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Fresno Madera Continuum of Care Board Meeting
Date: September 12, 2019 Type: General Meeting
Time: 8:37 a.m. Chair: Shawn Jenkins
Location: WestCare, 1900 N. Gateway Blvd., Suite 100, Fresno, CA 93727
2019 FMCoC Board of Directors Attendance Log:
Committee
Position Director Organization / Agency Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Treasurer Misty-Gattie Blanco Fresno EOC Sanctuary P P AP P A P AP P P
Andrea Evans Valley Teen Ranch AP P P P AP P AP AP P
Vice Chair & Imm.
Past Chair Jody Ketcheside Turning Point Central California P P P P A P P P P
Pamela Hancock Fresno County Superintendent of
Schools AP A P AP AP A A A AP
Tumani Heights Fresno Unified School District A AP P A AP A
Jeannemarie Caris-
McManus
Westside Family Preservation
Services Network A A A A A A
Aprille Meza Clovis Unified School District A A P P P AP A P P
Sara Mirhadi Poverello House AP P AP P AP AP P AP P
Cary Catalano Fresno First Steps Home A A A P A A A A A
Virginia Sparks Kings View AP P P AP P P P AP P
Collaborative
Applicant Rep. Doreen Eley Fresno Housing Authority P AP P P P P P P P
Member At Large Rich Penksa Mental Health Systems, Inc. AP P AP P P P AP P P
Ka Yang Clinica Sierra Vista AP AP AP P AP P P AP AP
Sara Hedgpeth-Harris Central California Legal Services, Inc. P P P P A P AP A A
Alma Martinez Community Medical Centers P P P A AP P A A
Ivonne Der Torosian Saint Agnes Medical Center A A A P A A
Shauna Day Hospital Council of North and
Central CA A AP AP AP AP A AP A
Julie Mendoza HOPE Sanger A P A A A A A A
Susan Holt Fresno County DBH P P AP P P AP P P
Marianne LeCompte Wings Advocacy Fresno P P P P P P P AP P
Marissa Gonzalez My Path Home P P A A P A
Roland Geiger Eco Village Project of Fresno P AP P P A AP P P AP
Halley Crumb Retraining the Village P A A A AP A A A A
Margarita Rocha Centro la Familia AP AP AP A AP A AP AP AP
Dr. John Dussich Elder Abuse Services, Inc. AP AP
Delfina Vazquez Selma C.O.M. P P P A P P P AP P
Secretary Heidi Crabtree City of Clovis P P A P A P A A P
Regional Rep. Laura Moreno County of Fresno DSS P P P P P AP P P P
Regional Rep. Thomas Morgan City of Fresno P AP A P A P A P P
Regional Rep. Elizabeth Wisener Community Action Partnership
Madera P P P P P P P AP P
Thomas Werner Clearview Outreach P P P P AP P P A A
Kiran Sandhu Madera County DSS A A P P P A P AP AP
Chair Shawn Jenkins WestCare AP P P P P P P P P
Member At Large Laura Lopez Marjaree Mason Center P P P P P P P P P
Gregorio Barboza Bishops Advocacy Committee P P P P P P P P P
Member At Large MaryAnn Knoy WestCare P P A P P A P P P
Wayne Rutledge Individual Membership P P A P
Key: Present = P Alternate Present = AP Absent = A
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Ana Cisneros, Kings View Maria Nunez, Marjaree Mason Center
Andrea Evans, Valley Teen Ranch Maria Rodriguez, WestCare
Aprille Meza, Clovis Unified Marianne LeCompte, Wings Advocacy Fresno
Barbara Morozov, Fresno County DSS Mary Ann Knoy, WestCare
Beverly Fitzpatrick, Eco Village Project Misty Gattie-Blanco, Fresno EOC
Beverly Vang, Fresno County DSS Neomi Carrisales, Selma C.O.M.
Chelsey Ramirez, WestCare Patricia Yost, Elder Abuse Services Inc.
