Chicago's Weekly COVID-19 Webinar Highlights and Updates
Stay informed with the latest updates and key takeaways from the weekly COVID-19 webinar in Chicago. Topics include housekeeping tips, response strategies, partner updates, and coordinated entry details. Join the conversation and get involved in addressing the challenges posed by the pandemic.
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All Chicagos Weekly COVID-19 Webinar March 30, 2020 12:00-1:00pm
Webinar Housekeeping Mute Audio Troubleshooting If you are having difficulty hearing us, please join the webinar via phone To hear audio only, join via conference call: Dial-in number (US): (425) 436-6371 Access code: 432873# For questions use the Chat Box
Questions All lines are muted Use Chat Box to submit questions
All Chicagos COVID-19 Response 1. Promoting cross-provider communication 2. Securing financial resources to help agencies respond to COVID-19 3. Distilling guidance from sources
Agenda Updates from Partners New Funding Resources Overall Updates on COVID-19 Q&A / Peer Sharing Wrap-up and Next Steps Coordinated Entry (CSH) Advocacy (Chicago Coalition for the Homeless) Homeless System Agency Emergency Fund (All Chicago) Census Shelters Hotel beds Housing provider guidance Peer sharing webinar (new) Questions & Answers (hopefully) Webinar Summary
Coordinated Entry Standardized Housing Assessments CE Standardized Housing Assessments Skilled Assessors should resume completing new housing assessments beginning April 1, 2020 CE Standardized Housing Assessments for Veterans Veterans can call the VA Community Resource and Referral Center (CRRC) to complete a housing assessment Phone Number: 312-569-5750
CE Access Points are Virtual in April Clients should NOT be directed to an Access Point s physical location solely for the purpose of completing a Standardized Housing Assessment or update in April. Dedicated Assessors will complete Standardized Housing Assessments and updates by phone in April.
CE Access Points are Virtual in April CE Call Center Monday through Friday, 8:30am 4:00pm Call: 312-361-1707 Clients are welcome to call the CE Call Center on their own or with a staff member. Staff should review the HMIS consent with households in advance whenever possible. During high volume call times, callers will hear a hold message that invites them to call any of the phone numbers offered that day by additional Dedicated Assessors.
Stay in Touch! Website: www.csh.org/chicagoces Topic Assessments n Contact Person Ben Darby at the Center for Housing and Health bdarby@housingforhealth.org Veterans Jessica Smith at CSH Jessica.smith@csh.org Matching Team led by Sal Estrada ChicagoCES@catholiccharities.net Matching/Referrals HMIS All Chicago Help Desk at helpdesk@allchicago.org Stephanie Sideman at CSH stephanie.sideman@csh.org All Other Topics/Feedback
Advocacy Mary Tarullo, Associate Director of Policy and Strategy at Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Mary@chicagohomeless.org
NEW FUNDING RESOURCES Margaret Smith, All Chicago Program Manager
Chicago COVID-19 Homeless System Agency Emergency Fund: Overview Goals: Support homeless service agencies in response to COVID-19 Support prevention and spread of COVID-19 among staff & those receiving services Keep the homeless system in operation during this crisis What else? Funded by philanthropic partners & IDHS Unrestricted & flexible Funds to be provided directly to agencies electronically Low-barrier application Multiple application rounds
COVID Agency Emergency Fund: Eligibility Agency Eligibility Criteria Non-profit agency in Chicago Track record of robust programming and services for Chicago residents Currently operating one of the program types listed in Chicago s CoC Written Standards: Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing Street Outreach Stand Alone Support or Drop In Center Permanent Supportive Housing Rapid Rehousing (including Youth Rapid Rehousing) Joint Transitional Housing permanent Housing Rapid Re Housing Safe Haven
COVID Agency Emergency Fund: Eligible Costs Staffing Food/supplies Temporary housing Facility modification/expansion Other
Agency Emergency Fund - Application Timeline: Round 1 applications due: Friday, April 3 at 5pm Funding notifications by week of April 13 One application per agency per application round Simple application on SurveyGizmo: Basic questions to verify eligibility Simple budget worksheet to complete & upload Link is on All Chicago website
Hotel Beds People are referred to the quarantine sites through their provider (hospital or medical provider) if they are : (1) awaiting test results and do not have an isolated place to wait or (2) they have tested positive, have only mild symptoms so do not need to stay in the hospital and they do not have an isolated location to stay.
Shelter 311 referrals for shelter have reopened. The majority of new referrals will be routed to new temporary shelter facilities. For shelter, call 311 from any address. Do not send clients to hospitals/police stations. 400 additional shelter beds available through YMCA. CDPH is providing shelters with medical consult by phone. Each shelter has a number to call to determine whether to separate a person, or whether the person should go to the healthcare system for care.
Shelter DFSS has posted their Guidance for Homeless Shelters on www.chicago.gov https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdp h/HealthProtectionandResponse/COVID- 19%20Guidance%20for%20Homeless%20Shelters%20Fi nal%2003.20.2020.pdf
Redeploying Staff to Shelters Human services professionals are urgently needed to support this effort and we understand that there may be members of your teams that are interested in volunteering! Individuals interested in volunteering should complete the volunteer survey form linked in the chat, and later in the Slack Channel. Descriptions of the needed staff positions are also linked in the chat and will also be in Slack later.
Census 2020 Site-based Enumeration (SBE) and Target Non- Sheltered Outdoor Location (TNSOL) was pushed back 1-month: SBE is April 29 May 1 TNSOL is the night of Mar 31. Additional information about all Census processes may be found here: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/libr ary/factsheets/2020/dec/2020-census-operational- adjustments-short-version.pdf
Housing Provider Guidance All Chicago has released interim guidance to assist housing providers to continue housing new participants and providing services. Interim Recordkeeping Standard Operating Guidance Interim Housing Inspection Guidance Both documents are available on the All Chicago website
New! Peer Sharing Webinar COVID-19 Housing Provider Sharing & Problem- Solving Session Weekly (Thursdays, 2:30-3:30) Dedicated time to housing providers Sharing questions, strategies Working toward solutions To Register click here via GoToWebinar.
Questions & Answers / Peer Sharing Please place questions (and answers!) in the chat.
Next Steps All Chicago webinar summaries are posted to www.allchicago.org/coronavirus All Chicago webinar videos are posted to https://allchicago.talentlms.com/catalog/in fo/id:450
