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Tarrant County ACCESS
contracts with HUD to provide the Homeless Management Information System
(HMIS) for Tarrant County,
Texas. This program entered its
second year of operation in June, 2004. The Tarrant County HMIS currently
links 50 programs that serve the homeless in a computerized case management
system.
ACCESS also provides HMIS
services to Denton
County and is seeking
to replicate its successful HMIS project in other Texas counties and communities.
Tarrant County's local workforce development
board, Workforce Solutions, partners with Tarrant County ACCESS in several
projects that use the Safety Network to assist clients to achieve
self-sufficiency through employment. Current and past projects include a
Wagner-Peyser 7b grant to expand participation of community based and
faith-based organizations in the Safety Network, an Innovative Initiatives
grant, and a Workforce Investment Act Youth Employment Program.
The ACCESS AmeriCorps*VISTA Safety Network Project (2004-2006)
The ACCESS AmeriCorps*VISTA
Safety Network project will build on the prior T4T VISTA project, continuing
its direct involvement with diverse community groups and furthering the
cohesion among these groups through participation in the Safety Network and
joint technology information exchange sessions. Healthier communities are
being created through the tool of technology now made accessible to adults
and youth who lack computer skills. VISTA
volunteers directly support the utilization of technology by community-based
non-profit organizations and the populations they serve.
The Safety Network
currently links over 80 sites providing housing, social services, and
workforce development activities. The eleven T4T sites will be linked to the
Safety Network and its support services though this project.
Teaming For Technology
AmeriCorps*VISTA Program (2000-2004)
Through its management of
the Teaming for Technology (T4T) program and its extension in ACCESS’
VISTA Safety Network project, ACCESS is providing a much-needed service to
groups by increasing their technology capacity through;
- Providing valuable
technology training, hardware, and software to diverse groups lacking this
capacity or internal resource.
-Allowing ACCESS to advocate for technology on behalf of these groups.
-Building trust and respect that will foster future collaborative
opportunities.
-Identifying gaps in human services and untapped, non-profit resources.
The
Community Services Division of TDHCA contracted with Tarrant County ACCESS
for five years (1999-2003) to organize and manage a collaboration of homeless
and domestic violence shelters and transitional housing facilities which
serve homeless individuals and families with State Emergency Shelter Grant
funding.
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