Committees

HMIS Committee

Minutes

Co-Chairs:  Benjamin Cornell (SAFE Haven) and Jori Chambers (Women's Resource Center)

Role: The HMIS Committee is responsible for developing policies and procedures, identifying training needs and opportunities, and overseeing agency data quality. Wisconsin Service Point (WISP) is Wisconsin’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). The committee provides oversight to the Point in Time Workgroup.

• Point-in-Time Workgroup 
  Chair: Scott Metzel – HOPES Center of Racine County 

  Role: The workgroup plans the January and June Point in Time. Data is reported to the Collaborative Applicant (HALO) and the HMIS Lead Agency (Institute for Community Alliances). 

  Members: Agency recipients of CoC funding or ESG funding and community members.

Standards Committee 

Chair: Gai Lorenzen, Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization (HALO)

Role: The Standards Committee oversees several Workgroups. The role is to develop various standards for HUD CoC and ESG-funded organizations.

Coordinated Entry Workgroup

Chair: Iraida Vazquez – Institute for Community Alliances (ICA)

Role: The Coordinated Entry Workgroup is responsible for developing and implementing standards for Coordinated Entry. Training other organizations in CE and holding regular CE case staffings/by-name list meetings are also duties of this workgroup.

Prevention Workgroup

Chair: Gai Lorenzen, Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization (HALO)

Role: The Prevention Workgroup is responsible for identifying and implementing strategies to address homelessness prevention. Program standards are the duties of this workgroup.

Housing Workgroup

Chair: Kathy Snyder, Racine Revitalize Racine Partnership 

Role: The Housing Workgroup is responsible for identifying and implementing strategies designed to increase housing stability, maximize the use of existing housing resources, identify and develop new housing opportunities, and increase the number of clients placed in permanent housing. The workgroup's duties include implementing program standards for Rapid Rehousing and Permanent Supportive Housing.

Members: Antone Cumberland, Youth Representative; Jeff Coe, City of Racine Alder; Walter Williams, City of Racine; Napoleon Hardy, WI Dept. of Workforce Development

Meeting schedule: The group meets on the fourth Monday of each month. It meets both in person at the HOPES Center and via Zoom.

Workgroup Resources

Shelter Workgroup

Chair: Gai Lorenzen, Temporary, Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization (HALO)

Role: The Shelter Workgroup is responsible for identifying and implementing strategies designed to access supportive services while in a shelter, reduce the length of shelter stays, reduce shelter returns, and increase the number of individuals exiting a shelter to permanent housing. Program standards for shelter are included in the duties of the workgroup.

Evaluation Committee

Chair: Teresa Reinders, Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization (HALO)

Role: The Evaluation Committee evaluates new and renewal projects funded by HUD CoC and ESG.

Ranking, Ranking, and Evaluation Workgroup

Chair: Open

Role: This workgroup ranks and selects projects for HUD CoC and ESG funding and is responsible for reviewing and evaluating projects for effectiveness. 

Members: Nicole Hunt, R/K CAA; Yesenia Merino, Racine Community; Liz Powell, Racine Community Foundation; Kathy Snyder, Racine Revitalization Partnership

Meeting schedule: This workgroup meets virtually on the second Thursday of each month. It reviews metrics to determine how well agencies demonstrate how HUD-funded projects carry out their services. The group also examines whether projects are led by individuals who reflect their constituents and present programs to vulnerable community members.

Workgroup Resources

Monitoring Committee

Chair: Iraida Vazquez (Temporary), Institute for Community Alliances, and Gai Lorenzen (Temporary), Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization (HALO)

Role: The Monitoring Committee monitors HUD CoC and HUD ESG-funded programs for compliance.

Grant Committee

Chair: Gai Lorenzen, Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization (HALO) 

Role: The Grant Committee assists the Collaborative Applicant/Lead Agency in preparing and submitting applications for homeless funding originating from HUD, the State of Wisconsin, and the City of Racine.

System Performance Committee

Minutes

Co-Chairs: Scott Metzel, HOPES Center of Racine, and Iraida Vazquez Institute for Community Alliances

Review the presentation on the Committee of System Performance here.