Reminder: For family surveys, put HH (head of household) on the parent’s survey and staple (or scan if you’re emailing them) the surveys together. Also, include a copy of the HIC survey and put it in the packet with the PIT surveys. HMIS Committee Marcee met with Kate to determine next steps in re-energizing the Update HMIS Committee. One of the key activities that the Committee will Marcee Binder embark upon is developing an HMIS Policy and Procedures Manual. Kate conducted some research on policies and procedures from other states. Marcee and Kate will be reviewing those examples to see what might be relevant to use for Kansas. A meeting schedule has been set for every other month. The next meeting will February 23rd. There will be a quarterly meeting where all HMIS users will be invited to attend to discuss what’s working and what’s not. Once those meetings are scheduled they will be sent out to the BoS CoC . Balance of State HMIS There were no BHOC updates. Oversight Committee (BHOC) & HMIS updates There will be a MAACLink training on February 25th in Hutchinson James Chiselom for new users or for those that want a refresher. Contact Natasha at Natasha Derakhshanian if you would like to attend. Natasha shared a clarification on the HUD data sharing vs. data entry guidance. (Attached to this email.) Marion Nichols Award Joyce Schau is heading this workgroup. The name for the award will Joyce Stockham Workgroup be of Service Award” as has been done in the past. If you agreed to join “Life would like to join this group please let Joyce know. the workgroup. Requests for nominations will be coming out soon. In addition, please send in nominations for this award to Joyce at New Definition of To assure that members are aware, there is a new HUD definition of Chronic Homeless chronic homelessness. HUD presented information on this during a recent Webinar. You can access the Webinar by clicking this link: Joyce Schau suggested that there be a session on the and “Nuts Bolts” of this topic at the 2016 Summit. Consideration of A question was posed to the CoC membership about the possibility Membership Dues of membership dues. What would make it worth for your agency to pay dues? Comments/questions included:
Reminder: For family surveys, put HH (head of household) on the parent’s survey and staple (or scan if you’re emailing them) the surveys together. Also, include a copy of the HIC survey and put it in the packet with the PIT surveys. HMIS Committee Update Marcee Binder Marcee met with Kate to determine next steps in re-energizing the HMIS Committee. One of the key activities that the Committee will embark upon is developing an HMIS Policy and Procedures Manual. Kate conducted some research on policies and procedures from other states. Marcee and Kate will be reviewing those examples to see what might be relevant to use for Kansas. A meeting schedule has been set for every other month. The next meeting will February 23rd. There will be a quarterly meeting where all HMIS users will be invited to attend to discuss what’s working and what’s not. Once those meetings are scheduled they will be sent out to the BoS CoC . Balance of State HMIS Oversight Committee (BHOC) & HMIS updates James Chiselom Natasha Derakhshanian There were no BHOC updates. There will be a MAACLink training on February 25th in Hutchinson for new users or for those that want a refresher. Contact Natasha at if you would like to attend. Natasha shared a clarification on the HUD data sharing vs. data entry guidance. (Attached to this email.) Marion Nichols Award Workgroup Joyce Schau is heading this workgroup. The name for the award will be “Life of Service Award” as has been done in the past. If you would like to join this group please let Joyce know. Requests for nominations will be coming out soon. In addition, please send in nominations for this award to Joyce at Joyce Stockham agreed to join the workgroup. New Definition of Chronic Homeless To assure that members are aware, there is a new HUD definition of chronic homelessness. HUD presented information on this during a recent Webinar. You can access the Webinar by clicking this link: Joyce Schau suggested that there be a session on the “Nuts and Bolts” of this topic at the 2016 Summit. Consideration of Membership Dues A question was posed to the CoC membership about the possibility of membership dues. What would make it worth for your agency to pay dues? Comments/questions included:
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