Continuum of Care

Portland Continuum of Care Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Meeting Minutes Aaron Geyer City of Portland, Health & Human Services Dept., Social Services Division Jeff Tardif City of Portland, Health & Human Services Dept., Social Services Division David MacLean City of Portland, Health & Human Services Dept., Social Services Division Joanie Klayman Preble Street Vickey Rand Community Housing of Maine Ginny Dill Shalom House Cindy Namer Maine State Housing Authority Wendi DuBois The Opportunity Alliance Jon Bradley Preble Street I. Introductions Jon welcomed everyone and brief introductions were made. Jon sought agenda items to add. Jon added a leadership update and Cindy added an update on her work with Lynn on dates for the meeting and the state of the PIT count as part of the HUD update. Jon wanted to first speak about the CSH Pay for Success Grant. II. CSH Pay for Success Grant: Jon described the PFS is a funding stream for services that could save money for payers that attract private investors. The Corporation for Supportive housing is a contractor with the federal government that looks for investors for supportive housing. Bishop street lost a grant request last year, however there is a second round. CSH encouraged another submission as they were close to being accepted last year. The plan would save money by diverting services form hospital stays to supportive housing. Jon made a motion for the group to voice support; MOTION PASSED with all in favor. III. PIT Count: Cindy Namer presented about PIT and a potential change in methodology to adopt this year. The change consists of a combination “Night of Count” with a Service-Based count methodology. A PIT count would be taken over a 3 day span, focusing on where individuals were on the first night. Cindy passed out example application forms for sheltered and unsheltered individuals, along with the “MCoC’s Resource Committee Recommendations Regarding the 2016 Point In Time Survey” (see attached). Ginny made a motion to adopt the 3-day methodology as presented and Jon seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED with all in favor. Aaron made a motion to adopt the PIT application forms as presented and Jon seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED with all in favor. Cindy presented the AHAR summary data (see attached). The data showed some significant reductions when comparing FY2015 to FY2014. IV. HUD Announcements and Discussion of Collaborative Application for 2017: Aaron announced a HUD meeting on Thursday, March 10 in Concord and Tuesday April 5 in Boston. The CoC Board has a conflict with the March 10th meeting. The planning grant was executed and the process of transferring it to Maine Housing has begun. The group discussed a May 4th meeting with Bob and Lynn Morrow from HUD for input on the transfer of the collaborative applicant from the City of Portland.