Central Florida Continuum of Care

December 15, 2015

Point in Time Count AHAR Chronic Homelessness – final definition Orange County Rapid ReHousing

applications Upcoming Calendar CoC membership HSN Board of Directors January meeting agenda preview

Agenda

Point in Time – Night of the Count: Wednesday January 27 2016

AHAR- Annual Homeless Assessment Report◦ Please see HUD Exchange AHAR link :

https://www.hudexchange.info/hdx/guides/ahar/◦ More will be posted at hsncfl.org

Point in Time and AHAR

Final Rule on Defining Chronically Homeless

Effective January 15, 2016

• A person must have a disability AND• Must have been living in a place not meant for

human habitation, in an emergency shelter, or a save haven for the last 12 months continuously OR at least four occasions in the last three months where those occasions cumulatively total at least 12 months.

Summary of changes

Example:Client that meets HUD’s new definition of Chronic Homelessness

• There is a touch by a homeless service provider in each month for 12 months continuously

• It is documented in HMIS (HMIS is an acceptable and the preferred third-party documentation) or other CoC FL-507 approved PSH Forms

Example of client that meets HUD’s new definition of CH homelessness &

Recordkeeping Requirements

Example: Does NOT meet new definition of CH homelessness

• Has been homeless in a place not meant for human habitation however All 12 months are not documented in HMIS or

some other verification (please see CoC FL 507- PSH Packet for Forms) or4 episodes do not total the 12 months or Episodes equal 12 months however cannot be

documented

Note: *If client participated in Transitional Housing Program his continuous year is interrupted and must meet the definition by the 4 episodes totaling 12 month ( not counting the time in transitional)

Does NOT meet HUD’s new definition & Recordkeeping Requirements

• Replaced “disabling condition” with “Homeless individuals with a disability”

• There is not a minimum number of days in which each occasion must total but instead, occasions are defined by a break of at least seven days not residing in an emergency shelter, safe haven, or residing in a place not meant for human habitation

• If not 12 consecutive months, then there must be AT LEAST 4 episodes in 3 years, for a total of 12 months. • Example: One episode of 11 months with a break,

followed by another episode of 10 months won’t meet criteria.

• Stays in institutions of fewer than 90 days DO NOT constitute a break and DO count toward total time homeless, and

The final rule establishes recordkeeping requirements for documenting chronic homelessness that take into account how providers use HMIS and DOES NOT require documentation of each day of homelessness but a method that can be more easily implemented

Future guidance coming out on the definition of institution

• Data collected and examined shows the need to focus on people with disabilities whose homelessness has been long and continuous.

Why the changes?

Common verification documentation Work with public systems to assist with

documentation housing status when people enter and exit their systems

Work with Bowman to improve sophistication of HMIS reports

Work with DV providers on how to include households not in HMIS

Some next steps

Request for applications being posted within the next few days

Applications will be completed on the same online website as the Continuum of Care applications

Seeking agencies to provide housing stability case management

Will serve households from Orange County

Orange County Rapid ReHousing

Tu – 12/5, 3:00 at HSN: HMIS Advisory W – 12/6, 10:00 at HSN: SOAR Implementers Th – 12/17, 9:30 at HSN – Vet Registry

Management (RM) Th – 12/17, 11:00 at HSN – Vet RM Th – 12/17, 12:15 at HSN – Outreach Worker Lunch M – 12/21, 9:00 – Vet RM call M – 12/21, 3:30 at HSN – Point in Time Planning Tu – 12/22, 9:00 – Vet RM call Tu – 12/22, 10:00 – Homeless Memorial Day (I-

Dignity hosting)

Upcoming Schedule

1/5 – 1/7: National Alliance to End Homelessness – Rapid ReHousing Training – location & times TBD

W – 1/6, 11:30 at HSN – Governance Committee◦ Will be exploring the revision of Governance Charter◦ Will be looking at CoC Board and other committees, including leveraging

but not duplicating work of CF Commission on Homelessness F – 1/8, 11:00 at HSN – Priorities & Goals

◦ Since we have limited resources, how do we make sure they are targeted to highest priority households including those that are hardest to engage

◦ Incorporating public system frequent flyers◦ Incorporating perspective of stakeholders who do not attend regular CoC

meetings

Meetings in Italics may be adjusted

Upcoming Schedule (2016)

Attend monthly CoC meetings

Which stakeholders do you represent?

CoC Members

Currently two slots for CoC representatives

Looking for nominations

HSN Board of Directors

Vote on CoC representative to HSN Board

Referral process for 4C Child Care slots that have homeless preference

January Meeting Agenda (most likely)