Coordinated Entry System

Coordinated entry systems (CES) are a key component of a comprehensive crisis response and brings intentional and efficient structure to your rehousing system. Dynamic management of CES in the face of COVD-19 will result in more efficient use of resources and should improve equity in access and ease of access to resources, including mainstream resources, while prioritizing people who are most in need of assistance. The resources below will support your system with information and examples to enhance cooperation between system partners and make adjustments to your CES to achieve the most effective rehousing system during a COVID-19 response.

Strategic Funding and Grants Management

• HUD Resource: Notice PIH 2021-15 (HA): EHVs- Operating Requirements

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Notice Overview

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Partnerships for EHVs

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Coordinated Entry and EHVs

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Using Continuum of Care Program Funds for Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response
  Spanish Version: Uso de fondos del programa Continuum of Care para la preparación y respuesta a enfermedades infecciosas

Operations and Best Practices

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Advancing Racial Equity through Assessments and Prioritization

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Carrying Out Coordinated Entry Activities Under the ESG Program

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Changes to Coordinated Entry Prioritization to Support and Response to COVID-19

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Client-Informed Data Collection Best Practices: Community Examples

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Connecting Quarantine to Coordinated Entry: Mainstream Resources

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Coordinated Entry “Secret Shopper” Project Lived Experience Consultants of Southern Nevada

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Coordinating ESG-CV and EHV to Create Surge Capacity in Coordinated Entry Systems

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Coordination with the Veteran System

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Dos and Don’ts of Moving Applications Online

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Emergency Housing Vouchers and Coordinated Entry Reporting

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Strategy for Targeting EHVs and Related Resources

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Engaging Individuals with Lived Expertise

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Equity-Driven Changes to Coordinated Entry Prioritization

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Justice Partnerships and Reentry Solutions

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Primer on Serving People with High-Acuity Needs

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Serving Survivors through Coordinated Entry

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Video—Lived Expertise

• HUD Exchange FAQ—Are there actions a CoC may take within its Coordinated Entry process to prioritize persons who are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19?

Community Examples

• Boston, MA—Coordinated Entry Planning During COVID Response

• Chicago, IL—Coordinated Entry Temporary Prioritization Plan

• Cincinnati, OH—Coordinated Entry COVID-19 Prioritization Policy

• Connecticut—RRH Prioritization and Paperwork Requirements during State’s Declaration of Public Health & Civil Preparedness Emergency

• Connecticut—Changes to CAN Appointments for COVID-19

• Greater Richmond Continuum of Care (GRCoC)—Emergency Response Policies and Procedures Addendum to GRCoC Coordinated Entry Policies and Procedures

• Los Angeles, CA—Emergency Coordinated Entry System Prioritization and Matching Procedures due to COVID-19 Pandemic

• Rhode Island Continuum of Care—Coordinated Entry System for Homeless Services Policy and Procedures Addendum to Address COVID-19 Public Health Crisis

• Washington State—Temporary Changes and Suspensions for Coordinated Entry, Performance and Consolidated Homeless Grant Funds due to COVID-19 Response