Continuum of Care News

HUD announces the release of new products, guides, and tools to help communities end youth homelessness . The products are focused on four topic areas: Coordinated Entry for Youth Engaging Youth Housing First for Youth Rapid Re-Housing for Youth A brief description of each tool is below: The Coordinated Entry for Youth Brief provides an overview of the four Coordinated Entry core elements (Access, Assessment, Prioritization, and Referral). The Engaging Youth in Decision Making document provides guidance on how to engage youth in the decision-making process and in the development of projects. The brief on Using a Housing First Philosophy When Serving Youth provides an overview of the Housing First philosophy and how it applies to youth-serving projects. A suite of tools and products on Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) for Youth includes a Jump Start Tool, a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and a Checklist. Coming soon will be a Toolkit. The Jump Start Tool ...

Join the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the second webinar in the 3-part Consent2Share webinar series. Consent2Share for Developers will explore SAMHSA’s innovative open-source consent management and data segmentation application, Consent2Share. This webinar is geared to HIOs, HISPs, State and county agencies, providers, and organizations who wish to implement a consent management and data segmentation application. Join to learn about the features and benefits, technical requirements and considerations, and key functionality of Consent2Share. The webinar will describe how to download the source code from the Consent2Share GitHub site, and provide information needed to install, set up, configure, and deploy Consent2Share for your technical environment. Interested software developers, behavioral health agencies, or organizations can register today at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3190018964984804865 . Plea...