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
Last Updated: 04/05/2005 13:08:36