Rural CoC Centralized / Coordination Intake

Barriers – S IZE CoC No. of Counties Population (2010 Census) Area (SQ MILES) North Central 8334, ,173 Northeast 11463, ,941 Northwest 19563, ,252 Southeast 21533, ,675 Southwest 16416, ,015 CLEVELAND 1255,

BARRIERS - S IZE Transportation not readily available to get the services they have been referred to or for which they are trying to receive referrals. Resources for housing and supportive services are fewer in the rural areas.

BARRIERS - I NVOLVEMENT Number of service providers do not participate in their Continuum Everyone has their own intake forms Involvement also depends on how accurate the information is that service providers submit to the centers at any given time

SOLUTIONS - I NVOLVEMENT The State is requiring involvement in the Continuum of Care Centralized Intake for all subrecipients of the Emergency Solution Grant funds.

BARRIERS – M ULTIPLE HMIS Each Continuum manages their own HMIS Tulsa County, North Central, Northeast and Southeast Continua combined their systems into one HMIS system that now covers 41 out of the 77 counties in Oklahoma 20 counties (3 CoC) work on one Software package, but 3 separate systems 16 counties (1 CoC) use the same system as the Continua that combined; but kept their system separate from the merge.

Cleveland County CoC: Cleveland’s Central Intake will be managed by one organization and data will be entered directly into their HMIS.

SOLUTIONS – O KLAHOMA 2-1-1

BARRIERS – S TATE S YSTEM Defining Boundaries for reporting How to meet “Direct Linkage” definition How will client data be entered into HMIS after it has already been initially entered into the system

Solutions – State System Only Statewide System The Continua can contract with systems to amend questions asked at intake Both main centers already have experience with screening from their involvement with HPRP funds System is available 24/7

Questions? For more information of Oklahoma’s homeless programs contact: Rebekah Zahn-Pittser, Program Planner & State CoC Liaison Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Office of Community Development Phone: (405)