Membership Council–Minutes

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

10:00-11:30AM

LifeWorks-East Multi-Purpose Room

Attendance: Tom Vandestadt; Ann Denton; Jo Kathryn Quinn; Christy Moffett; Christine Banks; Vella Karman; Stephanie Hayden; Ann Howard; Niki Paul, Sam Woollard; Mitchell Gibbs; Natalie Metzger-Smit; Darilynn Cardona-Beiler; Mandy DeMayo; Ben King; Terri Sabella; Monica Keller; Margaritas Arroyo; Curk McFall;

10-10:05 Welcome and IntroductionsStephanie Hayden, Chair

  • Welcome to our new chair, Stephanie Hayden, City of Austin, HHSD
  • Thank you to Vice-Chair, Mandy De Mayo for supporting April’s meeting

10:05-10:10Approval of April 2015 MinutesStephanie Hayden, Chair

  • ACTION: April Minutes Approved w/ amendments to attendance – Ann Denton via phone

10:10-10:20 ECHO UpdateAnn Howard, ECHO

  • Mitchell Gibbs-planning a 90-day outreach due to increase in population around the ARCH; only 25/100 are seeking services on any given day-other 75 there to “work/trade”
  • 23rd and San Antonio – increase in population of individuals older than LifeWorks’ clients on West Campus;
  • Need to inform churches/congregations of our housing needs
  • Spring Meeting Recap and Feedback
  • Mayor Adler wants to see progress with ending veteran homelessness
  • ECHO Annual Report
  • Reviewed and distributed annual report. ECHO will create an annual report based on our 10-year plan in addition to updates
  • Pay For Success update
  • Feasibility study to see if Pay For Success funding model could work for PSH; Who would the target population be for the PSH that might work in a Pay For Success structure? Focus on frequent users- house people who are users of expensive healthcare to receive a return on investment
  • Need to capture the data that can prove the savings

10:20-11:00 HUD Continuum of Care BusinessNiki Paul and Sam Woollard

  • Overview of FY15 HUD Continuum of Care NOFA Process
  • Programs funded by the Continuum of Care grant may fund:
  • Permanent Housing: (does not allow for permanent housing with no support services)
  • PSH
  • Rapid Re-housing
  • HMIS
  • Prevention
  • Safe Haven & SRO-existing only; no new ones
  • Transitional Housing-mainly for Youth, victims of domestic violence, or individuals suffering from substance abuse
  • Supportive Services Only
  • General NOFA review-updates
  • Successes- Increased award from $3.9M to $5.6M since 2007
  • 2015 Funding- Annual Renewal Demand based on FY 2014 awards is $5,542,258
  • Priorities: Ending veteran homelessness by 2016, ending chronic homelessness by 2017, ending family and youth homelessness by 2020, and assisting veterans ineligible for VA services
  • HUD Changes/areas of focus: Connecting and creating formal agreements individuals with health providers; Focus on Coordinated Assessment
  • Match requirement 25% and leverage 150%
  • IRT Process and 2015 Members
  • Appoint 2015 IRT Chair nomination Vella Karman.
  • ACTION: Motion to approve Vella Karman as 2015 IRT Chair by Christine Banks. Second by Ben King. All in favor.
  • Discussion and Feedback Required
  • New funding opportunity for the CoC-from Pflugerville area $57,872-suggestions for project focus
  • Assess Scoring Components
  • Ranking Scores Based on:
  • Agency Component – 10pts (5%)
  • Project Component – 100pts (50%)
  • Data Component – 70pts (35%)
  • Agency Presentations – 20pts (10%)
  • Tier policy for FY15
  • Do we allow a new project in Tier I?
  • Performance threshold for higher priority projects(e.g. PSH-What if a PSH project under performs? Can it be placed in Tier 2?)
  • If the IRT identifies certain factors and those standards are not met on an ongoing basis-possible grounds to move into Tier 2
  • Look at recommendations from last year to ensure that agencies who needed to make improvements are doing so
  • Case by case basis
  • ACTION: Should the CoC provide Point in Time data of unsheltered clients to PATH team and Street Medicine?
  • Motion to approve byBen King. Second by Christine Banks. All in favor.

11-11:25 Healthcare and Housing Presentation Dr. Ted Held & Curk McFall

  • CCC – 501C(3) - Curk McFall- Margarita Arroyo & Chris
  • “Homelessness is unacceptable; everyone has the right to obtain individualized health services”
  • Develop framework that would support wide spectrum of homeless needs-Steering Group- First meeting May 20th – meet once a month-Focus on:
  • Advocacy
  • Policy development
  • Housing
  • Healthcare
  • Focus of group- to be determined/defined
  • Opportunity for Medicare to cover supportive housing costs
  • Street Medicine Focus: Providing mobile health teams to transitional housing; focus on prevention
  • Focus on utilizing healthcare resources to leverage on the resources on the HUD side

11:30 ADJOURNStephanie Hayden, Chair

Next Meeting: Wednesday, June 10, 10am-11:30AM, LifeWorks-East Multi-Purpose Room