The overnight unsheltered count originally scheduled for the overnight between 1/28 and 1/29 has been postponed due to the approaching severe weather. Additionally, the safety training scheduled for tomorrow night has been cancelled.
We will be in touch with all volunteers as soon as we have more information about a rescheduled date for the overnight count.
Read MoreYou’ve been using the 2014 Data elements to collect data since October 2014. But what about all your active clients that were already enrolled in HMIS with data from 2010 Data Standards? Do you have to go into all those active client records and update them now?
Read MoreSEEING IN THE STREETS!
High-quality eye tests, eyeglass prescriptions and glasses free of charge to our local homeless population!
WEDNESDAY, November 12th, 2014, 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (Rain or Shine)
Eye Tent will be located at the Out of Town News Kiosk Plaza in the heart of Harvard Square!
Read MoreThe 2014 CoC Program competition Priority Listing has been submitted.
Read MoreThe CoC Board’s Evaluation Panel met on Friday, October 17 to determine the ranking strategy for the FY 2014 CoC Program competition. The Panel considered HUD’s selection priorities and feedback from the Homeless Services Planning Committee and NOFA Strategy survey when determining the Cambridge CoC’s 2014 strategy.
Read MoreOur CoC received this information via email from Denise Jillson, Executive Director of the Harvard Square Business Association:
Free Eye Exams and Eyeglassess for Harvard Square & City of Cambridge homeless individuals, from EyeNetra/Blink!
Dear Friends, we are so pleased to tell you about our next very special event:
SEEING IN THE STREETS! High-quality eye tests, eyeglass prescriptions and glasses free of charge to our local homeless population!
Thursday, October 23, 2014, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Rain or Shine
At the Out of Town News Kiosk Plaza in the heart of Harvard Square!
Read MoreHere is a short video that reviews the very recent changes to the Cambridge HMIS and the October 1st release of the new HUD Data Standards. More training information will follow, and in the meantime, please call or email with any questions.
Read MoreEach year, the City of Cambridge Continuum of Care applies for funds available for homeless services from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This annual grant competition brings over $3 million to the City’s continuum of housing and services. Last week HUD released the 2014 portion of the FY2013-14 Continuum of Care (CoC) competition, kicking off a quick timeline for the Cambridge CoC to complete and submit our application by Oct. 30, 2014.
Read MoreHere are some resources highlighted during a Hoarding presentation given at our August Homeless Services Planning Committee meeting:
Read MoreAs our CoC moves forward with developing a system of coordinated referral, the following resources (papers, webinars, slides, etc.) are recommended to become familiar with key concepts and learn how other communities have already begun to structure their own systems:
Read MoreThe HMIS data migration and move to ETO’s TouchPoints platform, originally scheduled for this week, has been postponed. We will keep you posted when we have a new date to go live. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me. I can be reached at 617-349-6966 or mcolangelo@cambridgema.gov.
Thanks for your patience!
Read MoreHere is a document that describes the upcoming changes to the Cambridge HMIS Enterprise. If you are part of our CoC but use a different instance of HMIS, contact your HMIS Administrator for information on upcoming changes with software and the 2014 Data Standards.
Read MoreSocial Solutions (our HMIS vendor) software developers are working on implementing the changes for the October 1, 2014 new HMIS data standards. Prior to that change, HMIS will also undergo a major update related to how we enter data. Using the HUD Assessments and recording Efforts/Case Notes will be considered “legacy” features, and both of those functions will move into the TouchPoint format of data entry.
Read MoreThe City of Cambridge’s Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) is pleased to announce a RFP for Cambridge’s FY2015 entitlement Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program. This application is for services to be delivered from July 1, 2014- June 30, 2015. This RFP is open to all nonprofit organizations providing homeless shelter and/or outreach programs in Cambridge. For further details, please use the links below for the RFP document and associated application materials.
Read MoreHEARTH Act amendments to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act codified the role and functions of the CoC, formalizing the responsibilities of a CoC and establishing minimum requirements for its operation and management. This governance charter outlines the governance structure of the Cambridge CoC under the new CoC Program Interim Rule; defines the roles and responsibilities of the Board, Committees, Working Groups and staff; and establishes policies and procedures for operating and managing the CoC.
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