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Check out the new Orange County CoC Dashboard here

An updated version of the HMIS Client Consent Form (both in English and Spanish) has been added to the list of Privacy Forms. This version includes a list of all agencies with access to HMIS.

• The 2021 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) and Sheltered Point in Time Count (PIT) have been submitted to HUD
• Thank you to all the agencies that participated in the process. 
• Visit the links below to see an overview of the 2021 HIC and Sheltered PIT data:
  • 2021 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Overview
  • 2021 Sheltered Point in Time (PIT) Overview
• For more information visit the HIC and PIT Reports Page

Every year, HUD submits an Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to the US Congress. The AHAR is a national-level report that provides information about homeless service providers, people and households experiencing homelessness, and various characteristics of that population. It informs strategic planning for federal, state, and local initiatives designed to prevent and end homelessness. The LSA report is produced from each CoC’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), and is compiled to create the AHAR report to Congress.

Check out the LSA Report FY 2020 here.

Check out the new Orange County CoC Dashboard here.

Bitfocus will be migrating the Clarity Human Services Data Analysis tool (Looker) infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) on 04/18/21. There will be occasional outages between 8:00AM and 4:00PM PT.

Orange County’s HUD CoC System Performance Measures have been published! Check out the report here.

The HMIS Team has received an update from BitFocus about the system lag the users had experienced last week. The developers have created modifications to resolve the issue.

In case you continue to have issues with the system, please let us know.

Thank you for your patience while this issue was being resolved!

The last couple of days, our HMIS has been running slower than normal. We apologize for the inconveniences this might have caused to all our users. Bitfocus’ developers are currently working on resolving the lag in the system.

For updates on the resolution of this issue, please click here.

Thank you!

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic there has been an increase in mental health and substance use disorders in the United States. Join SAMHSA’s Homeless and Housing Resource Center (HHRC)on March 25, 2021 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM EDT in exploring equitable and culturally appropriate interventions to engage people experiencing homelessness in treatment and deliver services in non-congregate settings. Participants will hear from the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and Central City Concern about the creative methods they have used during the pandemic. Participants will also learn self-care strategies from the National Council for Behavioral Health to avoid burnout during and after the pandemic.

Speakers for this webinar include:

• Dave Iverson, MD, Director of Psychiatry, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Denver, Colorado
• Eowyn Rieke, MD, MPH, Blackburn Medical Director, in conversation with Walter Bailey, Peer Counselor at the Imani Center, Central City Concern, Portland, Oregon
• Laura Leone, DSW, MSSW, LMSW, Integrated Health Consultant, National Council for Behavioral Health

Register for the Webinar

The National Council for Behavioral Health and National Health Care for the Homeless Council contributed to the development of this webinar.