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Continuum of Care staff: coordinated entry and HMIS helped Jackson County exceed rehousing goals
Summary
ACCESS/Continuum of Care staff told council coordinated entry launched earlier this year and, using HMIS data, the region exceeded state rehousing goals for rapid rehousing and the Oregon Rehousing Initiative, while noting limitations of point‑in‑time counts.
Noah Wertheiser, support services project manager for ACCESS and staff to the Jackson County Continuum of Care (CoC), gave council an overview of the CoC’s role in regional homelessness response and data systems.
Wertheiser described the CoC as a federally‑mandated collaborative of roughly 35 partners led by ACCESS that does regional planning, coordinated entry and data performance monitoring via HMIS (WellSky). He said coordinated entry replaces siloed waitlists with a by‑name, coordinated system for matching people to available services and that Jackson County’s coordinated entry — launched in January — helped the CoC exceed state targets: he cited a rapid rehousing goal of 170 households and reported approximately 217 households served, and an Oregon Rehousing Initiative target of 50 with roughly 70 households served locally.
Wertheiser also discussed the limitations of point‑in‑time (PIT) counts — that they capture visible unsheltered populations more readily than families temporarily doubled up or in hotels — and recommended continued investments in data and collaboration to close gaps identified in the CoC’s gaps analysis. He offered to provide more granular numbers to council on request.
Councilors thanked him and asked for additional data and the gaps analysis; staff said they will provide more detailed figures to the council.
