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Question: Hello! Curious to hear if any other CoCs have had experiences with lived expertise advocates, who receive compensation for their services, have seen any of their benefits reduced due to such compensation? We have been experiencing it here in the LA CoC, which works almost as a disincentive for these advocates to provide their services. Thank you!
By Samantha Vethavanam Los Angeles City & County CoC
Read MoreQuestion: How is your CoC meeting the new HMIS requirements for Coordinated Entry which go into effect October 1? Are you creating a new CES program or are you embedding the CE data elements into existing programs? If you have already updated your HMIS to meet the new requirement, please share what your experience has been and any recommendations you have. Thanks!
By Jenni O'Reilly-Jones Pasadena CoC
Read MoreQuestion: Greetings, Working on the first CESH program request for funding. Has anyone found any additional details on the 40% cap on operating support budget line and 40% cap on CESH allocation annually. CESH statues is vague, are there other resources to explain theses caps further? how did you set up the sub-recipients in light of the caps?
By Cynthia Foster Glendale CoC
Read MoreQuestion: As the Safer-at-Home order slowly eases up and we transition to a new normal, we want to be ready to advise our Sub-recipients on how best to provide direct services to clients as they reintegrate to the workforce. Have any of your CoC’s developed written guidelines/protocol for this?
By Phil McCollum Glendale CoC
Read MoreQuestion: Do any of you have a sample RFP for a homeless day-services/drop in center you would be willing to share with me?
By Tara Carruth Oxnard, San Buenaventura/Ventura County CoC
Read MoreQuestion: What creative things are communities doing to support encampments during covid-19? Ex: setting up parking lots with every other space allowed for one camp, while providing showers etc in the area
By Lucille Boss Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC
Read MoreQuestion: Any Outreach Teams Documenting Potential Covid cases and information about encampments?
By Mike Jones San Bernardino City & County CoC
Read MoreDoes anyone have more details about the $50 million to lease rooms in hotels, motels, and other facilities in partnership with counties and cities to provide immediate isolation placements throughout the state for homeless individuals as noted in Executive Order? Please post comment if you do.
Governor’s Executive Order noted: Leasing Hotels & Motels, in Partnership with Counties: The state provided California’s counties with tailored lists of hotels and motels that are potentially available to lease for…
Read MoreQuestion: Are you using HMIS to track COVID-related motel stays or other interventions? We are considering creating a isolation/quarantine program in our HMIS but are also hesitant to create more work for everyone. Please share how you are tracking your responses on a client-level.
By Jennifer O'Reilly-Jones Pasadena CoC
Read MoreQuestion: What do you have in place to facilitate data sharing between city/county departments? We are struggling to cross reference HMIS data with Public Health data due to HIPAA restrictions. We are trying to collaboratively identify the most vulnerable to place them in motels due to COVID-19.
By Jennifer O'Reilly-Jones Pasadena CoC
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