Cheryl Vieira, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Preston Yanez, VACCHCS
Chia Thao, Elder Abuse Services Inc. Rich Penksa, Mental Health Systems
Delfina Vasquez, Selma C.O.M. Sara Mirhadi, Poverello House
Doreen Eley, Fresno Housing Authority Shannon Duncan, Fresno County DSS
Dylan McCully, Fresno County DSS Shawn Jenkins, WestCare
Edith Rico, Mental Health Systems Sonia De La Rosa, Fresno County-CAO
Elizabeth Wisener, CAPMC Susan Holt, Fresno County DBH
Erika Lopez, Madera County DSS Tom Morgan, City of Fresno
Esther Miramontes, Clinica Sierra Vista Virginia Sparks, WestCare
Gabriela Salazar, Fresno Housing Authority-HMIS Wayne Rutledge
Gina Acevedo, CAPMC
Gregorio Barboza, Bishop's Advocacy
Heidi Crabtree, City of Clovis
Ilse Gallardo, Centro La Familia
Jenny Gonzalez, SJVV/WestCare
Jody Ketcheside, TPOCC
Joseph G Evans III, Valley Teen Ranch
Kendy Villa, Marjaree Mason Center
Laura Lopez, Marjaree Mason Center
Laura Moreno, Fresno County DSS
Leticia Martinez, Poverello House
Lorinda Gonzales, CAPMC
* Please note only those who signed in are listed.
Agenda/Minutes
Agenda:
Informational:
1. Discussion of Policy Adoption to Increase the FMCoC’s National Score Relative to the 2019 NOFA – Jason Green-Lowe
2. Accessibility Outreach – Jason Green-Lowe
3. Built for Zero Update – Mary Ann Knoy
4. County of Fresno Update – Laura Moreno
5. City of Fresno Update – Tom Morgan
6. County of Madera Update – Elizabeth Wisener
7. SJVV Update – Jenny Gonzalez
8. Unscheduled Public Announcements
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Minutes:
Meeting called to order by
Approve September Agenda, Approve August Meeting Minutes, and Finance Report
Motion: Doreen Eley Second: Jody Ketcheside Approved
Action Items:
1. Recommend approval of the FMCoC to execute Built for Zero Agreement – Shawn Jenkins: This agreement is being
presented to the Board to see if there are any objections in the CoC continuing its participation in the initiative. By entering into
this agreement, our CoC and participating agencies are committed to getting technical assistance from Community Solutions to
get our community to function at zero for both the veteran and chronic populations. We’re committing to testing out action
cycles, there are two learning sessions held every year where our CoC goes as a community and meets with the other 70+
communities in the country and have discussions about what was tried in our community and look at new ideas from our
partners. There is a $10K annual fee to be a part of this and Kaiser is sponsoring the CoC’s fee this year. These learning sessions
are free for being a partner of Built for Zero however, there are travel costs and staff time involved. The CoC is working with
Community Solutions and Kaiser to see if they are able to fund one community position for them to attend the learning session.
Any organization interested in participating in the next learning session in Denver the week of October 21 need to send an email
to Mary Ann Knoy by the end of this week.
Motion: Laura Moreno Second: Rich Penksa Approved
2. Recommend accepting the Rank and Review Panel Recommendations for the 2019 NOFA with the exception of moving
both HMIS applications to the top of the non-scored applications – Jason Green-Lowe: The Board of Directors Officers made
one change; it was to move HMIS up to the top of the gray area at the bottom of the ranked list. The reason being is there is a
possibility the DV bonus grant funding would not be included in our award from HUD. It is a separate competition in addition to
the competition for the regular funding in Tier 1 and Tier 2. If we don’t get that funding, all the projects below the DV
Coordinated Entry 2 Project on the list would be moved down the list by the amount of that project. It would have put the HMIS
Project into Tier 2 and if the HMIS Project was cut, we might lose the ability to run the HMIS System causing the CoC to lose their
data system and the ability to collect and report data to HUD as required. The DV Bonus Project, if it is funded, it could be
funded separately and not included in the CoC’s pro-rata share, but there is no guarantee.
Motion: Marianne LeCompte Second: Aprille Meza Abstentions: All competing agencies Approved
3. Recommend approval of 2020 Point-In-Time Count Dates: January 28-30, 2020 – Jody Ketcheside: After no discussion from
the floor, there was a move to vote.
Motion: Shawn Jenkins Second: Heidi Crabtree Approved
Informational Items:
1. Discussion of Policy Adoption to Increase the FMCoC’s National Score relative to the 2019 NOFA – Jason Green-Lowe: This
year for the first time, one of the scoring factors in the national competition is how well the CoC promotes employment and
volunteerism among clients. Doreen asked how our CoC as a community incorporates volunteer opportunities for our clients so
that it becomes a policy for our CoC and its agencies. A suggestion was made to post volunteer opportunities list on the FMCoC’s
website once it’s operational so that providers can check it and offer it for their clients.
Agencies shared how they support employment and volunteerism. Shawn suggested agencies send their examples that depicts
supporting employment to Jason so he can pull the ones that can help our CoC score the best and place them in an application.
- Beverly: A client who was given household items and furniture offered to volunteer her time with Wings
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- Jody: At the opening at both the Triage Center at Turning Point there were client volunteers that helped with general clean up
and making beds.
