What is a VI-Spdat assessment?
The VI-SPDAT examines factors of current vulnerability and future housing stability. The data overwhelmingly shows that when the SPDAT is used properly, housing outcomes are better than when no assessment tool is used. The VI-SPDAT is a triage tool.
What is Spdat?
The SPDAT is an evidence-informed approach to assessing an individual’s or family’s acuity. The tool, across multiple components, prioritizes who to serve next and why, while concurrently identifying the areas in the person/family’s life where support is most likely necessary in order to avoid housing instability.
Who created the VI Spdat?
About the VI-SPDAT The Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool, developed by OrgCode Consulting, is an intake and case management tool in use in more than 70 communities.
Who created VI Spdat?
OrgCode Consulting
About the VI-SPDAT The Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool, developed by OrgCode Consulting, is an intake and case management tool in use in more than 70 communities.
When was the VI Spdat created?
2014
Origins of the VI-SPDAT In 2014, OrgCode released the VI-SPDAT, the product of a combined effort between OrgCode and Community Solutions. The VI-SPDAT contains a mix of elements of the Vulnerability Index (VI) from Community Solutions and the Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (SPDAT) by OrgCode.
What is a homeless CoC?
A Continuum of Care (CoC) is a regional or local planning body that coordinates housing and services funding for homeless families and individuals. A CoC would provide this more strategic system by providing homeless people with housing and services appropriate to their range of needs.
What is the CoC interim rule?
The updated CoC Program interim rule revises section 578.51(c) to address the mobility of homeless individuals and families with tenant-based rental assistance; section 578.99(j) to provide protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and section 578.3 incorporating the …