Attention all HMIS Users! We have updated some of our client forms as well as our HMIS Policies and Procedures. Here is access to everything you need to know.
Beginning November 1, 2020, we will go live in Clarity with a new Client Release of Information. In order to get you up to speed with using it, there is a new recorded training and quiz (both below).
Read MoreBefore gaining access to Cambridge HMIS, all users must complete the Privacy and Security Training. Existing users must complete this training once a year in order to maintain their user license.
Read MoreWinter weather poses a particularly high risk to the safety of our neighbors experiencing homelessness. Click here to download a PDF file of the CoC’s updated 2019-20 winter weather flyer, which identifies resources in Cambridge that can help people who are homeless stay safe during the winter, has been posted to the City’s website.
Read MorePlease read this document for a summary of the updates. For more specific details, please view the slides that were presented at our October 22nd CoC Meeting:
2020 HMIS Data Standards Slides
Read MoreThe FY 2019 Cambridge CoC Consolidated Application and Priority Listing are available for review:
Consolidated Application (attachments included): 2019_MA509_ConsolidatedApplication
Priority Listing: 2019_MA509_PriorityListing
The Priority Listing reflects the final project rankings (originally posted on 9/13/2019) available here: 2019_CCoC_ProjectRankings
Read MoreThe 2019 CoC Program competition offers the opportunity to include New Project submissions in the CoC’s application for funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Organizations interested in applying for a new CoC project through the Bonus or Domestic Violence Bonus process should complete the New Project Proposal Form.
Read MoreEach year the Cambridge Continuum of Care (CoC) applies for funds for homeless services from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This annual grant competition brings approximately $4 million to the City’s continuum of housing and services. HUD posted the 2019 CoC Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) on July 3, 2019. The application deadline is September 30, 2019.
Read MoreSummer is in full swing, and extreme summertime temperatures can be particularly dangerous for people in our community who are experiencing homelessness. Click the image below to download a sheet (.pdf) with resources in Cambridge for getting out of the heat and staying safe.
Read MoreEach year the Cambridge Continuum of Care applies for funds for homeless services from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This annual grant competition brings about $4 million to the City’s continuum of housing and services. The FY 2019 CoC Program competition opened on July 3 and will close on September 30, 2019.
Read MoreThe Cambridge CoC reported on racial disparities and homelessness for the most recent HUD Continuum of Care competition. We look forward to reviewing these findings in person at a future CoC meeting.
Read MoreThe FY 2018 Cambridge CoC Consolidated Application and Priority Listing are available for review:
Consolidated Application (attachments included): 2018 MA509 Consolidated Application
Priority Listing: 2018 MA509 Priority Listing
The CoC Board’s Evaluation Panel met on Thursday, August 23 to determine the ranking strategy for the FY 2018 CoC Program competition.
Read MoreThe Cambridge CoC is required to review and update its Governance Charter on an annual basis. The original Charter was adopted by the CoC in April 2014 after several weeks of review and revisions by CoC stakeholders.
Read MoreThe 2018 CoC Program competition offers the opportunity to include New Project submissions in the CoC’s application for funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Organizations interested in applying for a new CoC project through the Bonus or Domestic Violence Bonus process should complete the New Project Proposal Form.
Read MoreThe City of Cambridge is seeking responses from experienced nonprofit organizations to provide housing search and placement services funded by the Rapid Rehousing component of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program.
Read MoreThe City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs is seeking responses from qualified nonprofit organizations to serve as the subrecipient for the FY2017 CoC Program funded Bridge Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) project, and to provide staffing support to the Carey Program, which is a state and city-funded PSH project.
Read MoreEach year the Cambridge Continuum of Care (CoC) applies for funds for homeless services from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Read MoreWe are very happy to share the news that the long awaited warming center serving individuals who are homeless will begin operations during the week of January 15 in the basement of the Citywide Senior Center at 806 Massachusetts Avenue.
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