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3.4 — Coordination with Other Targeted Homeless <br /> Services <br /> Subrecipients must coordinate and integrate, to the maximum extent practicable, ESG- <br /> funded activities with other programs targeted to homeless people in the area covered by <br /> the Coordinated Entry system or area over which the services are coordinated to provide a <br /> strategic, community-wide system to prevent and end homelessness for that area. These <br /> programs include: Permanent Supportive Housing Programs, HUD VASH programs, <br /> Education for Homeless Children, Health Care, Domestic Violence agencies, Health Care <br /> for Homeless Veterans,Youth and Runaway programs,etc. <br /> 3.5 — System and Program Coordination with <br /> Mainstream Resources <br /> Subrecipients must coordinate and integrate, to the maximum extent practicable, ESG <br /> funded activities with mainstream housing,health,social services,employment,education, <br /> and youth programs for which families and individuals at risk of homelessness and homeless <br /> individuals and families may be eligible. Coordination with mainstream resources must be <br /> documented in case management notes and retained in client files. <br /> Subrecipient staff will actively visit and/or contact homeless shelters and any other known <br /> areas where individuals who meet program eligibility requirements may be found in the <br /> community with a goal of engagement and admittance to the Program. <br /> Subrecipient staff will work closely with community agencies to build collaborative <br /> relationships and to become familiar with how to access available services for participants <br /> efficiently and effectively. Further, subrecipient staff will be responsible for developing a <br /> self-sufficiency matrix of available resources in their community to use as a tool in directing <br /> participants to the appropriate agencies in order to prioritize and access services they <br /> need. <br /> 3.6 — Coordinated Entry Assessment <br /> HUD has required that each Continuum of Care has a Coordinated Entry system that all <br /> ESG- funded projects and agencies that serve homeless persons utilize to rapidly connect <br /> households that are facing or are at-risk of facing homelessness with the most appropriate <br /> need-based interventions and by coordinating, intake, assessment and referral. <br /> Coordinated Entry must be utilized by each type of program that serves the homeless <br /> including, but not limited to: Safe Havens, Day Shelters, Emergency Shelters, Transitional <br /> Housing, Permanent Housing including Rapid Re-housing, Homeless Prevention and <br /> Continuum of Care and Shelter Plus Care Programs Legacy projects. Therefore, the <br /> City of South Bend - ESG Policies and Procedures Manual 9 <br />