The Safety Network

The Safety Network is the primary program of the organization and involves a number of grant-funded programs. The Safety Network is a client management systems collaboration involving Tarrant County government, non-profit, and faith-based organizations. The vision is to provide a fully integrated resource and care coordination system to all Tarrant County residents struggling to reach self-sufficiency. The objectives are to increase the probability of self-sufficiency for clients: the homeless, public assistance recipients, working poor, and newly unemployed; to ensure a full continuum of care for clients; to generate a common resource data bank; to avoid duplication of services; and to generate useful county-wide information.

Tarrant County ACCESS provides leadership, expertise and a proven record of success to a number of grant-funded projects and collaborations. The organization actively seeks opportunities for collaborative projects that use the Safety Network to track client services provided by project partner organizations, client referrals among the project partners and to the broader social service delivery system, and to service delivery and outcome reports.

HMIS Homeless Management Information System

The Tarrant County HMIS (Homeless Management Information System) is operated by Tarrant County ACCESS for the Homeless and extends their Safety Network project. ACCESS focuses its resources on the use of technology to reduce the incidence of homelessness, to expand the capacity of its member organizations to deliver emergency shelter and supportive services, and to enable individuals and families to achieve greater self-sufficiency though workforce development activities. All these efforts occur within the Safety Network allowing client tracking, referrals, coordinated service plans and progress reporting for public, private and faith-based organizations in the Safety Network.

Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County

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 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.

Technology Consulting/Services

Tarrant County ACCESS provides affordable technical and administrative services to other organizations. These services include

• Technology assessment/proposals
• Consulting
• Computer networking & equipment procurement/deployment
• Web site development and design

The most comprehensive work of the organization in this area remains the operation and support of the Safety Network. Tarrant County ACCESS assists the Safety Network partner organizations on the maintenance and upgrading of their computer networks and data communications systems.

Created By: Tarrant County ACCESS

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