Events

Meeting Date/Time:
Monday, August 10, 2026, 11:00 AM

Location:
Capitola City Hall Community Room
420 Capitola Ave., Capitola

For information, please visit the Housing for Health Partnership Policy Board page.

Meeting Date/Time:
Thursday, August 13, 2026, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Meeting Location: Twin Lakes Church, 2701 Cabrillo College Dr, Aptos, CA 95003

The Connector Collaborative is a quarterly in-person convening of all trained Connectors and their supervisors. These meetings serve as a space for ongoing Coordinated Entry (CE) training and policy reinforcement, resource sharing, and technical assistance. Sessions include housing problem-solving support, networking opportunities, and updates on CE and relevant HMIS changes. The Collaborative also provides a vital feedback loop, allowing Housing for Health Partnership to hear directly from Connectors about what's working and where challenges exist - ensuring CE evolves responsively and effectively.

For more information, please visit Coordinated Entry.

Meeting Date/Time:
Thursday, August 20, 2026, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Meeting Location: 1020 Emeline Ave. Santa Cruz, CA, Orientation Room (#259)

Housing for Health (H4H) is holding its quarterly all-day, in-person General HMIS training. This training is for new and prospective HMIS license holders and covers the basics of how to access, navigate, and enter client data into the HMIS system. The training will be facilitated by H4H’s Jessica Scheiner and Loren White.

If you have any questions about the training, please contact Loren White at loren.white@santacruzcountyca.gov.

Housing for Health (H4H) is holding its monthly HMIS Office Hours, which is scheduled for the fourth Monday of every month. During this meeting, all HMIS user are encouraged to attend to learn about recent and upcoming changes to the system or HMIS polices, as well as to ask Housing for Health and Bitfocus staff about an issues, questions, or concerns they have with HMIS.

To register for the HMIS Office Hours, please visit Santa Cruz’s Bitfocus site and navigate to the registration page, via the Events tab. Click on the Office Hours event shown on the calendar, found here.

Meeting Date/Time:
Monday, August 24, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

When: Every 4th Thursday of the month, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

This session: Thursday, August 27, 2026, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join us for our monthly Connector Collaborative meeting, which combines Virtual Case Conferencing and Housing Problem Solving into one collaborative session.

These meetings provide an opportunity for Connectors to work together to:

• Address barriers for participants with extended stays on the Housing Queue.
• Review progress on limited housing referrals.
• Explore housing problem-solving and self-resolution strategies.
• Coordinate services and resources across agencies.
• Identify opportunities, troubleshoot barriers, and assign follow-up actions.

Discussion will include:

• Follow-up Housing Queue cases.
• Newly identified Housing Queue cases.
• Connector-nominated housing problem-solving cases.

Before the meeting:

• Housing for Health (H4H) will distribute the Housing Queue list and identify participants for discussion.
• Please review the identified cases, prepare participant updates, and submit any additional housing problem-solving cases to Adriana by the Monday prior to the meeting, include the participant's HMIS UI#.
• If you are unable to attend, please notify Adriana in advance and email your case updates.

We look forward to collaborating with you to reduce barriers, identify housing opportunities, and support positive outcomes for participants.

If you have any questions, please contact Monica Lippi at Monica.Lippi@santacruzcountyca.gov or Adriana Vega at Adriana.Vega@santacruzcountyca.gov.

Meeting Date/Time:
Tuesday, September 08, 2026, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Meeting Location: Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Community Room, 5200 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95062

This training is designed for those that have been invited to serve as Coordinated Entry Connectors. It will cover the Coordinated Entry process, the tools, including the Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) and the Housing Action Plan (HAP). Including interactive time to test the tools and approach.

If you have any questions about the training, please contact Stacy Silvey at Stacy.Silvey@santacruzcountyca.gov.

Meeting Date/Time:
Friday, September 11, 2026, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Meeting Location: Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Community Room, 5200 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Learn helpful tips on how to help your participants exit homelessness using personal and community resources.

If you have any questions about the training, please contact Stacy Silvey at Stacy.Silvey@santacruzcountyca.gov.

Housing for Health (H4H) is holding its monthly HMIS Office Hours, which is scheduled for the fourth Monday of every month. During this meeting, all HMIS user are encouraged to attend to learn about recent and upcoming changes to the system or HMIS polices, as well as to ask Housing for Health and Bitfocus staff about an issues, questions, or concerns they have with HMIS.

To register for the HMIS Office Hours, please visit Santa Cruz’s Bitfocus site and navigate to the registration page, via the Events tab. Click on the Office Hours event shown on the calendar, found here.

Meeting Date/Time:
Monday, September 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Meeting Date/Time:
Monday, October 19, 2026, 11:00 AM

Location:
Capitola City Hall Community Room
420 Capitola Ave., Capitola

For information, please visit the Housing for Health Partnership Policy Board page.

Housing for Health (H4H) is holding its monthly HMIS Office Hours, which is scheduled for the fourth Monday of every month. During this meeting, all HMIS user are encouraged to attend to learn about recent and upcoming changes to the system or HMIS polices, as well as to ask Housing for Health and Bitfocus staff about an issues, questions, or concerns they have with HMIS.

To register for the HMIS Office Hours, please visit Santa Cruz’s Bitfocus site and navigate to the registration page, via the Events tab. Click on the Office Hours event shown on the calendar, found here.

Meeting Date/Time:
Monday, October 26, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Housing for Health (H4H) is holding its monthly HMIS Office Hours, which is scheduled for the fourth Monday of every month. During this meeting, all HMIS user are encouraged to attend to learn about recent and upcoming changes to the system or HMIS polices, as well as to ask Housing for Health and Bitfocus staff about an issues, questions, or concerns they have with HMIS.

To register for the HMIS Office Hours, please visit Santa Cruz’s Bitfocus site and navigate to the registration page, via the Events tab. Click on the Office Hours event shown on the calendar, found here.

Meeting Date/Time:
Monday, November 23, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Meeting Date/Time:
Monday, December 14, 2026, 11:00 AM

Location:
Capitola City Hall Community Room
420 Capitola Ave., Capitola

For information, please visit the Housing for Health Partnership Policy Board page.