Definitions
A database used for collecting, storing, sharing, tracking and reporting household data associated with CE as well as various other tracking needed on an organization level.
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
These agencies act as the "front door" to the housing crisis response system.
Entry Points
A practice that aims to prevent homelessness for people seeking shelter by helping them identify immediate alternate housing arrangements and, if necessary, connecting them with services and financial assistance to help them return to permanent housing.
Diversion
Who is eligible for enrollment into Coordinated Entry?
Households who classify as:
Category 1: Literally Homeless
or
Category 4: Fleeing/Attempting to Flee DV
What does ATM stand for?
A. Automated Transfer Mechanism
B. Advanced Transaction Machine
C. Automated Teller Machine
C. Automated Teller Machine
An intervention type that rapidly connects families and individuals experiencing homelessness to permanent housing through a tailored package of assistance that may include the use of time-limited financial assistance and targeted supportive services.
Rapid Re-housing
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of Coordinated Entry Planning Entities (CEPEs)?
A. Reviewing and analyzing HMIS data quality for agencies participating in CE.
B. Assisting agencies in understanding the local CE process and training process for CE.
C. Coordinating agencies in managing, marketing, and operating the local CE process.
A. Reviewing and analyzing HMIS data quality for agencies participating in CE.
A practice that involves participating agencies meeting to review the housing priority list, provide updates on clients, and problem solve challenging cases.
Case Conferencing
True or False: Street Outreach must offer households the same standardized assessment process as on-site Entry Points, even if it takes several engagements to complete an assessment.
True.
What does SOS stand for?
A. Save Our Ship
B. Save Our Souls
C. Send Out Supplies
D. None of the above
D. None of the above.
SOS does not actually stand for any specific phrase. The letters were chosen simply because they are easy to transmit and recognize in Morse code.
A list of all households in a community who have completed CE enrollment and are actively seeking services or in need of housing.
Housing Priority List
These agencies must accept referrals solely from CE to fill open spots in CoC and ESG Program-funded projects such as Rapid Rehousing, Permanent Supportive Housing, or Transitional Housing.
Receiving Agencies
True or False: Victim Service Providers can and should participate in local Case Conferencing meetings.
True.
VSPs can and should attend case conferencing to listen and offer expertise on non-VSP households. However, VSPs cannot discuss and share information about VSP households without a time-limited, topic-specific, survivor-informed, and written release signed by the household member.
True of False: When a referral is "acknowledged" by a receiving agency in HMIS, that means the receiving agency has contacted or will contact the client.
False.
A. World Wildlife Fund
B. World Wrestling Federation
C. None of the above
A. World Wildlife Fund
Fun Fact: The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a global conservation organization, sued the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) over the use of their acronym in 2002.
A shared list of resources available in a region, including shelter, housing, and supportive services targeted toward people experiencing literal homelessness or fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, as well as other supportive services, regardless of an agency’s participation in the local CE process.
Eligibility Matrix
This entity, among other things, is responsible for ensuring the TX BoS CoC completes its HUD mandated activities.
Texas Homeless Network
A. Client contact information
B. Active/Inactive statuses
C. CE statuses
B. Active/Inactive statues
How many questions are on the VI-SPDAT?
A. 28
B. 27
C. 32
B. 27
Which of the following words is NOT an acronym?
A. SCUBA
B. BLOG
C. RADAR
D. LASER
A provider profile in HMIS for Non-Participating Agencies and Receiving Agencies that do not have access to HMIS.
Ghost Profile
True or False: Entry points are responsible for pre-determining a household's eligibility a service or program before making a referral to the service or program provider.
False.
An approach to care that acknowledges the impact that harmful or negative experiences can have on the mental, emotional, and physical well-being of individuals seeking services, and encourages providers to engage with individuals in a manner that is welcoming, transparent, flexible and sensitive to lived experiences.
Trauma-informed Care/Trauma-informed Approach
When multiple households in a region are identically prioritized & eligible for the same PSH unit, a tiebreaker must occur to determine which household is prioritized first. What is the tiebreaker?
Longest history of homelessness
What does NASA stand for?
A. National Aerospace and Science Agency
B. North American Space Agency
C. National Aeronautics and Space Agency
C. National Aeronautics and Space Agency