Hampden County Diversion Meeting – 3/14/11
In attendance: Alvina Brevard, DHCD, Marcia Crutchfield, HAPHousing, Ken Demers, New England Farm Workers Council, David Geld, Square One, Yeisie Mateo, DCF, Steve Plummer, Springfield Partners, Jim Reis, HAPHousing, Pamela Schwartz, network coordinator, Rachel Trant, DCF
Review of Diversion Outcome Report:
- · Will add “sufficient cash income to pay for rent and utilities” to ensure that there is actual income
- · Add “total”under needs/financial assistance so easy to see dollar amount
Alvina will send final assessment/outcome report to providers.
Documentation verification
DHCD obtains all documents to verify eligibility for EA. Providers only see families after verification established.
Contract update
ICHH/UWPV signed contract. Next up: contracts between UWPV
If contracts signed this week, will launch next Monday, 3/21.
Reminder of schedule:
NEFWC (with Juanita) – 5 days/week, 9 am – 2 pm
CHD – Monday
VOC – Wednesday
HAP – Friday (in addition to 6 referral appointments)
In order to ensure tracking of clients served, all agencies (CHD, VOC, HAP, NEFWC) must include each other on release forms.
Ken Demers will create spreadsheet containing following info:
Agency, agency contact person, family name, SSN (last 4 digits), intake date, outcome, amount
Pamela will put document on “google docs” for easy tracking and will send to:
Jane, Rose, Marcia, Jim, Ken, Steve, Alvina
Processing applications
Need to ensure eligibility for funds is qualified until DCF assessment is complete.
Next meeting: 9 am, 3/28, HAPHousing
