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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Resources of Interest for Housing & Healthcare (H2) Communities Bridging Gaps in Implementing the Olmstead Mandate and Ending Chronic Homelessness – USICH HUD’s Housing & Healthcare (H 2 ) Technical Assistance Team is pleased to provide you with information on a new resource posted by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH). On February 24, 2016 USICH released Fulfilling the Dream: Aligning State Efforts to Implement Olmstead and End Chronic Homelessness , a policy brief encouraging states to coordinate efforts to implement the Olmstead...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Upcoming: NHSDC Spring Conference The National Human Services Data Consortium (NHSDC) is a collaborative organization that understands the importance of data quality and the value of using valid and reliable data for community planning and performance measurement. NHSDC has worked for over 14 years to deliver conferences that allow Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) professionals to discuss current challenges and best practices while developing a critical network of peer support. As in past years, the NHSDC conference is a HUD-approved conference....

HUD Releases New CDBG Technical Assistance Products As a community development professional working on projects funded through the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), you may have wondered how to: Create transformative impact in your community, improving the lives of all residents and especially those with low and moderate income levels. Develop strategies that bring partners and resources together, leveraging funds and building on community assets.   Implement your program effectively, increasing the likelihood of successful projects. To help answer these questions, HUD has created Explore CDBG , a collection of online technical assistance products. This spring, HUD released seven new tec...

Register Early Bird and SAVE! EARLY BIRD Registration! SAVE Human Services Conference - May 3-5, 2016 Greetings Everyone,  Help us celebrate MCAP's 30 years of service this spring!  We will highlight a series of activities during the 2016 Human Services Conference click here  to be held on May 3-5, 2016 at the Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel, in Towson, MD.   Maryland Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., and DHCD Secretary Kenneth C. Holt were invited to speak.    REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE NOW!    CONFERENCE OPTIONS: NEW!   We have 8 Tracks of training workshops to offer you this year.  There's something for everyone.  We have many nationally recognized trainers that will be presenting.  CEUs are available. Conference Workshops-At-Glance ,  click here . General Conference Agenda by the Day ,  click here . OH...

"Mark Johnston, acting assistant secretary in the Office of Community Planning and Development at HUD, stresses that the [Point in Time Count] is just one of 50 to 60 factors it looks at when determining funding -- including how successful agencies are at getting people jobs and housing. He acknowledges that the count isn't perfect..." by  Blake Ellis      @blakeellis3        This article was originally published by CNN on 2/13/14 As the temperature plunged into the low teens on a January morning in Camden, N.J., seven aid workers set out on a daunting mission: to count the homeless in the nation's poorest city. Making rounds to shelters, warming centers, soup kitchens and "tent cities," the workers and volunteers helping out with this year's count were trying to find as many homeless people as they could within 24 hours. The federal government requires communities to conduct a homeless count at least every other year to qualify for fund...

It is recommended by SAMHSA to use HMIS to enter PATH data in this current FY16, but not required.     SAMHSA is aware there have been numerous HMIS software glitches nationwide, which has made entering PATH data very challenging.     SAMHSA will require PATH data entry into HMIS starting FY17 (7/1/16).     Most or all PATH programs will need to be setup as 2 separate providers in HMIS - “Street Outreach (HUD)” and “Services Only (HUD).”     SAMHSA had originally planned to have their updated data standards and report released by the start of FY17 (7/1/16), but it may be delayed, which may result in us having to update data already entered prior to the FY17 updated data standards.     These are simply notes, and are not directly from SAMHSA.

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