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Council for the Homeless briefs council on coordinated entry, HMIS and rising senior homelessness
Summary
Council for the Homeless presented an overview of the county—s homeless response system, explaining coordinated entry, the HMIS database and concerns that the end of federal rental assistance may worsen senior homelessness; councilors asked about gap analyses and local ridership data for transit service.
Sunny Wunder, chief operating officer at Council for the Homeless, told the Battleground City Council on March 1 that the organization leads coordinated entry and operates the region—s homeless management information system (HMIS) that collects countywide data on people experiencing homelessness.
The presentation explained that coordinated entry is intended to reduce duplicate shelter intakes by routing individuals through a single assessment and referral process. "The purpose of coordinated entry is to say one individual person goes to one spot, and then we refer to those…
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