- Kings View has good neighbor clubs where they clean up neighborhoods and do graffiti cleanups twice a week. There is a
training program at Blue Sky which one can go through and volunteer to do work. The community has a meeting on Blackstone
to better watch area.
- Dept. of Behavioral Health is taking a contract to the Board in either November or December to expand their supportive
employment and education program and expand it through contract providers. As they are doing outreach and working with
folks to identify serious mental illness, part of it could be promoting the ability to participate in supportive employment services,
it is a partnership with the Department of Rehabilitation with the State of California.
- Shawn of WestCare is setting up a meeting with Blake from the Workforce Investment Board to see if he will sign an MOU with
WestCare to work with some of WestCare’s clients.
- Joseph: Valley Teen Ranch has a working relationship with Workforce Connection which is for youth, and they get internships,
work experience, interview skills and placement with different organizations, businesses for at-work experience hours based on
good experiences and their proficiency in the jobs.
- Naomi’s House has one or two clients that act as concierges, they assist new clients with the shelter’s routine and expectations.
- Wayne Rutledge: Teens that Care is a teen organization that is looking for volunteer opportunities for about 50-100 teens.
2. Accessibility Outreach – Jason Green-Lowe: Jason formally announced the CoC’s offer to become more accessible to anyone
who might need help to follow or participate in the CoC’s meetings and policy making. Anyone interested in helping with the
work of the CoC but needs large print, a particular electronic format, audio recording, or whatever is needed to participate in
these discussions, they are to contact Jason at fmcoc@homebaseccc.org. Anonymous emails will be accepted too.
3. Built for Zero Update – Mary Ann Knoy: Performance Management tracker showed, as of December 2018, the CoC’s chronic
numbers for actively homeless was under the Improvement Median of 59.5 making a positive shift change. The inflow, people
coming into our community as chronic decreased from five to three people whose names were added every month to the By-
Name List or they become re-active or chronic individuals. As of July, there were 43 active chronic individuals whose name was
added to the By-Name list, down from last year when it was 86.
4. County of Fresno Update – Laura Moreno, reported by Shannon Duncan: CESH Round One application was submitted for
funding the fall of 2018 and on September 10, 2019, the Board of Supervisors (BOS) approved the standard agreement for the
funding. The CESH Round Two application was submitted in June 2019 and haven’t received any information yet. The ESG
funding was applied for last fall and the revenue agreement has been received. The FMCoC Services Update, 2018 HEAP/CESH
Funding – Round one report’s data was submitted by the providers showing the total through 08/31/2019 as: Unique Number
Served: 255, Total Exits: 67, and Unique Number of Safe Exits: 37. The true comparison is between the total exits of 67 and of
those, 37 were safe exits. There is a CalWORKs Housing Support Program Request for Proposal (RFP) that is expected to be
released later this month and we are looking for collaborative applications between providers into a single proposal. There is a
housing search and placement component and a case management component; collaboration between entities is needed. The
FMCoC is on the bidders list but if individual providers aren’t registered, they can do that on the County’s Purchase website. The
registrant can check information they want to receive and they will be notified when something is released.
5. City of Fresno Update – Tom Morgan: The HCDC vacancy continues and those interested are to submit their application on
the City of Fresno/City Clerk webpage. The planning process for the City’s next HUD Consolidated Plan will soon start. The City
will be having Focus Groups meetings in November, one of them will be on homelessness and the CoC will be given a 30-day
notice of scheduled meetings. Every Council District will be having community meetings, which the CoC members can attend. On
September 9, Heidi Crabtree sent the listserv EPA Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home pamphlets Tom provided for the
CoC. Included in the email was a supplement to update the older version and the HUD inspection checklist that needs
completing for ESG RRH as well. A question was asked about the faith-based meeting that will be held at Fresno Pacific
University on the 18th. It was explained it is open to anyone; it is about interested faith communities coming together and
learning a little about homelessness and what they and their congregations can do.
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6. County of Madera Update – Elizabeth Wisener: The August 2019 Homeless Outreach Log showed there was a number of 290
contacts of which some could be multiple contacts with the same individual. This outreach was conducted in both the City and
County of Madera. A member of the County Sheriff Department took a CAPMC staff member on a ride-along to locate some of
the homeless population up in the Oakhurst area. From this outreach, groups begun calling wanting to have team meetings to
bring people in the community together to help the homeless and mentally ill. Elizabeth is asking for someone from Coordinated
Entry team to come to one or two of the monthly meetings to advise them on being in alignment with the CoC.
