Category Information. Service Name Healthy Home Goods Service Description Healthy-related home goods are furnished to eliminate known home-based health and safety risks to ensure living environment is not adversely affecting occupants' health and safety. Home-related goods that may be covered include, for example, discrete items related to reducing environmental triggers in the home (e.g., a “Breathe Easy at Home Kit” with EPA-vacuum, air filter, green cleaning supplies, hypoallergenic mattress or pillow covers and non-toxic pest control supplies). Healthy Home Goods do not alter the physical structure of an Enrollee’s housing unit. Service Name One-Time Payment for Security Deposit and First Month’s Rent Service Description Provision of a one-time payment for an Enrollee’s security deposit and first month’s rent to secure affordable and safe housing that meet’s the Enrollee’s needs. All units that Enrollees move into through this Pilot service must: • Pass a Housing Quality Standards (HQS) inspection • Meet fair market rent and reasonableness check • Meet a debarment check For homeless Enrollees, all services provided must align with a Housing First approach to increase access to housing, maximize housing stability and prevent returns to homelessness. Service Name Short-Term Post Hospitalization Housing Service Description Post-hospitalization housing for short-term period, not to exceed six [6] months, due to individual’s imminent homelessness at discharge from inpatient hospitalization. Housing should provide Enrollees with a safe space to recuperate and perform activities of daily living while receiving ongoing medical care as needed and will be limited to housing in a private or shared housing unit. Short-Term Post Hospitalization Housing setting should promote independent living and transition to a permanent housing solution. Services may not be provided in a congregate setting, as defined by the Department. Allowable units for short-term post-hospitalization housing must provide the following for Enrollees: • Access to a clean, healthy environment that allows Enrollees to perform activities of daily living; • Access to a private or semi-private, independent room with a personal bed for the entire day; • Ability to receive onsite or easily accessible medical and case management services, as needed. Coordination of this service should begin prior to hospital discharge by a medical professional or care team member. The referral to Short-Term Post Hospitalization Housing sho...
Category Information. Service Name IPV Case Management Services Service Description This service covers a set of activities that aim to support an individual in addressing sequelae of an abusive relationship. These activities may include: • Ongoing safety planning/management • Assistance with transition-related needs, including activities such as obtaining a new phone number, updating mailing addresses, school arrangements to minimize disruption of school schedule • Linkages to child care and after-school programs and community engagement activities • Linkages to community-based social service and mental health agencies with IPV experience, including trauma-informed mental health services for family members affected by domestic violence, including witnessing domestic violence • Referral to legal support to address needs such as obtaining orders of protection, negotiating child custody agreements, or removing legal barriers to obtaining new housing (excluding legal representation) • Referral to and provision of domestic violence shelter or emergency shelter, if safe and appropriate permanent housing is not immediately available, or, in lieu of shelter, activities to ensure safety in own home • Coordination with a housing service provider if additional expertise is required • Coordination of transportation for the Enrollee that is necessary to meet the goals of the IPV Case Management service • Informal or peer counseling and advocacy related to Enrollees’ needs and concerns. These may include accompanying the recipient to appointments, providing support during periods of anxiety or emotional distress, or encouraging constructive parenting activities and self-care. Activities listed above may occur without the Pilot Enrollee present. The HSO has the option to partner with other organizations to ensure it is able to provide all activities described as part of this service. If desired by the HSO, the Network Lead can facilitate partnerships of this kind. Service Name Violence Intervention Services Service Description This service covers the delivery of services to support individuals who are at risk for being involved in community violence (i.e., violence that does not occur in a family context). Individuals may be identified based on being the victim of a previous act of crime, membership in a group of peers who are at risk, or based on other criteria. Once identified, Peer Support Specialists and case managers provide: • Individualized psychosocial education related to de-escalat...
Category Information. Service Name Evidence-Based Parenting Classes Service Description Evidence-based parenting curricula are meant to provide: • Group and one-on-one instruction from a trained facilitator • Written and audiovisual materials to support learning • Additional services to promote attendance and focus during classes Evidence-based parenting classes are offered to families that may be at risk of disruption due to parental stress or difficulty coping with parenting challenges, or child behavioral or health issues. These services are also appropriate for newly reunited families following xxxxxx care/out of home placement or parental incarceration. This service description outlines one approved curriculum: Incredible Years (Parent) – Preschool/School. This service should be delivered in a trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and culturally relevant manner.
Category Information. The goal of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality. HVAC systems provide ventilation, reduce infiltration (the unintentional introduction of outside air into a building) and maintain pressure relationships between spaces. How air is delivered to and removed from spaces is known as room air distribution. Room air distribution is important because it can improve both the comfort of occupied spaces and reduce energy use. Small-scale HVAC units can simply pull room air in, heat or cool it, and return it to the room. However, systems for large buildings are more complex. Large buildings typically have HVAC central plants that use chilled water and hot water to move heating and cooling to central air handlers. From there, the heated or cooled air is delivered to different rooms and/or cooling zones by mechanical air distribution systems, which are comprised of ducts, fans and dampers to adjust the volume of air entering occupied spaces. American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 55 Thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy (2017) This standard defines the range of indoor thermal environmental conditions acceptable to a majority of occupants. It addresses temperature, thermal radiation, humidity, air speed and personal factors (activity and clothing).
Category Information. Buying equipment compared to renting has a couple of drawbacks: Buying equipment is expensive. In addition to the retail cost of a machine, you also have to pay to maintain it. You either need to have mechanics on staff who can repair broken machinery (which includes paying for their salaries and their tools) or the money to pay independent mechanics to fix it for you. Equipment gets worse with age. If it is not succumbing to the wear and tear of daily use, it is stuck in a storage facility, decaying and rusting from inactivity. Another drawback is that owning equipment means that you need the space to store it and vehicles to transport it to and from the job site. • Reduced overhead costs – There is no need to invest in a large storage space. The company supplying the rental equipment handles the repairs and maintenance. • Industry expertise – A company that specializes in equipment rental is able to provide you with equipment recommendations and teach you how to use it. • Flexibility and customization – Renting allows for seasonal, temporary or specialized work. To determine if you should rent or buy equipment, a common industry calculation is to divide the number of days you expect to use the machine each month by 22 (the approximate number of working days in a given month). The result is the rate at which you can expect to use a given product. If you expect to use a piece of equipment 10 days per month, you divide 10 by 22, which is 45%. Industry experts suggest that you should only purchase equipment you intend to use 60% of the time or more. Sources: Facilitiesnet, Premier, supplier websites Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standard 7353: Heavy construction equipment rental and leasing Establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing (except finance leasing) heavy construction equipment (such as bulldozers, cranes and earth-moving equipment), with or without operators. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standard 7359: Equipment rental and leasing, not elsewhere classified Establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing (except finance leasing) equipment, not elsewhere classified. This includes electronic equipment rental, industrial truck rental and tool rental.
