Experiencing Homelessness within
Suffolk County or Nassau County?
Coordinated Entry (CE) has a primary goal of providing easy access to housing and services for people experiencing homelessness in a shelter or on the street, including housing needs assessments and referral to CoC permanent housing programs when eligible and prioritized. There is also a designated DV CE with supports tailored for people actively fleeing domestic violence, including safety planning.
CE can also help provide information and make referrals to local resources to households at risk of facing homelessness or otherwise unstably housed that can help them maintain or obtain housing.
Current Living Situation | CE Eligible? | Resource Referrals/Support Triage from CE | Direct Support from CE |
Homeless- Living on the Street
(park, wooded area, train station, shopping center, vehicle, etc.)
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Connections to street outreach, homeless drop-in center and other community-based supports.
CoC PSH if homeless long-term and disabled. | Chronic Homelessness: Ongoing Support until Permanently Housed- continued outreach and case management to explore housing and services plans, CE housing needs assessment, CoC program eligibility review | |
Homeless- Living in a shelter or motel placement through Department of Social Services
(shelter through Suffolk DSS, shelter through Nassau DSS, motel through Nassau DSS)
This does not include boarding homes or other shared housing that is not designated as an emergency homeless shelter.
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Connections to support services to help obtain and maintain housing.
CoC RRH if homeless long-term, with high acuity or income potential.
CoC PSH if homeless long-term and disabled.
| Longest-Term Homeless: Ongoing Support until Permanently Housed- continued case management to explore housing and services plans, in coordination with shelter case management, CE housing needs assessment, CoC program eligibility review | |
Domestic Violence- Actively fleeing or attempting to fleeing domestic violence
Fleeing violence in a DV shelter, shelter/motel through DSS, on the street, or in the community (couch surfing, staying with friends or family, living with abuser or other unsafe housing)
| Connections to support services to help obtain and maintain housing.
DV RRH if homeless in a DV shelter and timing out with nowhere to go.
DV PSH if homeless long-term and disabled.
| Residing in shelter or on the street: Ongoing Support until Permanently Housed- continued case management and DV shelter case conferencing to explore housing and services plans, in coordination with shelter case management, CE housing needs assessment, CoC program eligibility review
Fleeing DV while residing in the community and/or at-risk of being homeless in shelter or on the street: Limited- Safety planning, legal advocacy, prevention/housing problem solving, help accessing shelter if needed
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At-risk of Homelessness- Facing Imminent risk of becoming homeless within 30 days (e.g. issued an eviction letter) | Limited - Safety planning (DV CE), legal advocacy housing problem solving, help accessing shelter if needed | ||
CoC Permanent Housing Resident- Emergency Transfer Plan (ETP)- Was stably housed in CoC permanent housing but now at-risk of violence and becoming homeless again due to actively fleeing DV
| Time-Limited- Safety planning (DV CE), housing placement and coordination and other VAWA eligible activities to keep household safe until transferred to other housing. | ||
Otherwise unstably housed- not homeless either living on the street or in DSS emergency housing, and not actively fleeing or attempting to flee.
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❌ | Not eligible for CE or DV CE; refer to CoC website and/or 2-1-1 to navigate resources on their own | None/One-Time- redirected to other community resources |
Households outside of Nassau or Suffolk counties- Households experiencing homelessness or domestic violence in areas other than Nassau or Suffolk counties.
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❌ | Not eligible for NY-603 CE or DV CE; refer to resources in their area to navigate resources on their own, including national DV hotline | None/One-Time- redirected to community resources in their area |