Please be advised that the HMIS system will be unavailable on August 19th, 2017, from 10:00PM to August 20th, 2017, 2:00PM PST. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Now Available: HUD’s Continuum of Care Competition Webinars
USICH Webinar: Explore strategies for success in responding to the NOFA, including an overview of key policy priorities and important changes from last year’s competition. View the recording!
National Alliance to End Homelessness Webinar: NAEH focused on the new Joint Transitional Housing and Rapid Re-Housing Component Project type. View the recording!
Don’t Miss: Webinars on HUD’s Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Continuums of Care! (August 2 & 3)
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!
Review Webinar: Engaging Individuals who have Experienced Chronic Homelessness
If you were unable to attend the HUD webinar: Engaging Individuals who have Experienced Chronic Homelessness hosted by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on July 18th, you can go to the link to review an archived recording of the discussion.
The webinar includes:
- Motivational Interviewing and techniques to meet people where they are.
- How to apply harm reduction principles with Housing First through crisis housing.
- Housing individuals with active substance abuse and psychiatric conditions.
- Collaborations that can improve housing stability and whole health.
- How integrated health, behavioral health, and housing services using Housing First can improve a person’s housing stability and wellbeing.
If you have questions or issues, please email webevents@ahpnet.com.
Scheduled HMIS Outage Moved to 8/05/17
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.
Register for HUD Webinar: Engaging Individuals who have Experienced Chronic Homelessness (July 18th)
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:
- Motivational Interviewing and techniques to meet people where they are.
- How to apply harm reduction principles with Housing First through crisis housing.
- Housing individuals with active substance abuse and psychiatric conditions.
- Collaborations that can improve housing stability and whole health.
- How integrated health, behavioral health, and housing services using Housing First can improve a person’s housing stability and wellbeing.
Susan Pfefferle, Ph.D., from Abt Associates, will moderate presentations and discussion among:
- Pat Tucker, MBA, MA, Advocates for Human Potential
- Frances E. Isbell, MA, CEO, Healthcare for the Homeless Houston
- Cathy Crouch, Executive Vice President, SEARCH Housing Services
- Daniel Malone, MPH, Executive Director, Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC)
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.
New HUD Webinar: Capturing Chronic Homeless Status in a Client’s HMIS Records
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.
HMIS Q1 2017 Report Cards Posted!
The HMIS Q1 2017 Report Cards have been published! These report cards review data timeliness, entries referred from the Coordinated Entry System, and Average Data Quality Scores, for the three different types of data elements our users collect data for: Universal Data Elements, Program Specific Data Elements at Entry, and Program Specific Data Elements at Exit.
FREE LGBT Sensitivity Training Scheduled for 6/30/17
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.
JUNE 2017 DATA MATTERS NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED!
Check out the June 2017 Data Matters Newsletter!