The purpose of the MWVHA Coordinated Entry Committee is to create policies and procedures for the CoC’s coordinated entry system; to monitor the progress of organizations implementing coordinated entry to ensure it is functioning effectively; to arrange for technical assistance to participating organizations; to recommend system changes, as necessary; and to recruit agencies for participation in coordinated entry. The Coordinated Entry Committee Chair is Ashley Hamilton, Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency. The full committee roster can be found here.
BUILT FOR ZERO – Kaiser Permanente has joined forces with the Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance to implement Built for Zero in the Marion-Polk county region. Built for Zero is a national initiative of more than 80 communities committed to ending chronic and veteran homelessness by using real-time data to improve performance, adopt proven best practices, and deploy existing resources more efficiently. Forty-eight (48) communities have achieved a measurable reduction, and 12 communities have ended chronic or veteran homelessness. More than 122,840 individuals have been housed by Built for Zero communities since January 2015.
As a subcommittee of the Coordinated Entry Committee, the Built-for-Zero (BFZ) Strategy Team focuses on three main tasks, 1) meet 28 criteria for a quality By-Name List, 2) map the geographic coverage or access points to the homeless services system, and 3) support collaborative case conferencing with multiple service providers working together to house Veterans and chronically homeless individuals. The BFZ Strategy Team is led by Dana Schultz, Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency. Participants also include Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Human Services, PacificSource, Polk Community Development Corporation, Salem Housing Authority, and Shangri-La.