Continuum of Care News

Webinar – Special Population Series: Connecting Veterans with Disabilities to Employment Tuesday Aug. 15 at 2:00 pm EDT The National Veterans Technical Assistance Center (NVTAC) is hosting the webinar “Connecting Veterans with Disabilities to Employment” on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 2:00 pm EDT . Approximately one third of all veterans have a disability of some kind – physical and/or mental – with even higher rates for veterans of recent conflicts. Veterans with disabilities are less likely to be employed than their counterparts without disabilities. The employment outlook for homeless veterans is even worse given the complexity of employment barriers, including disabilities, they face. This webinar will discuss efforts at the federal level to promote employment for individuals with disabilities and explore the IPS Supported Employment and Customized Employment models fo...

Submit your comment by August 25! SAMHSA through SAMHSA's GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation recently convened a group of peer leaders to develop a draft set of core competencies specifically for individuals providing peer support in criminal justice settings.   The draft set of core competencies build upon SAMHSA's previous work — via its Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Strategy (BRSS TACS) — to develop core competencies for peer workers in behavioral health services. The new draft set of core competencies are in addition to the existing core competencies and are specific to individuals providing peer support in criminal justice settings.   SAMHSA would like to give the public an opportunity to review and comment on each of the additional draft core compe...

Interview process : Phone interview / In person Start date : (ASAP) Position Title : Applications Team Contractor Support Client : Montgomery County Work Location : Rockville, Maryland Estimated Duration : Multiple years NOTE: The chosen candidate must pass a criminal background check and any other clearances that may be required by the vendor.  Reliable transportation is required. Scope of Work:  The Department of Health and Human Services, Information Systems & Technology Services Team reserves the right to review and make final decisions as it pertains to staff and their replacement. The Montgomery County Government, Department of Health and Human Services, Information Technology Services Team, requires contractor assistance to provide a variety of support in the following areas: Job Description: 1.        Support legacy applications – MS Access department-wide – ongoing, ad-hoc requests, troubleshoo...

2017 CoC Program Competition (NOFA) Update It's that time of year again for the submission of the CoC Program application to HUD! We have thoroughly reviewed this year's application and have determined that is does not request any new information from ServicePoint or ART. We will not be updating the 2016 NOFA reports in the ART Gallery. Instead, these will be "retired" in the near future and re-created in Qlik Sense if HUD changes the application in future years. Please note that the application does require that you have access to previously submitted Housing Inventory Charts (HIC), Point-In-Time Counts (PIT), and System Performance Measures (SPM) information in order to complete the application. You or your CoC Lead will need to access these from the HDX if you do not have saved copies. If you have any questions or issues in regards to completing the CoC Program application, direct them to HUD via the AAQ. As your vendor, we are not ...

HUD is now posting the Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Deadline Compliance Status Reports. These monthly reports assist grantees and HUD Field Offices in monitoring compliance with the 2-year commitment requirement of the HTF statute and the 5-year expenditure requirement of the HTF regulations. The current report is now posted on the HUD Exchange at the link below. You may also access it from the Housing Trust Fund Page under "HTF Program Reports." HTF Program Monthly Report as of 7/31/17 Now Available: HTF Deadline Compliance Status Reports             Visit the HUD Exchange at https://www.hudexchange.info

AIRS has a 2 bedroom unit that we need to fill. If you would please post this opening for us that would be great.  If anyone has eligible clients, they need to complete the forms and can contact me directly. Housing Description :  2  bedroom, scattered site apartment   located near major bus and transportation   in Baltimo re County Number of persons  –  must be eligible for 2 bdrm unit Income Required?   No Rent : Income based (approximately 1/3 of income) Housing First?  Yes Case Managemen t Services Will be provided Eligibility : Applicant MUST BE ·          HUD defined  Category 1 or Category 4 ·          Have a HUD defined  chronic  disability o    A  disability that is  long term , and debilitating   and would benefit improvement with supportive housing. o...

Your Input is Needed! ....To Better Assist Women Veterans with Children Help today by providing input based on your experiences in your community It is clear that we need better data and insight on the needs of vulnerable and high-risk veteran families, especially with female heads of household. NCHV relies on our Members and Partners in the field, and your expertise will improve our ability to design creative solutions to end homelessness among some of the veteran families the nation struggles to serve. The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans and Synchrony Financial have teamed up to assess the contributing factors to housing instability among women and women veterans with children and the barriers that can hinder their ability to find resolution to move their lives forward. The information you provide us will be extremely valuable and will be used to advocat...

New Interactive Map Highlights State-Specific Trends in Opioid-Related Hospitalizations A new interactive map from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) allows users to explore state-specific information about opioid-related hospital stays. The map uses data from 44 states and the District of Columbia, including: Hospitalization trends from 2009 to 2014 Patient sex, age group, geographic area, and income group with the highest rate in 2014 The map is the most recent example of AHRQ's ongoing efforts to address the nation's opioid epidemic, and showcases data from AHRQ's Fast Stats, an online tool that offers national and state-specific data on hospital stays and emergency department visits, including data by age, gender, community-level income, and urban versus rural residency. View the Map