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Job Opening:  Coordinated Access Network (CAN) Housing Coordinator

We Love What Makes You Unique
Your perspective fuels our mission-driven work at United Way of Greater New Haven. We are
committed to building a team that is inclusive across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and
lived experience. As a team, we are also committed to addressing systemic racism and injustice
in our community, our partnerships, and our practices.

Who We Are Looking For
Do you enjoy managing data, organizing information, and facilitating effective communications
between community organizations? Are you the type of person who takes pride in getting the
details right and is excited to support a team to reach the goal of ending homelessness in
greater New Haven? Are you passionate about using your organizational talents as a force for
good in our community?
United Way is seeking a CAN Housing Coordinator who is passionate and organized to
coordinate the exit side of the system to end homelessness in our region. This person will
facilitate critical meetings, maintain data, and collaborate with multiple partner organizations in
the Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network system, to ensure that progress is
continually made towards meeting system goals.

What You Will Do
● Collect and analyze data to monitor system performance and drive improvement.
If that statement gets you excited, keep reading. If not, this may not be for you. This
position will maintain accurate lists for households seeking housing support. They will
also compile, monitor, and report on data and trends for the CAN, including monitoring
data quality. The right candidate will be comfortable with viewing and analyzing data to
provide suggestions for constant system improvement.
● Review, revise, and approve documentation for housing entry. Federally funded
housing programs require specific documentation. When a homeless household is
matched to a housing program you would be responsible for maintaining the threshold of
documentation needed. The CAN Housing Coordinator will be responsible for reviewing
documentation in a timely manner, maintaining high quality documentation, and
collaborating with CAN partners for revision, as necessary.
● Facilitation and coordination of housing meetings among partners. The CAN
Housing Coordinator will be responsible for the preparation and facilitation of housing
meetings. These meetings are comprised of multiple CAN partners. You will create and
distribute the agenda as well as be the neutral facilitator pushing the work forward. You
will ensure that CAN policies and procedures are being followed during housing
matching.
● You will work as part of a team. You will report to the CAN Senior Manager and meet
regularly with the CAN team. You will collaborate with our Marketing team to tell the
story of United Way to ensure that our community understands the work and impact of
ending homelessness in our community. You will also maintain good working
relationships with community, nonprofit and business leaders in the community. And of
course, there will be other duties as assigned.

What You Need
• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred with at least one year of relevant experience
OR the equivalent of lived experience in a related field.
• Knowledge of the challenges and barriers that people who experience homelessness
face, is preferred.
• Technology Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially
managing and analyzing data in Excel is required. Experience working with various
types of databases and content management systems is preferred. Knowledge of CT
HMIS is preferred. Ability to develop visual presentations of data/metrics is preferred.
• Communication Skills: Strong communication skills; able to interface with all
departments internally and ability to represent United Way in a variety of settings.
Demonstrated ability to synthesize material, both verbally and in written form for a
broad audience. Able to present information at meetings.
• Partnership Skills: Positive customer-service orientation to both external partners as
well as our internal United Way team. Skills to establish and maintain high quality
relationships with a variety of stakeholders Ability to be diplomatic when working with
staff from other agencies and clients in crisis.
• Planning Skills: Excellent organization skills and a sharp attention to detail. Flexible
thinker who can balance systems thinking and on-the-ground implementation. Ability
to proactively see what actions are needed, take initiative, and implement projects.
Ability to work independently, adjusting to changing priorities is required.
• Facilitation Skills: Ability to facilitate meetings efficiently and effectively is required.
Ability to facilitate meetings effectively while balancing multiple points of view.
• Relationship skills: Community minded with high-level active listening skills and the
ability to connect with people of different economic and ethnic backgrounds. Ability to
balance a variety of perspectives representing all areas of diversity including race,
ethnicity, gender, ability, age, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs/faith practices.
• Project Management Skills: Ability to take initiative and implement projects. Ability to
analyze and exercise sound judgment. Highly motivated and creative out-of-the-box
problem solver.
• Local and statewide travel is required; Out of state travel as needed.

Compensation and Benefits
Compensation includes generous paid time-off, health and dental insurance, and a 403(b)-
retirement plan with employer matched contributions. Starting salary will be between $40,000 -
$43,000 commensurate with demonstrated skills, experience, and background.

About United Way
United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions
to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and
Financial Stability, grounded in racial and social justice. United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

How to Apply
Submit your resume and cover letter, telling us about why we should bring you in for an
interview to employment@uwgnh.org. No phone calls, please, but we encourage you to explore
uwgnh.org to learn more about what we do. The position will remain open until filled.

United Way of Greater New Haven has several opportunities to join its team!  Please share widely and help connect us with great people who will have the chance to make a positive difference in our community.     

