Intent is to measure where we are now and make improvements in areas the needed New Data Completeness Report Bowman has released revised version of Data Completeness Report in that pulls other data elements that we are not currently monitoring though they are required by HUD Will help provide where data is missing if there is any missing data ROI for HMIS Participating Agencies-HMIS participating agency list has changed Some agencies have been removed and some have been added Important to use the most up-to-date ROI Voices of Count-Chapin Hall Research Study-Niki P Travis County was contacted by Chapin Hall-implementing a nation-wide to conduct a youth count in 28 communities across the nation Travis County is the only community in Texas First stakeholder meeting held last week-included new and exciting stakeholders Research will serve as the foundation work for ending youth homelessness in our community Chapin Hall staff will come assist with conducting a youth count in May or June Conducting more in-depth research with roughly 30-40 youth Would strongly like this to be youth-led and have funding for youth that participate ECHO will be lead agency in partnership with multiple agencies Looking to have a very diverse stakeholder group HUD SNAPS program to release very competitive grant of $33M for 10 communities to apply for youth homelessness planning funds-not sure of timeframe yet but would strongly like to be included 10:20-11:00 HUD Continuum of Care Niki P. / Katy Manganella NAEH Conference-HUD Q&A Updates Director of SNAPS informed that HUD will be announcing Tier I and Tier II funds separately; Tier I will be announced first and Tier II will be announced later 2016 CoC NOFA may be released prior to the GIW process 2016 NOFA will focus on implementing system performance measures Each community will be measuring their own success rather than having communities competing Would like to be ahead of the game and start using our data to prepare for this change Review of New Performance Score Card Previous Performance Score Cards were not serving us well Focusing on data completeness, project utilization, data completeness reports Look at which items are still being monitored by HUD like to move away from being a monitoring tool that only ECHO is using but rather a tool that the agencies can use Need to improve our monitoring of Annual Assessments as it is a HUD requirement and we have not been monitoring this in the past
Intent is to measure where we are now and make improvements in areas the needed New Data Completeness Report Bowman has released revised version of Data Completeness Report that pulls in other data elements that we are not currently monitoring though they are required by HUD Will help provide where data is missing if there is any missing data ROI for HMIS Participating Agencies-HMIS participating agency list has changed Some agencies have been removed and some have been added Important to use the most up-to-date ROI Voices of Count-Chapin Hall Research Study-Niki P Travis County was contacted by Chapin Hall-implementing a nation-wide to conduct a youth count in 28 communities across the nation Travis County is the only community in Texas First stakeholder meeting held last week-included new and exciting stakeholders Research will serve as the foundation work for ending youth homelessness in our community Chapin Hall staff will come assist with conducting a youth count in May or June Conducting more in-depth research with roughly 30-40 youth Would strongly like this to be youth-led and have funding for youth that participate ECHO will be lead agency in partnership with multiple agencies Looking to have a very diverse stakeholder group HUD SNAPS program to release very competitive grant of $33M for 10 communities to apply for youth homelessness planning funds-not sure of timeframe yet but would strongly like to be included 10:20-11:00 HUD Continuum of Care Niki P. / Katy Manganella NAEH Conference-HUD Q&A Updates Director of SNAPS informed that HUD will be announcing Tier I and Tier II funds separately; Tier I will be announced first and Tier II will be announced later 2016 CoC NOFA may be released prior to the GIW process 2016 NOFA will focus on implementing system performance measures Each community will be measuring their own success rather than having communities competing Would like to be ahead of the game and start using our data to prepare for this change Review of New Performance Score Card Previous Performance Score Cards were not serving us well Focusing on data completeness, project utilization, data completeness reports Look at which items are still being monitored by HUD like to move away from being a monitoring tool that only ECHO is using but rather a tool that the agencies can use Need to improve our monitoring of Annual Assessments as it is a HUD requirement and we have not been monitoring this in the past
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