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NCHV is ending homelessness among veterans by shaping public policy, promoting collaboration, and building the capacity of service providers US Department of Veterans Affairs Announces FY 2019 Grant and Per Diem Awards Today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it plans to provide approximately $200 million in fiscal year 2019 funding to support more than 13,000 transitional housing beds for its  Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Program. The list of community partners who will work with VA to provide transitional housing for homeless Veterans can be found on the VA's homeless Veterans website .  VA intends to award about $2.7 million to renew 12 Special Need grants for support services for homeless Veterans who have chronic mental illnesses, women Veterans and Vete...

As a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grantee, whether you are a veteran user of the Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS), or you are just learning how to add activities, report on accomplishments, or initiate financial transactions in IDIS, this series of training modules is for you! Follow along as IDIS expert users show you exactly how to navigate through screens, and enter your data correctly. Review just those points where you need a refresher See the progression of screens for adding activities or reporting accomplishments Watch video FAQs Check your knowledge with application questions Begin your exploration of IDIS Training for CDBG Grantees The first four modules in the series are available: Introduction to IDIS Training for CDBG Grantees  provides an overview of the IDIS Online system and why it is an essential tool for CDBG grant administration. It will also provide instruction on accessing the sys...

Qlik Sense Update We're excited to announce the availability of a Qlik Sense Update!  By the end of  August, 2018 the following base sheets will be available in Qlik Sense : SMP000 - Field Location Report SMP001 - Variable Examples SMP100 - Entry Assessments Report SMP101 - Entry Dates within Period SMP102 - Exit Destinations and Length of Summary SMP200 - Needs Summary Report SMP201 - Service Cost and Funding Summary SMP300 - Call Summary SMP400 - Goal and Actionstep Summary For this initial releases of base sheets, the "SMP" means "Sample". As we continue to expand our Qlik Sense library we will expand into new categories and labels for our Qlik Sense library. Please refer to the "Qlik Sense Base Sheet Release Notes 2018-08"; available in Customer Community Library; for more information and contact your CCA if you have questions.  Mediware Information Systems, Inc. 11711 W. 79...

JOIN US TOMORROW FOR THIS INFORMATIVE WEBINAR-- SAMHSA’s webinar on mental health mobile apps and videoconferencing-based telemental health Wednesday, August 29, 2018 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. ET Register today at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6589305408312214530   (1) An Evaluation Framework and the Future of Mental Health Mobile Apps About Our Speaker: John Torous, MD, MBI, is director of the Digital Psychiatry Division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospital. Dr. Torous is a member the American Psychiatric Association’s Committee on Mental Health Information Technology. Goals and Objectives To provide an overview of the current landscape and future of mental health apps To provide an overview of the APA’s App Evaluation Model for informed decision making using apps To describe privacy and security issues around the use of apps To describe current evidence for and against apps. To ...

In This Issue: The Dark Side of Single-Family Rental ● Is a Home With Lead Hazards Really "Affordable"? ● Eviction Lab Misses the Mark ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events ● Resources ● You Said It! + Tuesday, August 28, 2018 In This Issue: The Dark Side of Single-Family Rental ● Is a Home With Lead Hazards Really “Affordable”? ● Eviction Lab Misses the Mark ● Also : Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events ● Resources ● You Said It! + Eviction Lab Misses the Mark Terra Graziani, Manissa M Maharawal, and Erin McElroy, Anti-Eviction Mapping...