ICA News -May 2024 - Iowa
Greetings
Monthly Data Updates
Annual Outreach Gatherings
May Q&A
PIT Update
New help for New Students
Coordinated Entry News
Peer to Peer
HUD News
HHRC Partner Webinars
Jobs
Dates
Contact Info
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.
When: May 30th, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Where: Storm Lake Public Library Meeting room, 609 Cayuga St, Storm Lake, IA 50588
Who: We encourage providers from the following counties to attend:
Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Emmett, Sioux, O'Brien, Clay, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Humbolt, Wright, Ida, Sac, Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Monona, Crawford, and Carroll.Register here: MAY Gathering
When: June 24th, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm.
Where: Mason City Chamber of Commerce, 9 N Federal Ave, Mason City, IA 50401
Who: We encourage providers from the following counties to attend Kossuth, Winnebago, Hancock, Worth, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Mitchell, Floyd, Butler, Howard, Chickasaw, Bremer, Winneshiek, Fayette, Buchanan, Allamakee, and Clayton.
Register here: June Gathering
We will be sharing more details about visits to additional areas of the state soon! We eagerly anticipate meeting all of you face-to-face in the upcoming months!
May Q&A
Every month we have a live Q&A training webinar where users have the opportunity to ask questions directly with HMIS System Administrators. Anything covered in last month's Q& A is available on ICA's LMS (Learning Management System), icatraining.org but also in each monthly newsletter.
This month we covered:
PIT HIC Updates Susie 00:16
BOS Presentation – BOS board meeting 5/9/24
PC- Homeward presentation 5/16/24
ICA Outreach Gatherings Kyndra May 30th, June 24 01:30
Reminders about best privacy practices 04:17
Avoid sending emails with client identifying information
Best practices to take if you make a mistake with confidentiality (Kasper)
Leave of absence form Leave of Absence Form - Formstack (Kyndra)
Hopwa – 10:32
Annual Enrollee Questions - assessment added to entry/exit (KarLee)
Recording training withiin the next couple weeks – online training for HOPWA providers to come
Training Fun—New Classes vs old 12:10
30 days on accounts
problems- support@icalliances.org
System news- Newsletter
PIT Update
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:
June 4th, 2024 2:00 - 3:00 pm
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?
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is hosting it’s annual Peer-to-Peer Homelessness Symposium in Omaha, Nebraska. Please consider sharing this information with anyone interested in attending this year’s symposium. In the meantime, expect a registration email with more information in April.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact NEwebmanager@hud.gov
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
2024 HUD Innovations in Ending Homelessness Roundtable Series: Housing-Focused Interventions Across the Continuum – June 6, 2024 – 1:00 PM EDT
The next session in the series, Housing-Focused Interventions Across the Continuum, is taking place on June 6, 2024. Learn more!
This series is a continuation of the Rapid Rehousing (RRH) Roundtable Discussion Series, which included panel discussions from system leaders, program staff, and people with lived experience of homelessness, to discuss challenges, lessons learned, and innovative new approaches to rapid rehousing.
The 2024 HUD Innovations in Ending Homelessness Roundtable Series will move beyond the specific focus of rapid rehousing and cover innovative strategies and interventions that provide the most effective, equitable responses to homelessness at the individual and system levels.
Objectives
Explore practices for responding to current challenges from the increase in homelessness
Highlight communities implementing the Housing First approach and decreasing barriers to housing
Using person-centered practices to examine the threat that criminalization poses to preventing and ending homelessness
Find innovative ways to create a system that ends homelessness with housing as the focus
Discover services and supports needed after rehousing, the importance of partnerships outside of the homeless services system, and how to engage in broader housing affordability conversations
Provide practical, specific steps communities can take to incorporate the values and philosophies essential to a person-centered homelessness response
Audience
This series is intended for front-line staff, program directors, system leaders, and funders.
Contact
2024 HUD Innovations in Ending Homelessness Roundtable Series Registrar | trainings@hudexchange.info
HHRC Partner Webinars
Webinar: Building Stronger Foundations: The Intersection of Suicide Prevention Infrastructure and Behavioral Health Services
May 22, 12:00pm ET. SAMHSA Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
Webinar: Making Room for Mental Health: Reasonable Accommodations and Modifications in Housing
May 22, 1:00pm ET. SAMHSA Mental HealthTechnology Transfer Center
Webinar: Homecoming Realities: Understanding Housing Insecurity and HealthAfter Incarceration
May 23, 12:00pm ET. The Health x Housing Lab
Webinar: Understanding Housing as a Social Driver of Health for Rural Residents
May 29, 1:00pm ET. Rural Health Research Gateway
Webinar: Understanding Doubled Up
May 29, 2:00pm ET. National Center for Homeless Education
Webinar: Anxiety and Phobic Disorders in the Black Community
May 30, 12:00pm ET. SAMHSA Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
Webinar: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Considerations for Older Adults to Prevent Suicide in Later Life
June 5, 1:00pm ET. E4 Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Disparities in Aging
Webinar: Harm Reduction in Behavioral Health
June 6, 11:00am ET. SAMHSA Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
Webinar: Increasing Your Effectiveness in Working with LGBTQ+ Populations
June 11, 1:00pm ET. SAMHSA Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Webinar: Maximizing Income Through Competitive Employment
June 13, 3:00pm ET. SAMHSA SOAR TA Center
Job Postings
from our partner agencies
ACCESS
The Bridge Home
Dubuque YMCA
Friends of the Family
Humility Homes and Services
YSS
Dates
June 4th- HMIS/DVIMS Q&A Webinar 10:00am - 10:45am Registration
June 4th- 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
June 27th & 28th- Peer-to-Peer Homelessness Symposium in Omaha- NEwebmanager@hud.gov