Hey @Everyone , starting on Feb 21, our Friday meeting times will be adjusted to 11:00am EST to better accommodate our West coast friends.
Hey @Everyone , starting on Feb 21, our Friday meeting times will be adjusted to 11:00am EST to better accommodate our West coast friends.
Slow start today, but the conversation really ramped up. Here are some of the highlights:
Transitional housing: housed or homeless? We discussed how there was a spectrum of different ways that transitional housing could look, but in HIFIS, we have to make the binary decision of "homeless or housed."
See Ali's blog post: https://www.acreconsulting....
Who ultimately gets to decide what the community's prioritization criteria are? The CE gets the funding and is ultimately responsible, but the CAB gets authority to decide on prioritization. There are some conflicting incentives - supportive housing providers would rather prioritize people with lower acuity, and special interest groups want to prioritize their population.
What about people being discharged from correctional facilities (or hospital). Should we endeavour to house them immediately (possibly taking resources away from the priority list) so they aren't discharged into homelessness?
Slow start today, but the conversation really ramped up. Here are some of the highlights:
Transitional housing: housed or homeless? We discussed how there was a spectrum of different ways that transitional housing could look, but in HIFIS, we have to make the binary decision of "homeless or housed."
See Ali's blog post: https://www.acreconsulting....
Who ultimately gets to decide what the community's prioritization criteria are? The CE gets the funding and is ultimately responsible, but the …
Slow start today, but the conversation really ramped up. Here are some of the highlights:
Transitional housing: housed or homeless? We discussed how there was a spectrum of different ways that transitional housing could look, but in HIFIS, we have to make the binary decision of "homeless or housed."
See Ali's blog post: https://www.acreconsulting....
Who ultimately gets to decide what the community's prioritization criteria are? The CE gets the funding and is ultimately responsible, but the CAB gets authority to decide on prioritization. There are some conflicting incentives - supportive housing providers would rather prioritize people with lower acuity, and special interest groups want to prioritize their population.
What about people being discharged from correctional facilities (or hospital). Should we endeavour to house them immediately (possibly taking resources away from the priority list) so they aren't discharged into homelessness?
Popular meeting today!
Matt from Nipissing did a demo of his Tableau dashboard and there were lots of questions and interest
Alysia talking about next steps and challenges in BC
Rhea talking about sharing documents over Sharepoint
Some discussion, hopes and dreams about the new version of HIFIS
Popular meeting today!
Matt from Nipissing did a demo of his Tableau dashboard and there were lots of questions and interest
Alysia talking about next steps and challenges in BC
Rhea talking about sharing documents over Sharepoint
Some discussion, hopes and dreams about the new version of HIFIS
Quiet day today - about 10 people, but not a lot of updates because of the holidays.
How are move-ins counted when there was an unknown period? We talked about the "grace period" concept for short gaps. Some discussion about the new inflow/outflow report
Data dashboards Matt Wolf in Nipissing is going to do a demo next time!
Quiet day today - about 10 people, but not a lot of updates because of the holidays.
How are move-ins counted when there was an unknown period? We talked about the "grace period" concept for short gaps. Some discussion about the new inflow/outflow report
Data dashboards Matt Wolf in Nipissing is going to do a demo next time!
Surprisingly good turnout today despite it being the last Friday before everyone is off for the winter holidays.
Ontario encampments reponse: Service Managers were recently notified about funding available for temporary housing for individuals in encampments, but proposals are due in early January. Service Managers required to submit a pledge that the money will be used to help end encampments. Also some unrelated funding for HART Hubs.
New version in Q1 2025: lukewarm response. A lot of people somewhat hesitant to be excited about it. Even if it does have exciting new features, the first question people wanted to know was, "yeah but will they fix the bugs?"
Upcoming referrals project: Ali to launch in January. More information coming soon!
Surprisingly good turnout today despite it being the last Friday before everyone is off for the winter holidays.
Ontario encampments reponse: Service Managers were recently notified about funding available for temporary housing for individuals in encampments, but proposals are due in early January. Service Managers required to submit a pledge that the money will be used to help end encampments. Also some unrelated funding for HART Hubs.
New version in Q1 2025: lukewarm response. A lot of peopl…
Surprisingly good turnout today despite it being the last Friday before everyone is off for the winter holidays.
Ontario encampments reponse: Service Managers were recently notified about funding available for temporary housing for individuals in encampments, but proposals are due in early January. Service Managers required to submit a pledge that the money will be used to help end encampments. Also some unrelated funding for HART Hubs.
New version in Q1 2025: lukewarm response. A lot of people somewhat hesitant to be excited about it. Even if it does have exciting new features, the first question people wanted to know was, "yeah but will they fix the bugs?"
Upcoming referrals project: Ali to launch in January. More information coming soon!
HIFIS supports the VI-SPDAT (v3), the SPDAT (v4), and the VAT as assessment tools - that means they are included in the Coordinated Access module. However, some communities are seeking alternative assessment tools. Let's try to come up with a list of those that we can think of!
Personalized Assistance To Houing (PATH) (Thunder Bay)
Needs and Services Questionnaire (NSQ) (Calgary)
Youth Assessment Prioritization Tool (YAP) (A Way Home Canada)
Service Triage, Assessment, and Referral Support (STARS) (Toronto)
HIFIS supports the VI-SPDAT (v3), the SPDAT (v4), and the VAT as assessment tools - that means they are included in the Coordinated Access module. However, some communities are seeking alternative assessment tools. Let's try to come up with a list of those that we can think of!
Personalized Assistance To Houing (PATH) (Thunder Bay)
Needs and Services Questionnaire (NSQ) (Calgary)
Youth Assessment Prioritization Tool (YAP) (A Way Home Canada)
Service Triage, Assessment, and Referral Support (STARS) (Toronto)
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