Three County Individual Services Meeting Minutes
June 11, 2018
In attendance: Colin Blair, Eliot Services, Steve Connor, Veterans Services, Jen Glover, Lifepath, Peg Keller, City of Northampton, Jay Levy, Eliot Services, Phyllis Lutsky, VA, Anne Marie Martineau, DMH, Danielle McColgan, CHD, Katie Miernecki, ServiceNet, Nikki Riello, Hilltown CDC, Kate Shapiro, DMH,
Updates:
- Youth housing in Northampton: Thanks to the fundraising and planning of the Hampshire County Friends of the Homeless, 4 new youth housing units are now OPEN. DIAL/SELF is managing it. Click here for the application and click here for the brochure.
- Peg announced that a Northampton meeting on encampments – how best to assist and respond to all constituencies – is happening next week. Will keep the group posted.
- Shelter update from Friends of the Homeless in Springfield:
- Coordinated entry update: big progress with the fact that now all vulnerability assessments can get directly into ETO (the HMIS system that all DHCD and CoC funded programs use) which will afford better tracking and follow-up for all people assessed. There is still catch-up to do around previously completed assessments and this is in process.
FY19 Budget Update: Pamela reported the positive outcomes in the Senate budget and the Conference Committee is currently meeting to resolve differences between the House and Senate budgets. Click here for the summary from CHAPA of recommendations to the Committee. The Conference Committee budget should be decided by the end of this week.
Homelessness Resource Fair: It’s happening! June 14, 9 am, Kittredge Center, HCC. The group discussed how the kinds of trainings being offered during this one day event can be offered in a more informal way throughout the year. The group agreed that regular trainings would be valuable. One idea was to offer a brown-bag lunch series on various topics. The group will continue to discuss this when it reconvenes.
Meeting schedule: The group decided to meet again in September in ServiceNet’s new building. The next meeting date will be on Monday, September 17. This will be a combined meeting of REACH, Coordinated Entry, and the Western MA Network to End Homelessness.
