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Want to make a difference in the lives of the under-served ?          WHRC is a State of the Art, Low Barrier, Housing First Shelter serving 275 men and women, in a safe and welcoming environment, 24-hours daily, 365 days per year.             Highly structured shelter with a staff of 75 for operations, volunteer and case management covering day, evening, overnight and weekend.          WHRC is a program of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, a non-profit organization with a family of over 2000 employees of all faiths and ethnicities who help to improve the lives of those we serve. Catholic Charities is the largest private provider of human services in Maryland. As part of Catholic Charities, WHRC has a comprehensive infrastructure in place to support program services (human resources, accounting, information technology, communications, and advocacy and performance management.)     ...

Updates On ServicePoint & Qlik Sense ServicePoint 6 Development Update Since our last update, we have completed over 100 distinct work tasks. These tasks focused on the following key areas of the system: completed the Provider Admin redesign; improved Client Search algorithm and results table; began removal of data entry popup windows within the Clients area; added transition animation to help clarify system navigation; normalized method for entering and leaving "edit mode"; license assignment and administration; and made several general user interface improvements. In addition, we corrected a few known issues in the following areas: User Permissions and Visibility, Shadow mode, Provider Group creation, List creation, and Form Field ordering. Our current sprint is focused primarily on completing License Admin, Qlik Sense integration, and additional User Interface improvements. Our next several Sprints will focus on ShelterPoint, more User...

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Plus, new SOAR job postings and new SOAR Voices posts! CONTACT US SSA WEBINARS SOAR VOICES BLOG SOAR this Recovery Month Every September, we honor National Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate people who recover. The theme of this year's Recovery Month is Join the Voices for Recovery: Invest in Health, Home, Purpose, and Community . The 2018 theme explores how integrated care, a strong community, sense of purpose, and leadership contribute to effective treatments that sustain the recovery of people with mental and substance use disorders. Income stability through disability benefits and employment is one step on the path to recovery and a critical part of comprehensive, person-centered, inte...

The CPD Funding Matrix and Dashboard Reports , as of September 4, 2018, have been posted to HUD Exchange. These reports provide funding information for each city and state that receive CPD program funds, including Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Continuum of Care (CoC), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), HOME, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and Housing Trust Fund (HTF). Reports detail the size of each grant received over the past several years, as well as the total amount of funds currently available to be spent on affordable housing and community and economic development activities. CPD Funding Matrix Note: Based on the requirement that a grantee uses the adjusted ratio for determining its compliance with the CDBG timeliness standard of having no more than 1.5 times its annual allocation in its adjusted line of credit balance 60 days prior to the end of its current program year, HUD is in the process of updating the CDBG recapture risk col...

Mozilla is about to switch over to supporting only Version 60 of Firefox ESR. Version 60 does not support the Java plug-in and they will no longer support V52 which did support the Java plug-in. Per the Mozilla blog: "ESR 52 will be the last ESR release that supports legacy add-ons. Support for ESR 52 officially ends on August 2018." The Java plug-in is considered a legacy add-on by Mozilla. Going forward, the only browser that supports the editing of ART reports is the current version of Internet Explorer 11. Internet Explorer 11 also does not support old versions of Java, i.e. version 7. We recommend the below steps to enable the ability to continue editing ART reports for adhoc users: 1) Uninstall Java 7 from the computer 2) Download and install Java 8 32-bit edition (current version) from Java website 3) Reboot Computer 4) Open Windows Control Panel 5) Double-left-click on Java icon 6) Left-click on "Security" tab 7) Set security level to "Hig...

spotlight on... Webinar: The Role of Emergency Shelter in Diversion This upcoming Alliance webinar will explore the important role emergency shelters play in implementing diversion strategies to keep people out of homelessness. Alliance and provider experts will discuss the difference between prevention and diversion and hone in on strategies for identifying safe, appropriate alternatives to shelter. Webinar: Thursda...