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Many of you across the BoS CoC have reported that the current method of assessing vulnerability and prioritizing housing using the VI-SPDAT has room for improvement. The CoC notified you in December that a team of expert researchers recently received new funding from the National Alliance to End Homelessness for a two-year project to identify better ways to assess need and prioritize housing. We are excited to collaborate with the CoC on this project!
Now, frontline service providers and clients with lived experiences of homelessness are invited to share their expertise and experience by participating in a Community Action Board (CAB). This Community Action Board will meet monthly to give input to our research team regarding the current VI-SPDAT tool and assessment process. This CAB will discuss how to develop a tool that works better for rural areas and will make recommendations for redesigning the housing prioritization practice. The final tool produced from this collaborative effort will be presented to the CoC to consider for potential adoption. Because of the time commitment and effort that may be required from the community action board members, the project will provide a stipend of $100 per meeting.
Your participation is welcome! Click on this link to complete a short survey to indicate your interest. Please also share the flyer via the PDF document or this link to Google Drive, as seen below, with your colleagues who have experience conducting assessments and with your clients who have lived experiences of homelessness.
We would like to prioritize marginalized voices and establish a CAB that is representative of various identities within the MO BoS CoC. Based on survey interest so far, the research team would like to particularly encourage participation from persons with experience seeking services, those who identify as BIPOC, sexual and/or gender minorities, and participants in Regions 4, 7, and 8.
Please indicate your interest via the survey before Thursday January 18, 2024.
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