The Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition (KSHC) serves as the Coordinated Entry System (CES) Lead Agency for the Kansas Balance of State (KS BoS) Continuum of Care (CoC). This updated training is designed as the CES Access Point Training, providing essential guidance for providers participating in CES within the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).

Who Should Complete This Training?

This training is required for providers seeking access to CES within HMIS whose responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

• Conducting CES assessments for households experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
• Adding unhoused individuals and families to Community Queues (CQs)/CES Lists; and provide Direct Referrals to Prevention and Veteran programs when applicable.
• Updating and maintaining CQ referrals to ensure placement on list remains active, check-in button, KSHC reach out.
• Requesting and/or receiving CES Team referrals; if applicable, as not all access points request/receive referrals. 
• Ensuring HUD CES referral compliance for Receiving Agencies to indicate program linkage to document CES enrollment and service connection.

Training Prerequisites

• This is the only CES-specific training required.
• HMIS Training must be completed FIRST, as CES operates as a program within the HMIS database.
• CE Participation Agreement must be completed for each provider requesting CE access.

When this training is completed and a CES Participation agreement is signed, access can be granted. The CES team is not notified when providers complete this course, please send in a ticket on (FreshDesk) for access if you do not already have one pending...