Coordinated Intake Continuum of Care Board 3/31/2015

Background HUD Mandate Coordinated Entry Policy Brief Local Planning 3 year local planning process “A New Front Door for Homeless Services” Consultation with CC St. Paul Minneapolis Have been doing Coordinated Intake for 2 years

System Requirements Standardized Assessment Easy Client AccessLow Barrier Geographic Coverage No Wrong Door Approach Special Populations: Youth, Veterans, Domestic Violence Trained Staff Vulnerability Based

Coordinated Intake Staffing Brendan Ward: Senior Manager of Operations Doreen Best: Program Manager for Coordinated Intake Karissa White: Mobile Intake Assistant OPEN: Lead Crisis Case Manager OPEN: Part-time Mobile Intake Assistant

Process Phase 3 Shelter PlacementHousing Placement Phase 2 Deeper Assessment (SPDAT) Case Management Shelter Waiting List Placement Housing & Resource Referrals Phase 1 Pre-ScreeningInitial Assessment (VI-SPDAT)

Phase 1 Pre-Screening 211, HOST, Walk-in to Agency or Coordinated Intake staff Assessing Homeless Status (Literally Homeless vs. At-Risk of Homelessness) Initial Assessment Initial Assessment (VI- SPDAT) Assess criminal background, physical health, mental health, substance abuse, length of time homeless, etc. Appointment made for deeper assessment by CI staff

Phase 2 SPDAT Assessment done by CI Staff Shelter Waiting List & Case Management Housing Referrals

Phase 2 Housing Referrals 1-4: Resolve Homelessness with little intervention 5-9: Rapid Re-Housing 10+: Permanent Supportive Housing

Phase 3 Shelter and Housing Placement Waiting list based on vulnerability status Once bed is available & referral is made agencies have 24 hours to accept or deny Case Conferencing

Next Steps HMIS and ETO complete set-up Hiring Lead Crisis Case Manager Re-set Coordinated Intake Advisory Meeting Policy & Procedure Approval by CoC Board

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