Tools and Techniques for Conducting Reliable Point in Time Counts in Large Areas

Presented at: NHSDC Conference, Salt Lake City, UT Presented on: 04/24/2017 Coordinating accurate PIT count is a challenge even for small regions. Both Connecticut and San Antonio used paper-based counts but moved to mobile tech and dashboards. San Antonio conducted a blitz count with full canvassing while Connecticut used geographic-sampling. We will show how geospatial Read more about Tools and Techniques for Conducting Reliable Point in Time Counts in Large Areas[…]

We Have the Results from our System Performance Measures, Now What?

Presented at: NHSDC Conference, Salt Lake City, UT Presented on: 04/26/2017 During this session, we will provide an overview of how project-level performance measures, using count results culled from APRs and PIT reports, can serve as an effective alternative to large data warehouses that require client consent in order to co-mingle data. We will walk Read more about We Have the Results from our System Performance Measures, Now What?[…]

Regional Approached to Coordinated Assessment, Prioritization and Housing Placement

Presented at: CAHP Presentation Denver, CO Presented on: 04/16/2015 In this session we will share accomplishments, lessons learned, and obstacles that remain for regions that have participated in the 25 Cities, Zero: 2016, and Mayor’s Challenge initiatives.  The approaches that have been taken are varied with some deciding to build out their Coordinated Assessment and Read more about Regional Approached to Coordinated Assessment, Prioritization and Housing Placement[…]

Adopting the HUD Point in Time Mobile App to Assist with Regional Counts

Presented at: NHSDC Conference Arlington, VA Presented on: 10/10/2013 The annual point in time (PIT) homeless census is an instrumental effort conducted for the purpose of ascertaining the true scope of homelessness both locally and nationally.  Results from both the 2011 and 2012 census showed that 38% of all homeless were residing in unsheltered locations. Despite Read more about Adopting the HUD Point in Time Mobile App to Assist with Regional Counts[…]

Rethinking the Traditional Reporting Model

Presented at: NHSDC Conference Seattle Presented on: 04/26/2013 Reporting As A Service (RAAS) is an alternative to the traditional vendor-centric approach. RAAS allows for one set of reporting tools to be developed, tested, and maintained for all to share rather than to have each vendor attempt to perform the process on their own. RAAS can Read more about Rethinking the Traditional Reporting Model[…]

Tools and Techniques for Ensuring an Accurate HMIS Implementation

Presented at: National Human Services Data Consortium (NHSDC) Presented on: 10/12/2012 In this session we reviewed the process for ensuring an HMIS is compliant with published regulations by sharing with attendees HUD endorsed tools that are being used to validate both of the HUD data exchange formats, the HUD APR, the HPRP APR, and the Read more about Tools and Techniques for Ensuring an Accurate HMIS Implementation[…]