Community Impact Manager, Financial Stability

Are you a passionate advocate for building equitable economic change in our community? United Way is seeking a Community Impact Manager of Financial Stability who is enthusiastic and organized to coordinate efforts to help households meet their basic needs and move them along a path to financial stability. This person will collaborate with multiple community partner organizations supporting existing initiatives to ensure that progress is made towards meeting regional goals. This role will also have the opportunity to build new community-driven initiatives to improve access to financial stability resources. Click here to learn more.

Community Impact Manager, Knowledge Management 

Are you a “dot-connector” of information, ideas, and people? United Way is seeking a Community Impact Manager who is highly organized to lead projects and help the Community Impact team manage a variety of program initiatives, track data and grant systems, and effectively utilize information and tools to tell our story. This role will collaborate with a wide range of community partner organizations focused on education, financial stability, and health, and will help design new internal systems to help increase our organizational effectiveness. Click here to learn more.

Housing Coordinator, Coordinated Access Network (CAN)

Do you enjoy managing data, organizing information, and facilitating effective communications between community organizations? United Way is seeking a CAN Housing Coordinator who is passionate and organized to coordinate the exit side of the system to end homelessness in our region. This person will facilitate critical meetings, maintain data, and collaborate with multiple partner organizations in the Greater New Haven Coordinated Access Network system, to ensure that progress is continually made towards meeting system goals. Click here to learn more.

Staff Accountant, Finance

Do you find satisfaction in setting up finance processes to make the department and organization work more efficiently? We are seeking a Staff Accountant who will play a critical role in our Finance Team. This role will work with colleagues from all departments and will be an integral part of making our organization function smoothly. This person will be responsible for accounts payable, payroll, journal entries, balance sheets and bank reconciliations. Click here to learn more.

This report tracks 19 indicators related to climate change and health in Connecticut. Its purpose is to
inform policymakers, health professionals, advocates, and residents about the impact of climate change, now
and in the future, on human health in Connecticut. The indicators have been developed using publicly available
data from state and federal agencies, peer-reviewed literature, and medical associations. Where possible,
we directly track trends in health impacts (e.g., West Nile virus infections; emergency department visits and
hospitalizations for heat stress). However, because of the relative paucity of Connecticut-specific data on
health impacts associated with climate change, we also track environmental and climate conditions (e.g.,
drought; outdoor allergens) that can lead to adverse health outcomes.

https://publichealth.yale.edu/climate/policy_practice/YCCCH_CCHC2020Report_395366_284_48542_v1.pdf

New Haven Physician and Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Vice-Chair , Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, is prioritizing health equity from the White House

Source: NBCNews website

Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith leads the White House's Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force.Richard Chance / for NBC News

Since the end of December 2020, Fair Haven Community Health Care has been on the front lines making sure that our patients and community receive the COVID vaccine. We are now offering appointments for the COVID vaccine to all those deemed currently eligible by the CT State Guidelines.

Eligibility

You can click here if you need more information to confirm your eligibility.

Appointments

Appointments are available Monday to Friday at our 374 Grand Avenue location in New Haven. To make an appointment, please send an email to info@fhchc.org with your name, date of birth, full address (including town and zip code), and phone number. Or you can call us at 203-871-4179.

This article was published online on February 11, 2021.

I. To My Mother

you were born on July 9, 1964, in Greenwood, Mississippi, delivered into the cradle of white supremacy. Listening to the stories of terror and hope woven into the story of your birth used to frighten me. The year before you entered the world, white supremacists were blocking food aid to Greenwood, trying to starve Black sharecroppers who were demanding their civil rights. You were carried home in the middle of Freedom Summer, right down the street from where Fannie Lou Hamer led a movement that included your neighbors and cousins to demand self-determination. You suckled and wailed, oblivious to your membership in the final group of Black babies born under Jim Crow. There were many such children, born just on the wrong edge of the fight for freedom. But only one of them was my mama...

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/03/voting-rights-act-democracy/617792/

Continuum of Care, Inc. is a not for profit organization serving adults diagnosed with mental illness, (such as major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder [OCD], post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD], borderline personality disorder, etc.) or severe developmental and intellectual disabilities, (such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, traumatic brain injury, or seizure disorders).

From its founding, Continuum has sought to demonstrate that previously institutionalized adults can live meaningful lives in the community with the right support and services. Today, we are one of the largest community housing providers in Connecticut for persons with mental illnesses and substance abuse. Continuum operates 52 licensed group homes, supported and independent living programs, crisis and respite services, and residential case management programs throughout the state of CT.

Click here to view our open positions: https://www.indeedjobs.com/continuum-of-care/_hl/en?cpref=JXWAtnzf3XWjLOi4YeVNLqyMzQ_zPWPBMGFJuOJhrKI

Artists are the torchbearers of our time, the ones who are processing and interpreting all of the upheaval, and shining a light into the dark corners of how to find meaning in all of it. Mixed-media sculptor Meg Bloom is one such artist, which you will discover in her exhibit BURIED IN THE BONES, on view at City Gallery from February 6 - 28, with an opportunity to Meet the Artist on Saturday, February 6 from 2-4PM.

