ICA News -August 2024 - Iowa
In-Person New User Classes
Monthly Data Updates
August Q&A
Annual Outreach Gatherings
Help for New Students
Coordinated Entry News
HUD News
Jobs
Dates
In-Person Training
Monthly In-person New User Classes
The ICA Training Team is excited to announce the continuation of optional in-person HMIS New-User training. This is to fulfill the need for users who will benefit from learning the system with a more hands-on approach, while still using the online training videos as additional tools. Below are the current dates we have set up along with the locations in which the trainings are taking place. If you are the person at your agency that requests new user trainings, and think that you have staff that would benefit from an in-person training experience, please fill out the form below.
Please note that online training is still available as an option if this does not fit your staff’s needs. If it is decided that in-person training is the best option, each student only need to attend one session. Each attendee will need their own laptop. The classes fill up at 10 attendees each.
Current In Person Trainings:
August 29th-- Shelter House, Iowa City (10am-2pm) 429 Southgate Ave. Iowa City, Iowa
September 12th--612 Youth Shelter, Iowa Homeless Youth Center Des Moines (10am-2pm) 612 Locust St. Des Moines, Iowa
September 26th-- Shelter House, Iowa City (10am-2pm) 429 Southgate Ave, Iowa City
Welcome- ICA Staff Introductions- ( KarLee Kearns, Shawn McAninch, Kasper Kittredge, Kyndra Lobdell, & Susie McCarragher)
ICA Outreach Gatherings August (Kyndra)
In-person trainings
Summer PIT – Timeline (Susie)
Chronicity (Kyndra)
Documenting Chronicity? HUD exchange: Flowchart of HUD's Definition of Chronic Homelessness (hudexchange.info) -- Data Quality
Training Fun ---Corrections(Shawn) - With corrections
Corrections. Correcting bad HUD sections
Corrections – Deleting an entry, Deleting an ROI
Section 2 for kids
Helpdesk/Helpscout Reminder support@icalliances.org
Anything you would like added in the next Q & A send to support@icalliances.org
Monthly Data Update
ICA publishes a monthly data update describing the key indicators and changes in the population experiencing housing instability in the Balance of State and Polk County. We share this information monthly, and hope this presentation is easy to understand for members of your community who don’t necessarily live in the data the way HMIS professionals and service providers do but are interested and motivated to learn.
This Month’s Data Update
Annual Outreach Gatherings
The Institute for Community Alliances (ICA) Iowa HMIS Team is committed to strengthening connections with providers utilizing HMIS and DVIMS. We are delighted to share that this calendar year, ICA will embark on in-person visits to various areas of the state! All individuals working within HMIS/DVIMS are welcome and encouraged to attend!
During these meetings, we will facilitate open discussions, seek feedback, provide insights into the functions of the ICA HMIS team, and most importantly, gain valuable insights into your agencies.
August Gathering:
When: August 27th, 11am to 12:30pm
Where: Greenfield Public Library, 202 1st St. Greenfield, IA 50849
Who: Providers from Harrison, Pottawattamie, Mills, Fremont, Shelby, Cass, Montgomery, Page, Audobon, Guthrie, Adair, Adams, Taylor, Dallas, Madison, Union, Ringgold, Clark, Decatur
Register here: August Gathering
Help for New Students
Weekly Office Hour
In an effort to provide a better learning experience, we are incorporating a weekly "office hour" for anyone currently working on the new user ServicePoint (Community Services) test. This open Teams link will have a human on the other end every Thursday at 10:00AM . So, if you are a student struggling with their test or the system join us on Thursday mornings and be able to ask someone directly for help.
Test Help Office Hour - Thursday at 10:00am - Click here to join
Coordinated Entry Q&A Webinars
Coordinated Entry Q&A Webinars
Every month Coordinated Entry Specialists will be hosting a virtual Coordinated Entry Q&A for CE providers and community partners to discuss CE basics, policies, procedures, and much more.
Have specific questions? Not understanding how something works within CE? Let us know! We would be happy to talk more about it during one of our sessions
When? Monthly on the 1st Tuesday of every month, our next Q&A will be on:
Who should attend?
Any Coordinated Entry providers or community partners involved in CE across the state of Iowa and CE Regions who would like to learn more about Coordinated Entry or refresh their CE skills.
Where?
SAVE THE DATE | SEPTEMBER 4-6
Iowa's premier housing event, the HousingIowa Conference draws nearly 1,000 housing and community leaders for timely discussions about advancing housing opportunities in Iowa.
“The HousingIowa Conference is Iowa’s premier housing event, drawing nearly 1,000 housing professionals and illuminating how Housing is the Start for economic opportunity and thriving Iowa families, communities and businesses. You are invited to join us for discussions around timely topics around housing in Iowa and networking with Iowa housing leaders.
The event welcomes housing developers, property managers, financiers, lenders, Realtors, homeless and supportive services professionals, housing advocates, policy makers, community development professionals, community leaders and anyone interested in learning more about housing in Iowa to join us for this highly anticipated event!”
HUD News
From Our Federal Partners: Eviction Prevention Toolkit and Webinar Recording Available
Eviction Prevention: A Toolkit for Tenants and Service Providers
This toolkit is for people with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or co-occurring disorders living in community-based low-income housing and the service providers and organizations supporting them in their housing and recovery. The toolkit provides essential information to support stable tenancies and avoid the trauma of housing eviction. Toolkit topics include upstream eviction prevention strategies, housing support services, landlord partnerships, and more.
The toolkit is also available in English and Spanish.
2024 VAWA and Survivor Housing Community Conversations: Informed Consent and System Access – August 29, 2024 – 1:00 PM EDT
Last year, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) 2022 Foundations for Continuum of Care (CoC) and Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Webinar Series provided detailed, foundational knowledge about implementing VAWA and survivor-centered housing practices.
VAWA and Survivor Housing Community Conversations will continue in 2024 through a series of discussions about successfully implementing VAWA and survivor-centered housing at the system, project, and human levels. Each conversation will feature a diverse panel of system leaders, project staff, and people with lived experiences from both the homelessness response and victim services worlds.
Objectives
Learn about VAWA housing provisions that apply to CoC and ESG program recipients as outlined in the VAWA letter to CoC/ESG program recipients
Engage practitioners and experts about best practices in survivor-focused housing
Explore diverse range of VAWA and survivor housing implementations from communities across the country
Discover new ways to reach compliance with VAWA requirements and improve survivor-focused housing practices
Title
Date and Times
Join Link
Building System-Wide Partnership Between Housing and Victim Service Providers
March 21, 2024
Building a Better Emergency Transfer Plan
April 18, 2024
HMIS and Data-Sharing for Victim Service Providers and Survivors
May 16, 2024
Cancelled
Coordinated Entry and Housing Problem-Solving for Survivors
June 27, 2024
Informed Consent and System Access
August 29, 2024
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
Job Postings
from our partner agencies
ACCESS
Homicide and Violent Crimes Advocate
The Bridge Home
Assistant Director of Development
Dubuque YMCA
Friends of the Family
HACAP
Veteran Case Coordinator - Shallow Subsidy
Waypoint
Development Database Administrator
Willis Dady
YSS
Dates
September 3rd- HMIS/DVIMS Q&A Webinar 10:00am - 10:45am -Click her to join
September 3rd- Coordinated Entry Q&A Webinar 2:00pm - 3:00pm -Click her to join
Thursdays at 10:00am- Test Help Office Hour - Click here to join