Coordinated Entry

at CARES of NY, Inc.

The CARES of NY, Inc. Coordinated Entry Department works across NYS Continuums of Care (CoC) supporting their Coordinated Entry Systems (CES). The CE Department provides CES data management support, regulation guidance, and community collaboration support. The CARES of NY, Inc. Coordinated Entry Department is also the CE lead agency for Columbia Green Housing Coalition CoC, Dutchess County CoC, and Ulster County CoC.

CE Process & Forms

Within This Page:

      • Policies & Procedures
      • Memorandums of Understanding
    • Intake/Assessment w/ROI
    • CE flowchart
    • Desk Guides

Overview of Coordinated Entry

The Coordinated Entry System is an approach to coordination and management of housing and supportive services that allows users to effectively and efficiently connect people to interventions that will rapidly end their homelessness.

There are 4 core elements to CE

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Goals of CE:
1) prioritize persons who are homeless based on vulnerability, to get access to available housing opportunities

2) to make it less cumbersome on persons who are homeless to apply for available supportive housing programs.

No Wrong Door Approach

CoCs can choose from a number of coordinated assessment models including single point of access, multi-site access, no wrong door approaches, and phone based services such as a 2-1-1 Assessment Hotline. Finding the right model for your community will depend upon the type of homeless assistance system you have, the geographic area you may cover, and how you use your HMIS or other technology. Regardless of the model that you implement, however, every coordinated assessment system must be designed to allow anyone who needs assistance to know where to go to get help, to be assessed in a standard and consistent way, and to connect with the housing/services that best meet their needs.

Source: HUD Exchange, SNAPS Weekly Focus: Why Coordinated Assessment is Critical to Ending Homelessness Locally

Click the video below to watch CARES overview of HUD's new Coordinated Entry Management and Data Guide