Stanislaus Community System of Care/Continuum of Care Collaborative

M I N U T E S – July 20, 2017

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M I N U T E S

Stanislaus Community System of Care/Continuum of Care Collaborative

1500 I Street (Stanislaus County Library Auditorium)

Modesto, California, 95354

There is parking in the lot behind the library and on the streets surrounding the library. Street parking is limited, so please observe signs. The only public entrance to the library is on I Street; as you enter the building, take the elevator or stairwell from the lobby to the basement. There are two sets of double doors into the auditorium.

Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 2:30 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairperson Harwell at approximately 2:45 p.m.

1.Roll Call – Silent

Members Present:Vice Chairperson Kathy Harwell, Pam Esparza (for Rick DeGette), Esther Rosas, Angela Freitas, Kathy Lee, Taryn Muralt, Roberta Brown, Sean Scully, Beverly Hatcher, Maryn Pitt, Lise Talbot, Twainhart Hill, Jim Kruse and Tina Rocha

Members Absent:Chairperson DiCiano, Kevin Carroll, Margie Palomino, Jeffrey Gianelli, Bradley Wayne Smith, Captain Dwaine Breazeale, and Chief Erin Kiely

Staff Present:Jeanette Fabella, Aaron Farnon

Public Present:See Sign-In Sheet

2.Welcome & Introductions
3.Consent Items (Unless withdrawn from consent, items are approved at one time)
  1. Consider approving minutes for the June 15, 2017 meeting.

ACTION: Motion (Maryn Pitt/Sean Scully, unanimous) approving the minutes of the June 15, 2017 as presented.

  1. Unfinished Business
  2. Consider appointing CSOC Council members to fill the following seats on the CSOC Advisory Council:
  3. CSOC Council Member – Funders category
  4. CSOC Council Member – Housing/Service Providers category
  5. CSOC Council Member – Broader Community category

ACTION: Motion (Maryn Pitt/Twainhart Hill, unanimous) approving Angela Frietas as the Funders category and Taryn Muralt as the Housing/Service Providers category representatives. The Broader Community category representative will be appointed at a future meeting.

  1. Consider appointing members to the following committees:
  2. Point-In-Time & Housing Inventory Count Committee
  3. Funding Resource Committee

ACTION: Motion (Sean Scully/Pam Esparza, unanimous) approving the following committee members:

Point-In-Time & Housing Inventory Count Committee

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Christina Hernandez

Erica Gomez

Alicia Silva

Anne Stokman, RN, MSN,

Joseph Robert Homer

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Funding Resource Committee

Christina Kenney

Normajean Clapper

Virginia Linker

Frank Ploof

  1. Consider appointing Chairpersons and members to the following committees
  2. Homeless Population & Subpopulations Committee
  3. Housing Committee

ACTION: Motion (Maryn Pitt/Tina Rocha, unanimous) approving the following Chairperson and committee members:

Homeless Population & Subpopulations Committee

Victoria Gonzalez

Anne Stokman, RN, MSN,

Frank Ploof

Lisa Hensley

Lise Talbott

Robert Shannon

Heather Santos

Taryn Muralt

Housing Committee

Jim Kruse (Chairperson)

Pam Esparza

A. Dirk Hoek

Christina Kenney

Normajean Clapper

Frank Ploof

Lisa Hensley

Robert Shannon

Karen Brewington

Twinhart Hill

The Chairperson for the Homeless Population & Subpopulations Committee will be appointed at a future meeting.

  1. Consider appointing two additional members to the Homeless Management Information System Committee

ACTION: Motion (Taryn Muralt/Lise Talbot, unanimous) adding the following members to the Homeless Management Information System Committee:

Ana San Nicolas

Maria Ramos

  1. CSOC Council Workshop – August 3, 2017

NO ACTION

  1. Consider approving 2017 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policies and Scoring Sheets

ACTION: Motion (Maryn Pitt/Lise Talbot, unanimous) approving the following language to be added to the NOFA Policies and Procedures, before the NOFA Release section on page 2:

Past APR data is collected from agencies for each CoC-funded project eligible for renewal. For 2017, the data collected will be from the most recent Annual Performance Report (APR) that was submitted to HUD on or before March 31, 2017.

ACTION: Motion (Pam Esparza/Taryn Muralt, unanimous) approving the following language be added to the NOFA Policies and Procedures, Review & Ranking Process section on page 3:

Projects that do not have the full year of APR [or HMIS] data used for scoring in the local competition will be ranked in the following manner:
o Place these projects at the end of Tier 1, above any “straddle” project that is in both Tier 1 and Tier 2. In that location, list these projects according to their order in the 2016 competition.

ACTION: Motion (Beverly Hatcher/Tina Rocha, unanimous) approving clean up language to be added to the NOFA Policies and Procedures. The substantial changes are provided in Attachment 1.

  1. New Business
  2. Request for Application, by United Way of Stanislaus County, for a Housing Assessment Team

ACTION: Motion (Taryn Muralt/Lise Talbot, unanimous) endorsing the release of a Request for Application, by United Way of Stanislaus County, for a Housing Assessment Team and the use of the CSOCCommunity Projects & Grant Review Committee to review the proposals and recommend a provider.

  1. Meeting with Assemblymember Adam Gray

INFORMATIONAL: Will be coordinating meeting with Assemblymember Adam Gray, CSOC Council and Focus on Prevention Stewardship Council to discuss $2.5 million allocation in State budget.

  1. Committee Comments & Reports
  2. Community Projects & Grant Review Committee(Pam Esparza)
  1. HMIS Governance Committee(Lynnell Fuller)
  1. Point-In-Time and Housing Inventory Count Committee (Christina Kenney)
  1. Planning and Development Committee(Jeanette Fabela)

INFORMATIONAL: HMIS Coordinator is reviewing the draft Policies and Procedures. Next step is to develop an implementation plan.

  1. Funding Resource Committee (Sean Scully)
  1. Collaborative Applicant Comments & Reports
  2. 2017 Continuum of Care Program NOFA

INFORMATIONAL: Reviewed the 2017 NOFA timeline. Technical workshop will be held on August 1, 2017.

  1. Focus on Prevention Comments & Reports
  2. Initial Outreach and Engagement Center

INFORMATIONAL: Grand opening is August 1 at 9:00 am at 825 12th Street, Modesto.

  1. Access Center Visioning Meeting

INFORMATIONAL: Next meeting is July 26 at 1:30 p.m. at Harvest Hall,

3800 Cornucopia Way, Modesto.

  1. CSOC Council Comments & Reports
  2. City of Modesto - 624 9th Street, Modesto

DISCUSSION: City staff provided an overview of the serious situation that has arisen at the property located at 624 9th Street, Modesto.

Agencies/Partners

Confirmed:Empowerment Center, Community Impact Central Valley (CICV), Community Housing & Shelter Services, Adult Protective Services (APS), Child Protective Services (CPS), Community Services Agency (CSA), United Way, Behavioral Health & Recovery Services (BHRS)

Suggested:Catholic Charities (Veteran’s Funded Housing Provider), HACS, Family Promise, Project Sentinel, DRAIL, United Samaritans, Payee Services/Social Security, Project Sentinel

  1. The County of Stanislaus is receiving a larger sum of Emergency Solutions Grant funds than originally anticipated.
  1. Public Comments
  1. Matters Too Late For the Agenda
  1. Next Meeting– Thursday, August 17, 2017
  1. Adjournment

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