CAP follows a triage model, which means the most vulnerable individuals with the longest time homeless and highest acuity are matched to a program first. All funded Housing First programs in Red Deer must participate in the weekly CAP meetings.

For more information on CAP please see the following documents:

• Red Deer's System Framework for Housing and Supports (pdf)
• Coordinated Access Process (CAP) Committee Guidelines (pdf)

Red Deer's System Framework for Housing and Supports and the Coordinated Access Process Committee Guidelines are living documents and continue to be updated.

Definitions:

Chronic Homelessness – Continuously homeless for a year or more, or have had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years. In order to be considered chronically homeless, a person must have been sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (e.g., living on the streets) and/or in an emergency homeless shelter.

Episodic Homelessness – Homeless for less than a year and has had fewer than four episodes of homelessness in the past three years.