Orange County HMIS

Abt TA providers, in partnership with Cal ICH, have developed a webinar on Trauma-Informed and Equitable Approaches to Data Collection for grantees and other entities that collect information from people served by the homelessness system and enter data into Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS). This webinar introduces grantees of California state-funded homelessness programs to concepts related to trauma and its presentation, defines trauma-informed and equitable approaches, and applies this perspective to inform best practices in data collection for HMIS.

The webinar is available to view at the link below, and slides are attached.

Trauma-Informed and Equitable Data Collection in HMIS

• Trauma-Informed and Equitable Data Collection for HMIS.pdf

The Homelessness Prevention Project Performance Report and the Goals and Outcomes Report for 1/1/2023 – 12/31/2023 have been published!

Click here to view the reports.

We are pleased to announce the upcoming HUD Innovations in Ending Homelessness Roundtable Series. This series is a continuation of the Rapid Rehousing Roundtable Discussion Series, which included panel discussions from system leaders, program staff, and people with lived experience of homelessness, to discuss challenges, lessons learned, and innovative new approaches to rapid rehousing. This new series will move beyond the specific focus of rapid rehousing and focus on innovative strategies and interventions that provide the most effective, equitable responses to homelessness at the individual and system levels. The first session, The State of Homelessness in 2024, is taking place on March 14, 2024. Save the date!

Objectives

• Explore practices to respond to the current challenges from the increase in homelessness
• Highlight communities implementing Housing First and decreasing barriers to housing
• Using person-centered practices to examine the threat that criminalization poses to preventing and ending homelessness
• Find innovative ways to create a system that ends homelessness with housing as the focus
• Discover services and supports needed after rehousing, the importance of partnerships outside of the homeless services system, and how to engage in broader housing affordability conversations
• Provide practical, specific steps communities can take to incorporate the values and philosophies essential to a person-centered homelessness response

Audience

This series is intended for front-line staff, program directors, system leaders, and funders.

Schedule and Joining Instructions

Participants do not need to register in advance. It is strongly recommended that you join each webinar 15 minutes prior to the start time (12:45 PM EDT).

Title	Date and Time	Joining Link
The State of Homelessness in 2024	1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT	Join the Webinar
Housing First: Still the Right Way to End Homelessness	April 4, 2024 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT	Join the Webinar
Criminalization: An Emerging Threat to Ending Homelessness	May 2, 2024 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT	Save the Date
Housing-Focused Interventions Across the Continuum	June 6, 2024 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT	Save the Date
Staying Housed	July 11, 2024 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT	Save the Date
The Person-Centered CoC	August 8, 2024 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT	Save the Date

Contact

2024 HUD Innovations in Ending Homelessness Roundtable Series Registrar | trainings@hudexchange.info

The Street Outreach Project Performance Report and the Goals and Outcomes reports for 12/01/22 – 11/30/23 have been published!

Click here to view the reports.

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.