Youth
Coordinated
Entry
System
The Pilot in Hollywood
Discussion Points
 What
Does the Youth CES Pilot Look Like?
 Accomplishments Thus Far
 Lessons Learned and Challenges
 What is Ahead?
The Youth CES Pilot
Funding
 Participating Agencies
 Tools
 LAHSA’s Role
 Care Coordination Meetings
 Youth CES Coordinator and Peer Navigator’s Role
 Evaluation Plan
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Funding
The Hollywood YCES Pilot
Participating Agencies & Partners
Tools
 Community
Sign In
 Next Step Tool
 HMIS Comparison Tracking Sheet
 HMIS
 Operations Manual:
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To be used as an adaptable guide
LAHSA’s Role
 All
Things HMIS
 Collaboration with County Systems,
Including LAC Probation, DCFS, DMH,
Regional Center
 Collaboration with Educational Systems
 Engagement of ERT into Youth CES
 Assisting in Monitoring and Problem
Solving Around the Pilot
Care Coordination Meetings
 Regular
Meetings with all Partners
 Discussion of Next Step Tool Scores
 Discussion of Housing
Vacancies/Supportive Services
 Connection of Young People to Housing
and Supportive Services
 Support/Check-Ins
Youth Choice
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Section of the NST
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When a linkage is made the young person has the
choice to say yes or no with no penalty.
Youth CES Coordinator
 Facilitate
Care Coordination Meetings
 Deliver and Train Staff on Next Step Tool
 Assist with Data Entry into HMIS (NST & CSI)
 Monitor Implementation
 Help agencies Navigate System Issues
 Participate in COC Meetings
 Build Relationships with Community Partners to
Participate in CES and/or to Expand Service
Relationships
Peer Navigator
 Support
Young People and Agencies
throughout the Youth CES Process
 Participates in Care Coordination
Meetings
 Trained to Deliver the NST
 Co-lead Youth Community Advisory
Board (YCAB)
Pilot Evaluation
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Hired an Outside Evaluator (Focus Strategies)
Process Evaluation (e.g. did we meet our
targets -# of youth assessed, linked,
retained?)
Outcome Evaluation (e.g. How well did CES
work in getting youth housed? Were there
unintended consequences?)
Youth Feedback about CES
Provider Feedback about CES
1st Quarterly Report est. April 2016
Accomplishments Thus Far
 107
Young People Screened
 19 Young People Linked to a next step for
housing
 9 Young People Have Been Housed
 DMH now Co-Located at CHC
 Occupancy Rates have Increased
 Waiting lists have Decreased
Lessons Learned/Challenges
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HMIS= BIG PROCESS and a learning curve for some agencies
Integration of CES into agencies has taken time
Data entry is REAL work
Agencies are willing to let go of their waiting lists
How to best serve low scoring young people?
Is Community Sign In providing useful information?
Creating a trauma informed CES and what that might mean with
limited housing resources
The need for resources to help maintain young people in housing
(i.e. voucher based housing)
Re-iterating that CES is not the end all be all – there is still a lot of
ground work we must continue to do as service providers
Managing Out of Area Referrals
“Should I refer youth from
______to Hollywood?”
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Hollywood is currently in the piloting phase of
YCES so we would prefer not to have referrals
from other communities
Youth CES will be rolled out to other
communities in Los Angeles within the next
year
In the meantime, youth 18 and over outside
Hollywood should connect with the Single
Adult CES SPA Lead in their area.
What is Ahead?
 Developing
strategies for Integrating
Rapid Rehousing funding into youth CES
 Planning for Expansion to Other SPAs
 Building out Operations Manual
 Board of Supervisors TAY Motion
 City and County Homeless Strategies
include support to CES as a whole.