (CoC Plan).

Listening Sessions

The Orange County CoC invites your participation and feedback at an upcoming listening session. Listening sessions will provide an overview of the CoC Plan requirements as outlined in the CoC Special NOFO application and allow space for recommendations for specific components of the plan to be developed. If needed, additional listening sessions may be calendared.

Listening Session #2 – Current Strategy to Identify, Shelter and House Individuals and Families Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness
Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m3336eb89f8538f4cbaef87993d1bcc59 

Listening Session #3 – Updating Strategy to Identify, Shelter and House Households Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness and Prioritizing Households Experiencing or with Histories of Unsheltered Homelessness
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m0ca0b71c30467c20f34fe04a4533b615 

Listening Session #4 – Involving individuals with Lived Experience of Homelessness and Supporting Underserved Communities and Equitable Development
Date: September 13, 2022
Time: 12:30 p.m. –1:30 p.m. 
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m534b4539c34c0ec182ac32db0b171b73

Newly Scheduled!
Listening Session #5 – Recommendations Towards Previous Topics
Date: Friday, September 16, 2022
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=me088ed06d580623f15ce355c20103249

Who should attend?

CoC general membership and key stakeholders, including affordable housing developers, service providers, the business community, victim service providers, healthcare providers, and others interested in developing a plan to address people experiencing homelessness with severe service needs.

Can’t make a session?

If you are interested in providing feedback and recommendations to the CoC Plan and are unable to make a listening session, you may review the questions included in the session presentations linked on the CoC Special NOFO Webpage and email responses to Patrick Wigmore at Patrick@homebaseccc.org and include the Office of Care Coordination at CareCoordination@ochca.com. Please contact the Office of Care Coordination at CareCoordination@ochca.com with the subject line “CoC Plan Listening Sessions” if you have any questions or difficulty accessing the listening sessions. 

Continuum of Care Plan for Serving Individuals and Families Experiencing Homelessness with Severe Service Needs (CoC Plan) Listening Sessions

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the release of the Continuum of Care (CoC) Supplemental to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness (CoC Special NOFO) on June 22, 2022. As part of the CoC Special NOFO application process, CoCs are tasked with developing a CoC plan for serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness with severe service needs (CoC Plan).

The Orange County CoC invites your participation and feedback at an upcoming listening session. Listening sessions will provide an overview of the CoC Plan requirements as outlined in the CoC Special NOFO application and allow space for recommendations for specific components of the plan to be developed. If needed, additional listening sessions may be calendared.

Listening Session #1 – Leveraging Housing and Healthcare Resources
Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m8d388aa8bd5cd255578d1c57f150ab4d

Listening Session #2 – Current Strategy to Identify, Shelter and House Individuals and Families Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness
Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m3336eb89f8538f4cbaef87993d1bcc59 

Listening Session #3 – Updating Strategy to Identify, Shelter and House Households Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness and Prioritizing Households Experiencing or with Histories of Unsheltered Homelessness
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m0ca0b71c30467c20f34fe04a4533b615 

Listening Session #4 – Involving individuals with Lived Experience of Homelessness and Supporting Underserved Communities and Equitable Development
Date: September 13, 2022
Time: 12:30 p.m. –1:30 p.m. 
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m534b4539c34c0ec182ac32db0b171b73

Who should attend?
CoC general membership and key stakeholders, including affordable housing developers, service providers, the business community, victim service providers, healthcare providers, and others interested in developing a plan to address people experiencing homelessness with severe service needs.  Please contact the Office of Care Coordination at CareCoordination@ochca.com with the subject line “CoC Plan Listening Sessions” if you have any questions or difficulty accessing the listening sessions. 

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