Working with Youth

Join us for a very comprehensive training on working with youth in the homeless response system. This training will thoroughly discuss the CAN system and the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP). Additionally, this training will cover a variety of housing strategies and best practices such as shelter diversion, outreach, housing first, trauma informed care, and […]

PIT 2021: Using the new PIT Outreach Program

Join us for an overview of the new Point-In-Time (PIT) Outreach program in HMIS. If you are involved in any capacity with those who are unsheltered, you should attend this webinar. This includes PATH and Street Outreach workers, PIT Regional Coordinators, shelter staff, as well as anyone who may need to help us identify who […]

Reporting the Unsheltered Homeless Population for Non-HMIS Users

This webinar is for anyone who wants to report an unsheltered person and does not have access to the statewide homeless management information system, known as CT-HMIS. Identifying those experiencing homelessness in places not meant for human habitation is an essential activity in the effort to end homelessness. We are excited to partner with communities across the […]

PIT ‘People Count’ Training in the PIT Database

Whether you are new to entering the people who slept in your Emergency Shelter (ES), Transitional Housing (TH), Rapid Re-Housing (RRH), Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH), or hotel/motel, on the night of the Point in Time (PIT) count in the PIT database or just need a refresher on how to navigate the PIT database, join us […]

My Town Cares: Local Efforts to Address and Prevent Homelessness

Connecticut’s municipalities routinely encounter and provide services to the thousands of individuals who experience homelessness each year. Moreover, data shows that homelessness affects people in every municipality in Connecticut. Join us for an introduction to My Town Cares, an initiative of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, that provides a roadmap of actions to address […]

Working with Youth

Register Here Join us for a very comprehensive training on working with youth in the homeless response system. This training will thoroughly discuss the CAN system and how it operates for youth that are experiencing homelessness. Additionally, this training will cover a variety of housing strategies and best practices such as shelter diversion, outreach, housing […]

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and COVID-19

Register Here With information on COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine changing on a daily basis it may be difficult for some to stay current. If you would like to learn about the most recent information in Connecticut, this is definitely a webinar that you should attend. Community Health Center, Inc. will be joining us for […]

Shelter Diversion 1.0 Training

Register Here Shelter Diversion is a strategy that prevents homelessness at the front door by helping people identify immediate alternative housing arrangements to shelter and, if necessary, connecting them with services and financial assistance to help them return to permanent housing. Diversion can reduce the number of households becoming homeless, the demand for shelter beds, […]

Equal Access to Shelter Training

Transgender individuals are significantly more likely to experience homelessness at some point in their life than the general population. Many do not enter the shelter, but the majority of those who have stayed in a homeless shelter have reported some form of mistreatment, including harassment and refusal of service, due to their gender identity. This […]

Entering Covid-19 Vaccination Information into HMIS

Please join us for a walk through of the new features and reporting capabilities of HMIS. A new feature is being added in HMIS that will allow tracking of Covid-19 vaccinations for clients, including whether a client has been partially or fully vaccinated. This training is for all HMIS users and will discuss the importance […]