Streamlining The Triage Process

How to Help People with Respect and Dignity

This delivery of compassionate and intensive service at SHARE Village Las Vegas is a one-of-akind model in Southern Nevada. This method of delivery of services is designed to be replicated throughout the United States.

The assessment of the individual’s needs and a plan of action which includes housing, job referral, food/nutrition, clothing, medical or mental health access, recovery services and 12 step meetings, if needed, results from this model.

To move people from homeless to housed, hungry to fed, and from scared to secure, requires rapid assessment.

Centralizing the assessment process expedites the act of removing people from the streets and setting them on a path to self sufficiency. It’s here that hope, and dignity begin to be restored, by addressing the most immediate needs and resources, both actual and potential.

The average length of stay for a resident at Share Village Las Vegas Transitional Housing is 6 to 18 months, depending the individual’s situation and plan of action to re-enter mainstream society.

The Share Village Las Vegas Emergency Housing Fund is the “Safety Net” that is a unique, efficient and effective method to triage and expedite the process to provide housing and intensive supportive services to a United States Veteran or family from the streets to housing within hours, as opposed to the weeks and months that it normally takes for a veteran or family to obtain housing on their own. This solves a major problem with the elimination of lead time in delivering housing and services.

Case management is provided through partnerships with local collaborating agencies such as WestCare Nevada, HELP of Southern Nevada, US Vets, HELP USA, Workforce Connections, Southern Nevada Mental Health, the US Department of Veterans Affairs and other nonprofit agencies. Veterans Village Las Vegas has Memorandums of Understanding with agencies that define the services that are provided.