“What you’ll see is a journey of art making through the last two years, though mostly 2020,” Bloom explains. “This is my response to the enormous loss and pain and devastation — a response to the crises in our environment, our climate, to the loss of human life, to the tragic destruction and violations as a result of racism, poverty, cruelty, discrimination. This work reflects my constant state of anxiety and impotence to adequately respond to the ‘everything.’”

Most of the work in Bloom’s show consists of handmade paper sculptures made from kozo and abaca fibers. Some have added pigment, many have embedded plant matter. Additionally there are a few mixed media collages. “Finding beauty in the imperfect, acknowledging moments of change, and engaging with the process of transformation form the basis of my work,” says Bloom. Her art references nature, whether human or otherwise, and attempts, metaphorically through layering process and form, to address the broader social and environmental issues.

Meg Bloom is a sculptor, installation, and mixed media artist. She has exhibited mostly in Connecticut and New York galleries, holds work in public and private collections, and has done several public art installations and community projects. In recent years, her work has been on view at Silvermine Galleries, City Gallery, City Wide Open Studios, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, the Slade Ely House, Albertus Magus College, New Bedford Art Museum, Governors Island, and the Plexall Gallery and Westbeth Gallery in New York. Bloom is a graduate of Brandeis University, UConn School of Social Work, and completed a three-year course of study at New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture. A member of City Gallery since 2003, Bloom is also a member of the New York Sculptors Guild, and Surface Design Association, and new member of Silvermine. She resides in New Haven. You can see her work and a complete profile at www.megbloomartist.com.

BURIED IN THE BONES is free and open to the public, and runs February 6 - 28, 2021. City Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Modified gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday, 2PM - 4PM, and you are welcome to schedule an appointment by calling 203-530-7656. Number of visitors limited to 4 at a time. All visitors are required to wear a mask and observe social distancing protocols. For further information please contact City Gallery, 203-782-2489, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

Northern Correctional Institution, the state’s controversial “supermax” prison located in Somers, will close by July 1, sources said Monday.

The closure is not a surprise...

https://ctmirror.org/2021/02/08/state-to-close-only-supermax-prison-northern-correctional-institution/

The 2021 Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant Program funding cycle is now open. Learn more

Women & Family Life Center is hiring! We have two positions open and are seeking an experienced Development Director to oversee, coordinate and grow our fundraising efforts and a Program Manager to lead the design, development and oversee all aspects of implementation and evaluation of mission-focused programming that supports the goals of the Center. See below for the job descriptions or visit www.womenandfamilylife.org. ;

Development%20Director%20FINAL%202020-2021.docx.pdf

Program%20Manager%20FINAL%202020-2021.docx.pdf

Both sessions have been POSTPONED to February 8 & 9.
ALL ATTENDEES will need to reregister—we apologize for the inconvenience! Join our two-part webinar event on Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis! To register & for more details:
https://lnkd.in/etJZCE9

Come & join Health Equity Solutions February 8 & 9 for a two-part webinar event on Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis!

Part 1 Making the Declaration: The first event will explain what it means to declare racism a public health crisis and why 20 municipalities in Connecticut and 173 states, municipalities, and organizations across the U.S. have made the declaration.

Part 2 Taking the Next Step: The second event will be a panel discussion with local leaders to discuss what next steps have been taken and how to leverage declarations to make anti-racist policy! This event will be recorded.

#HealthEquity

This article comes from the winter 2020 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly.

History has proven that, in the absence of grassroots advocacy, policy can have significant, long-lasting destructive effects, especially on marginalized, disenfranchised communities. Nonprofits are well positioned to offer solutions and policies that address the spectrum of challenges our society faces—and in the current environment, it is imperative that nonprofits engage in policy advocacy, and that funders support them to do so.

While some may think advocacy simply means politics and protest, it encompasses a far broader variety of actions that nonprofits and funders can incorporate into their work, including the following:

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/6-steps-for-nonprofits-to-be-effective-advocates-of-community-supporting-policy

The Department of Arts, Culture & Tourism seeks individuals to serve on the Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant review panel. Panelists are responsible for reviewing and evaluating qualifying proposals. Interested individuals should complete the Panelist Nomination Form https://forms.gle/QBJHDgxPAGAACQSV8 online or download (https://www.newhavenct.gov/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=34795) and submit via email to mailto:kfutrell@newhavenct.gov.

A volunteer holds a sticker to give to a voter at a polling place on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020, in Stamford. Jessica Hill / Associated Press

A free two-day training program aimed at helping more people of color run for public office will be held virtually next month, a product of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and Campaign School at Yale University, according to a release.

https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Free-training-program-aims-to-help-people-of-15903692.php?