7. SJVV Update – Jenny Gonzalez: Currently there are 84 veterans being served, 72 are under Rapid Rehousing, and 12 of
those are Homeless Prevention. Some of the SJVV staff are planning to attend the upcoming Stand Down on September 18-
19th.
8. Unscheduled Public Announcements:
- Mary Ann Knoy: Thanked the organizations that met the Coordinated Entry group for the partner agreements. There will be 8-
10 workshops set up and they will be hosted at WestCare. Dates and times will be set up end of September and into October;
Heidi will send out the workshop information to the listserv. Kings View and Virginia was thanked for their donation of pillows to
Wings. Wings is always in need of household items.
- Marianne LeCompte thanked WestCare for their help in moving items out of the Wings’ warehouse.
- Gregorio Barbosa: At the meeting last Friday for the Central Valley Census for 2020, it was mentioned someone from Fresno
County was going to be contacting the FMCoC for counting the homeless people in the Census and Gregorio wanted to know if
that has happened. Laura Moreno said a representative will be selected and they will come to the CoC to address how to
accomplish this. In addition, getting people to understand the PIT Count is not the Census Count; they need to do the Census
Count.
- Jody Ketcheside:
#1 - Referred to the article that came out in the Fresno Bee, online and in print, regarding Golden State Triage and it being the
perfect place for sex offenders. The building is in the County’s jurisdiction and the County’s stipulation on PC 290, which are
registered sex offenders that are still under supervision, is 3,000 feet from the school. The building is less than 3,000, about
2,900 feet and line of sight is closer from the school. Background checks are not done when people come into the center. It is in
the paperwork and the people are warned if they are 290, on supervision, and if they are found staying at the center by their
probation officer, they will likely be arrested. The article was misleading and Jody’s agency will issue a clarification.
#2 – There has been a turnover at both shelters; there are three female beds at Golden State available and 2 beds available at
the Welcome Center on Belgravia.
- Marianne LeCompte – Wings will be sending out an application to all of the CoC directors. If the directors have programs that
want to utilize Wings services, they need to fill out the application so that Wings can understand their programs and to know
them by program name. Wings requirements are that the clients are being housed through Coordinated Entry System, which
means they met HUD’s definition of homelessness. Wings needs donations of furniture and furnishings and they do pick up
donations.
- Heidi Crabtree:
#1 - Heidi has a queen size mattress, box spring, and frame and it is relatively new. If anyone has a client that is going into
housing and can use it, let Heidi know. Only stipulation is it would have to be picked up in Clovis.
#2 – Any member agency came in after rollcall needs to give Heidi their name and sign-in on the attendance sheet for their
attendance to count.
- Sara Mirhadi: Poverello House’s annual block party is on October 23 and it is free of charge. There will be music and a free
farmers market, lunch will be provided and food will be provided to the volunteers as well.
- Delfina Vazquez: In Selma they purchased an RV and outfitted it with three showers, customized it and made it an emergency
shelter for a mother and child. On August 29 they did their first showers in Selma for the homeless, they had 19 people, and for
their second showers they had 24 people. They are now doing the showers on Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. at the corner of Whitson
and McCall in Selma.
- Susan Holt of Dept. of Behavioral Health (DBH): The strategy they had identified for the usage one-time funds they have
typically for homeless, mentally ill outreach and treatments cannot be executed in the timeline for the funding. DBH is going to
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amend the Path program and Kings View has agreed to work with DBH to amend the contract. They will also subcontract with
other outreach partners. The funding for this program ends June 30, 2020.
- Gabriela Salazar – HMIS Update: HMIS team is hosting the 2nd HMIS conference on September 23; information and the
registration link has been sent to the listserv. Members of the FMCoC are asked to consider attending the Year-End Review
session in the afternoon from 1:00-2:30 p.m. if they can’t attend the entire conference. There will be dialogue about the
accomplishments of the community have been.
- Doreen Eley – Housing Authority is doing a series of things that talk about diversity, inclusion, and equity. They have Matthew
Desmond, the author of the book Evicted, coming to Fresno November 7. They are trying to get Jeff Olivet whose work is
specifically about diversity and equity particularly as it pertains to homelessness to come out to Fresno in December. Also maybe
he will do a lunch and learn session with members of the CoC.
- Shawn Jenkins – With the implementation of HEAP dollars, the shelter beds, bridge beds, and rapid rehousing beds are filling
up right away. When WestCare housed nine people in one day, our community came together to help supply food, furniture and
furnishings. We as a community are doing this every day.
Meeting Adjourned at 10:39 a.m.
Next meeting will be October 10, 2019
Location: WestCare, 1900 N. Gateway Blvd., Fresno CA 93727