Continuum of Care News

Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training New CoC Performance Profiles and Other Data Resources Available by HUD Consistent with HUD's Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) Data Strategy & Usability , HUD continues to look for ways to empower you to use data to tell the st...

From: Supportive Services for Veteran Families Date: February 14, 2020 at 7:51:29 AM EST Subject: SSVF Program Update Friday February 14th, 2020 Topics: 1.    Update on 38 CFR 62.34(a)(8), known as Shallow Subsidies 2.    REMINDER: SSVF Program Change Request Requirements available in GIFTS 3.    REMINDER: SSVF Winter/Spring Regional Meetings Update on 38 CFR 62.34(a)(8), known as Shallow Subsidies On February 12, 2020 the expanded list of counties eligible for Shallow Subsidy placements was published in the Federal Register. Shallow Subsidies allow grantees to augment available housing options for homeless Veterans in high rent burden communities by offering SSVF rental assistance for two years.  The counties where this subsidy can be offered can be found on the SSVF website and in the Federal Register at: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-216 REMINDER: SSVF Program Change Request Requirements available in GIFTS The...

Visit us at NAEH to discuss the latest solutions to help end homelessness NAEH Conference | Feb 19-21 | Oakland, CA | Table #2 If you are attending next week's National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) conference in Oakland, stop by WellSky's table #2 to say hello and learn about the latest advances coming to your Community Services software, including Unit Manager. This powerful module lets you manage all your shelter and housing resources with user-guided forms and a cleaner look that speeds check-ins, check-outs, and updates of available resources. You can also discover what's new with Qlik Sense reporting and WellSky Services. Leverage the extensive HMIS (Homeless Management Information Systems) experience of our Services team to enhance workflows, data collection, and provider management. Enter to win a $100 gift card at the booth! Because our spa...

Learn how your state can bring together protective services, waiver programs, nursing homes and hospitals Presented by ADvancing States and sponsored by WellSky...   Critical Incident Management: Core elements to enhance your approach Tuesday, Feb 25 | 2 pm ET / 11 am PT  The State of Louisiana has launched a new Critical Incident Management that protects the health and safety of its citizens by consolidating data from federal and state agencies, health care and direct service providers, and consumers and their families. This webinar outlines how the innovative approach can: Identify and resolve incidents to support waiver participant safety;  Mitigate preventable incidents; Provide insights into trends and problems to reduce risks and improve quality of services. While HCBS waiver programs are required to provide safeguards for the health an...

When winter weather arrives, most of us can boost up our heating thermostat without a second thought. For the 4,731 vulnerable neighbors we served last year, increasing the heat in their homes is sadly not an option , as choosing to keep warm during these cold and isolating winter months means using finances that would otherwise go towards necessitites such as housing, food and/or medicine. Last winter, the Fuel Fund of Maryland established the Surviving Winter C...

WellSky important update WellSky has confirmed the issue with the Housing Move In Date in the "0706 - Permanent Housing Placement-Retention Metric 7 - v10" report. WellSky will be releasing V11 of the 0706 report this weekend. This completes the revisions to the DQF/SPM ART Gallery reports. WellSky is working on updating the 0628/0630 ART Gallery reports for the PIT/HIC submission to HUD at the end of April. WellSky is also working on re-creating the 0629 HIC ART Gallery report as a sheet in Qlik Sense using the new Admin app. WellSky will continue to send out announcements in the near future when these revised reports are available in the ART Gallery and when the new sheet is available in Qlik Sense. Please create a case in the Customer Community if you have further questions. ...

Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training Register Today: OEE Updates to HUD's ASD Requirements for Propane Tanks Webinar - February 21, 2020 - 1:00 PM EST The Office of Environment and Energy (OEE), in partnership with Enterprise Community Partners, is hosting a webinar to provide informat...