Resource Roundup: Implementing Coordinated Entry

Coordinated entry processes make it possible for people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness to have their strengths and needs quickly assessed, and to be swiftly connected to appropriate, tailored housing and services within the community.

Coordinated entry systems also create the opportunity to bring non-traditional partners and resources to the table as part of a broad and collaborative community effort that engages other public programs and community- and faith-based organizations in preventing and ending homelessness.

Guidance

• HUD’s Notice on Requirements for Coordinated Entry outlines the updated requirements around coordinated entry that Continuums of Care were expected to meet in January 2018.
• HUD’s Coordinated Entry Core Elements helps CoCs strengthen coordinated entry and comply with new HUD requirements.
• HUD’s Coordinated Entry Brief for Youth includes key considerations for coordinated entry processes specifically for youth, key decisions points within the process, and community examples of coordinated entry for youth.
• HUD’S Outline for a CoC’s Coordinated Entry policies and procedures document.
• VA’s Guidance on the Participation of VA Programs in Coordinated Entry provides Medical Centers with expectations for how VA homelessness programs should align with and participate in coordinated entry systems.
• Enhancing Coordinated Entry through Partnerships with Mainstream Resources and Programs , and accompanying sample housing assessment questions, help communities ensure their coordinated entry processes include mainstream programs and resources.
• Coordinated Entry Processes: Building Mutual Engagement Between Schools and Continuums of Care is a brief developed by ED’s National Center for Homeless Education.
• How and Why to Integrate Income & Employment-Related Questions Into Coordinated Entry Assessments (Heartland Alliance) provides a set of sample questions communities can use to assess the employment needs and interests of people experiencing homelessness.
• Safe Housing Partnerships’ Frequently Asked Questions around coordinated entry and domestic violence programs.

Community Examples

• A Coordinated Entry System for Los Angeles: Lessons from Early Implementation
• Trust and Collaboration Drive Family Coordinated Entry in Phoenix, Arizona
• Houston Pilots Coordinated Entry for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
• Youth Homelessness in Los Angeles County: Innovation with Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice and Coordinated Entry Systems