Coordinated Entry/Intake Centers. The Coordinated Entry process helps communities prioritize assistance based on vulnerability and severity of needs to ensure assistance is received in a timely manner. The cost of procurement, implementation, and operation of a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) may be allowable costs. Intake Centers shall serve as single points of entry and triage that work to successfully engage participants. At this point of contact, collaborative staff shall employ the Vulnerability Index-Service, Prioritization, Decision, Assistance Tool assessment (VI-SPDAT) or other current assessment utilized for the community’s Coordinated Entry required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Assessment and intake processes shall avoid barriers such as multiple site visits, interviews, extensive documentation, and waiting lists. Applicants are not required to have a “housing ready” status.
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