Coordinated Entry: Nashville's Housing Pipeline

Strobel House

All referrals for Strobel House Permanent Supportive Housing are made through Coordinated Entry at the Office of Homeless Services using HMIS data (Homeless Management Information System) and the By Name List (BNL). There is not an interest list for Strobel House. All referrals follow the community process based on the following criteria:

• VI-SPDAT Assessment Score and Priority Score
• Length of Homelessness
• Document ready (Social Security Card, ID, Birth Certificate)
• Not on the Registry
• Disability

Additional considerations are based on the following:

• District data of unhoused population
• Long-stayers at shelters
• Individuals in Encampments
• Racial disparities and inequity data of unhoused population

Please note: These are single individual apartments only. Overnight guests are not allowed.

For those in need of ADA accommodations, please contact [email protected].

If your organization is not an HMIS certified user and would like to be, please reach out to [email protected]

If you already use HMIS and place your clients’ information in HMIS, you do not need to do anything more. There is not an interested list for the Strobel House.

Coordinated Entry is a process designed to quickly identify, assess, refer, and connect people in crisis to housing, shelter, and assistance. There are over 30 agencies in Nashville that participate in the Coordinated Entry process. The Office of Homeless Services is the Coordinated Entry lead agency and coordinates the strategic planning and day to day functioning of the Coordinated Entry process.

Coordinated Entry is a system-wide approach that serves to assess all persons experiencing a housing crisis to help identify, prioritize, and connect them with the appropriate housing and support service resources as quickly as possible.

To get enrolled in the Coordinated Entry system:

• Families only: 615-862-6444
• Domestic Violence: 615-955-0620
• Individuals and couples: 615-862-6992 Option 1

Coordinated Entry Policies and Procedures

Coordinated Entry Summary

Coordinated Entry Resources

Coordinated Entry helps match clients with the right services and housing type, based on their acuity level. This improves your clients’ chances of succeeding in finding and maintaining housing. There are also a variety of resources that your client must be entered into Coordinated Entry to receive. These include:

• Section 8 Vouchers
• Single Room Occupancy (SRO) units at Urban Housing Solutions
• CDBG financial assistance for move-in costs
• Annual WeGo bus passes for clients who are experiencing or at risk of chronic homelessness
• The Contributor
• Family Temporary Housing
• Individual Temporary Housing
• Youth and Young Adult Temporary Housing
• Intra-personal Violence/Domestic Violence Coordinated Entry and Rapid Re-housing

Care Coordination Meetings

Only organizations that are active participating agencies in HMIS can participate in Care Coordination meetings. If you have further questions about becoming an HMIS participating user, please reach out to the HMIS Team at [email protected].

Individual Care Coordination Meeting

This meeting is for discussing the community priority pool of individuals and adult couples in need of housing and making referrals to program openings.

Family Care Coordination Meeting

This meeting is for discussing the community priority pool of families with minor children in need of housing and making referrals to program openings.

Youth and Young Adult Care Coordination Meeting

This meeting is for discussing the community priority pool of youth and young adults in need of housing and making referrals to program openings.

Veteran Care Coordination Meeting

This meeting is for discussing the community priority pool of veteran households in need of housing and making referrals to program openings.