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Coordinated Entry
Access. Assessment. Assignment. Accountability.
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Coordinated Entry
Access. Assessment. Assignment. Accountability.
Overview
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Coordinated Entry Work Group

Purpose: Identify lead entity, develop policies and procedures, collect project
eligibility criteria, finalize community prioritization tool, finalize community
housing models, develop roles and job descriptions, new staff orientation,
develop training schedule, oversee case conference agenda.

Winter 2016 Nominations Accepted

January 25, 2017 Work Group Selected
March 21-22, 2017 Coordinated Entry Design Lab
April 11 – Present Coordinated Entry Work Group Weekly Meeting
July 17, 2017 Coordinated Entry Hubs Begin Screening for PSH
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Coordinated Entry Work Group

• Amy Bickford; Program Specialist, Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness
• Starla Brennan; Operations Director, Metro Lutheran Ministry
• Cord Cochran; Director of Men’s Ministries, City Union Mission
• Amy Copeland, M.S., LPC; Affordable Housing Consultant, State of Missouri Department of Mental Health
• Dani de León; Case Management Specialist, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas
• Traci Francis; Chief Quality Officer, Hope House
• Beau G. Heyen, CFRE; President/CEO, Episcopal Community Services
• Kimberly Jackson, LPC; Housing Resource Manager, Truman Medical Centers
• Alexandra Kuestersteffen, LPC; Clinical Program Manager, reStart
• Erin Pullen, LMSW; Director of Housing Programs, Kim Wilson Housing
• Sondra Robinson, LMSW, LCSW; Homeless Program Coordinator, Kansas City VA Medical Center
• Lu Ann Ross; Case Manager, Hilcrest Transitional Housing
• Kelly Welch; Executive Director, Sheffield Place
• Julie Wilber-Parks, LMSW; Director of Housing and Economic Advocacy, Rose Brooks Center
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Coordinated Entry Design Process

• Access: Entry points to a local housing and service system, which includes
physical front doors, outreach teams, hotline, virtual access, after hours
access, etc.
• Assessment: Standardized triage and assessment process that is adopted
across the CoC and intended to increase consistency and fairness.
• Assignment: Process of referring households experiencing homelessness to
housing and/or service openings, utilizing CoC prioritization policy.
• Accountability: Outcomes and measurements that enable a CoC to know if
stakeholders are meeting expectations, and if the coordinated entry system
is effective.
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Coordinated Entry
Access. Assessment. Assignment. Accountability.
Assignment: Community Prioritization
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LAP
VET
General
LAP
VAT Chronic Family
General
LAP
Youth
General
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Coordinated Entry
Access. Assessment. Assignment. Accountability.
Assessment: Pre-Screening Tools
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Kansas City Coordinated Entry Pre-Screen Tool

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Coordinated Entry
Access. Assessment. Assignment. Accountability.
Assessment: Screening Tools
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Screening Tool - Background and Research

• Coordinated Entry is an opportunity to review and evaluate current
practices, policies and procedures.
• Subcommittee formed to research screening options.
• Review of Tools utilized
• Table of Homelessness-Specific Tools
• Recommended Qualities of a Screening Tool
• http://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/screening-housing-first
• Matrix for Recommended Qualities
• Screens included VI-SPDAT v1, VI-SPDAT v2, VAT and Houston.
• Research Process
• Agreed upon top qualities.
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Qualities of a Screening Tool

Housing Sensitive to
Strengths-
Valid Reliable Inclusive Person-Centered User-Friendly First lived Transparent
based
Orientation experiences
VI-SPDAT
v1
- - + - + - + + -
Some properties Some properties Missing: DV, Prioritize Depends on
Missing chronic
have been tested have been tested Immigration people training
VI-SPDAT
V2
- - + + + - + + -
Some properties Some properties Missing: DV, Prioritize Depends on
Missing chronic
have been tested have been tested Immigration people training

DESC VAT

+ + + + + + + + +
Houston

- - + + + - + + +
Missing: DV,
No refusal option
Immigration

http://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/screening-housing-first
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Screening Tool
• Vulnerability Assessment Tool (VAT)
• Created by Downtown Emergency Services Center (DESC).
• 10 domains, Each serves as a question for a total of 10 questions.
• Likert scales and screener can add comments.
• Items are summed for total score.
• No cut offs provided, those with highest score are considered highest risk.
• Requires training and limited assessors to maintain the fidelity of the tool.
• Special Considerations:
• Domestic Violence: LAP
• Youth
• By-Name List
• Training on VAT/LAP
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Coordinated Entry
Access. Assessment. Assignment. Accountability.
Access: Hubs
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Coordinated Entry Hubs

Purpose:
• Meet HUD requirements, national best practices.
• Decrease confusion for individuals experiencing homelessness.
• Increase reliability and validity, ensuring most vulnerable are prioritized.

Process:
• Began exploring where majority of individuals are already going.
• Aware this may change over time, pending information from pre-screen.
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Coordinated Entry Hubs

• Community LINC
• Community Services League - Noland Road
• Frank Williams Housing Resource Center
• Kansas City VA Medical Center
• reStart Housing Solution Center
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Coordinated Entry
Access. Assessment. Assignment. Accountability.
Committee members will present updates at each monthly GKCCEH Meeting. Additional training and
information sessions may be developed.

Following each monthly GKCCEH Meeting, members of the Coordinated Entry Work Group will be available
to answer specific questions.

Email Kelly Welch, kwelch@sheffieldplace.org. All questions will be shared with the work group and
answered will be formulated and shared.

A Frequently Asked Questioned section is being developed on the GKCCEH website. More information
coming soon.