Free Eye Exams offered for persons experiencing homelessness
Our 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!
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HMIS Update: 2014 Data Standards in ETO
Here 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.
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FY2014 Continuum of Care Competition
Each 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.
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Hoarding Resources
Here are some resources highlighted during a Hoarding presentation given at our August Homeless Services Planning Committee meeting:
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Coordinated Referral Resources
As 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:
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Cambridge HMIS Update
The 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!
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Job Opening: Coordinated Referral Project Manager
Planning and Development has a part time position open to help us plan and implement a Coordinated Referral system for the Cambridge CoC. Please read the posting here and share with any potential candidates. Thanks!
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HMIS 2.0 FAQs for Cambridge users
Here 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.
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Summer 2014 – HMIS 2.0
Social 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.
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New HMIS Data Standards Released
On May 1st, HUD, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released the final version of the 2014 HMIS Data Standards. In coming months, HUD and partners will release additional guidance, including the HMIS final rule. These data standards will be in effect on October 1, 2014 and programmed into our HMIS no later than that date.
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Cambridge ESG Request for Proposals
The 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.
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Draft of Governance Charter available for review
HEARTH 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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Final version of CoC Consolidated Application
The final version of the Cambridge CoC’s Consolidated Application for the FY2013-2014 CoC Program NOFA is available for review.
Thank you to all of the project subrecipients and community stakeholders who assisted DHSP in completing this year’s application! HUD anticipates announcing Tier 1 awards sometime in March.
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2013 CoC Consolidated Application draft
The draft of the 2013 CoC Program Consolidated Application is available for review. An updated version including all attachments will be posted later this week.
An updated version of the Priority List has also been posted. It includes a slight change to ensure that the full Annual Renewal Demand (ARD) for the CoC is included in Tier 1 and Tier 2.
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CoC Projects ranked and scored
The 2013 CoC Project Priority list has been completed. This document includes a summary of the CoC’s ranking process, scoring criteria and final priority list.
Cambridge CoC Ranking Process and Priority List
Check back early next week to review a draft of the Consolidated Application.
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2013 NOFA Application
The Cambridge CoC has published a summary of this year’s NOFA process, including policy priorities, information on tiers and ranking, established scoring criteria and a timeline.
2013 CoC Application Process
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