ANALYSIS:
Camillus House, a shelter provider contracted by the City, submitted a budget proposal for a pilot project addressing the 10 chronically homeless individuals discussed at the Committee on the Homeless. The proposed attached budget for the pilot project is $91,572.
The Camillus House pilot project would engage a team of five employees comprised of:
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Project Supervisor
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Psychiatric Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP)
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SOAR Case Manager (a person to assist with disability benefits’ applications for the clients)
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Case Manager (to assist with care coordination, housing, benefits and other services)
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Medical Assistant (providing medical and data entry support to the ARNP)
As directed by the Committee on the Homeless and endorsed by the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee, City staff has identified program measures to help determine the efficacy of the pilot program. Suggested measures include:
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- Document the targeted encounters engaging clients at least twice weekly;
- Provide medication administration as medically needed;
- Use of Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) database to track client contacts, services, referrals and placements;
- Provide written acknowledgement of receipt of City referrals to program;
- Provide a determination on City referrals and develop engagement strategy, to include (as applicable and appropriate) housing and service plans, within five (5) business days of client assessment;
- Conduct case staffing with City staff at least once a month; and
- Provide outcome measures and client determinations quarterly with a final report at the end of the one-year pilot project.
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