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

New 2022 Continuum of Care (CoC) Performance Profile Reports are now available on HUD Exchange. These CoC Performance Profile Reports provide a snapshot of a CoC’s performance in addressing homelessness using performance indicators such as the length of time persons have been homeless, returns to homelessness over time, and exits to permanent housing.

The CoC Performance Profile Reports:

• Compile data as of 2022 from the Point-in-Time (PIT) count, Housing Inventory Count (HIC), System Performance Measures (SPM), and CoC Program Competition
• Provide graphic representations of data
• Summarize data by years in tables

Each report includes funding information from HUD’s CoC Program, Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program, and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP).

Consistent with HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) Data Strategy & Usability, HUD continues to look for ways to empower you to use data to tell the story of your CoC’s efforts to end homelessness. This report is an additional tool to help you evaluate your own work and communicate your efforts to others.

According to a Addressing Homelessness Among Older Adults: Final Report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the number of older adults at risk of and currently experiencing homelessness has increased rapidly in recent years, and these individuals have unique needs compared to other populations experiencing homelessness. This report specifically finds that accessing a Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) Provider “can help older adults obtain SSI/SSDI benefits, providing a sustainable source of income and other critical assistance.” On February 27, 2024, at 3:00 PM EST, HHS is hosting a webinar which will address the growing population of older adults with disabilities who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and the specific challenges they face. Participants will hear from innovative programs and learn about Social Security Administration rules and regulations specific to older adults. Presenters will also explain how older adults may face inequities at the intersection of age and other identities. The webinar will include a discussion with a SOAR beneficiary who will share their experience accessing Social Security benefits and other assistance.

Register for the Webinar

In anticipation of implementing CES for Survivors, the Office of Care Coordination has partnered with Homebase to provide training and technical advice. Homebase will be providing a training on the new Pre-Assessment Tool (see attached). All CES access points are strongly encouraged to attend the CES Pre-Assessment Tool training to help urgently connect survivors fleeing inter-personal violence connect with victim service providers and CES for Survivors (see attached presentation to learn more about CES for Survivors). 

What:  CES Pre-Assessment Tool

When:  Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 9 AM to 10:30 AM

Where:  Virtual

Who:  CES Access Points

Meeting Information:

Meeting Link:  Join WebEx Meeting

Meeting Number:  2633 401 7395

Password:  92701

The HMIS Helpdesk Team will be hosting Office Hours for questions related to the 2024 HIC and Sheltered PIT. Please submit your questions to the HMIS Helpdesk to help our HMIS Helpdesk Team prepare to share additional clarifying information.

The training materials are available in the 2024 HIC and Sheltered PIT article.

Office Hours: Wednesday, January 31st at 11am

• Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88479073256
• Meeting ID: 884 7907 3256

Please note the following due dates for the HIC and Sheltered PIT process:

• January 22nd: Night of the Count
• January 24th: Agencies complete data entry in HMIS or comparable database
• January 26th: 211OC sends all agencies HIC Forms, and sends HMIS participating agencies PIT data
• February 7th: Agencies submit final HIC Forms and PIT data to 211OC

Thank you for your participation in this important process. If you have any questions please reach out to the HMIS Help Desk for assistance.

Check out the new Orange County CoC Dashboard here.

Registration is now open for the 11th cohort of the HMIS Data Analytics On-Demand Course. The goal of this immersive course is to provide a conceptual and practical framework for ad hoc reporting utilizing Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data. This self-paced course is open to anyone in your community who is interested in analyzing, interpreting, and communicating HMIS data. This is an introductory level course and might be a good fit for newer members of your HMIS team or someone looking to brush up on their data skills. Participants are not expected to have high-level technical or statistical skills; only basic knowledge of the following is needed:

• HMIS data standards
• How to pull an HMIS comma-separated value (CSV) file set, unless the participant has access to someone who can pull HMIS reports for them
• How to enter data into Excel and navigate within it

The data analytics course will equip participants with the skills to create a data brief highlighting trends to engage communities to drive insights into action. A combination of content, hands-on skill-building, and recommended resources are provided to help a basic data user build skills and knowledge necessary to be an advanced data professional while providing opportunities for ongoing professional development and learning.

Participants will have eight weeks to complete six course modules at their own pace. Course participants will also receive a certificate upon completion of all six modules.

Registration

The 11th offering of the HMIS Data Analytics On-Demand Course will be held from January 29 – March 22, 2024.

Please Note: Registration is limited to 400 individuals and will automatically close once the course is at capacity. When registering, please use the code 2024JANHMIS.

Register for Cohort 11

For more information, please visit the course syllabus and the HMIS Data Analytics On-Demand Course page.

Questions?

For any questions regarding the HMIS Data Analytics On-Demand Course, please contact hmisonlinecourse@cloudburstgroup.com.

The Transitional Housing Project Performance Report and the Goals and Outcomes Report for 10/1/2022 – 9/30/2023 have been published!

Click here to view the reports.

The Q3 2023 HMIS Data Report Cards have been published! Review your agency’s data here!

These report cards look at the main components of Data Quality: Data Completeness, Data Accuracy, and Data Timeliness.

The first tab of the Report Cards assesses the Data Completeness and Data Accuracy of the Universal Data Elements for each project in our system, and for all our system as a whole. This tab includes:

• The Percentage of enrollments that fall into the following data response categories: Valid Responses, Don’t know/Refused, Data not Collected, Missing Response, and Data Issues The Average Data Completeness Score by project: This is a unique indicator of data completeness for each project.
• The Average Data Completeness Score by project: This is a unique indicator of data completeness for each project.

The second tab of the Report Cards assesses the Data Timeliness of each project of our system. This tab shows the percentage of enrollments that fall into the following length of time categories: 0-3 days, 4-7 days, 16-30 days, and more than 31 days.

The Report Cards can now be filtered by Agency Name. To view the results for a particular agency, navigate to the dropdown labeled “Agency” and make a selection. The report can also be filtered by Project Name.

If you have any questions, please enter a ticket to the HMIS Help Desk.

The 2023 HMIS Part 2 Recertification is now available.

Users with Read Only accounts or accounts created on or after June 1st are excluded from this requirement.

Once users have complete the training, please reach out to your HMIS Agency Administrators to submit the HMIS Part 2 Recertification Form on behalf of the users.

Users that do not complete the recertification by January 12th will have their accounts locked until the Recertification is completed.