Homeless Multidisciplinary Team

About the Program

Category: County Administration and Management (Best in Category)

Year: 2022

In early 2020, Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) identified staff to assist with the implementation of Project RoomKey from different areas in the Agency who were supported by other pandemic related teams such as Food Operations, the COVID Emergency Referral Team and the Contact Tracers. As these teams were decommissioned and the landscape of service delivery in response to the pandemic continued to evolve, HHSA took steps to created a new service team made up of staff from across our branches including Public Health, Behavioral Health, Human Services, and Fiscal Operations to form the Homeless Multidisciplinary Team also know as the Homeless MDT. This team has had the primary charge of overseeing our Project RoomKey, Project HomeKey, Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP), homeless COVID response, encampment outreach efforts and cross-jurisdictional work to respond to homeless encampments. Current MDT • Homeless Initiatives Program Coordinator • Unit Manager • Budget Officer • Administrative Specialist (finance) • Clinical Social Worker • Social Services Worker • Self-Sufficiency Counselor • Alcohol & Other Drugs Specialist (x2) • Health Education Assistant The MDT interfaces with county and city governmental agencies, community-based organizations, non-profits, and concerned community members to work collaboratively towards education and connections to services and resources available under the umbrella of HHSA as well as those of community partners and organizations, COVID vaccines and testing. The team is currently colocated at the Tulare County Probation Department’s new Community Connections building to further deepen the relationship of our partners in providing services to the homeless population and other at-risk groups.