Coordinated Entry is a process that ensures that all people experiencing a housing crisis have fair and equal access and are quickly identified, assessed for, referred, and connected to housing and assistance based on their strengths and needs.
Coordinated entry is a centralized process meant to ensure that all people experiencing a housing crisis have fair and equal access to housing and assistance. Coordinated entry makes it possible for service providers to manage a high demand for limited housing resources by implementing prioritization policies driven by community need. There are four components of coordinated entry:
Access – refers to how households contact the CE system
Assessment – refers to the gathering of information to assess the person’s housing needs, preferences, and vulnerability. CoCs are required to use a standardized assessment tool.
Prioritization – refers to the process of matching household vulnerability to the appropriate housing intervention and/or service type needed to resolve the housing crisis. During assessment, the needs and level of vulnerability help determine prioritization.
Referral – refers to the matching of the household to available and appropriate community resources, housing, and services.
The Kalamazoo County CoC is currently reviewing and updating its Coordinated Entry System. For more detailed information, please review the presentations below from the two CoC member/partner meetings that have been held this year.
The CoC is currently looking for feedback via this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KzooCoC_CE
If you or your organization has any interaction with the Coordinated Entry System, please complete this survey by the end of the day May 5th 2023. If you need assistance completing this survey contact coc@uwscmi.org.