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Consultant and Former HUD Official Urges Vermont to Link Coordinated Entry, Prevention and Housing Supply
Summary
Abby Miller, a consultant and former HUD homelessness official, told the Human Services committee that coordinated entry is effective at widening access but needs prevention dollars and housing supply to work in Vermont.
Abby Miller, a consultant and former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development official, told the Vermont Human Services committee that the federally required coordinated entry system has expanded access for people who lose housing but will not succeed unless the state increases prevention funding and the supply of permanent housing.
Miller, who worked in HUD’s Special Needs Assistance Programs office and was a lead author on HUD’s 2017 coordinated entry notice, said coordinated entry "is meant to standardize the experience" for people who have lost housing and to prioritize those with the highest needs. She described how the system was created from earlier federal efforts dating to the McKinney-Vento Act and the 2009 HEARTH Act and said HUD guidance in 2017 clarified how communities should run coordinated entry.
The distinction matters because coordinated entry can be implemented in…
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