We write to alert you to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed guidelines for the implementation of Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS). As you are aware, this system ...
As the more patient folks in the audience may already know, my lengthy feature article this week charts the growth of the Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) database, a federally-mandated ...
In a scathing report released last week, a Dallas auditor criticized the city’s response to its growing homeless problem, saying city officials have done a poor job keeping track of the agencies that ...
A mandate which will force local agencies that receive federal funds to register and track homeless people has been called too invasive by privacy and community activists. In an attempt to grasp the ...
Other HMIS implementations can collect a photograph of the data subject, their native language, and parental status. [15]HMIS Is Expensive and Will Detract from CoC's Ability to Serve the NeedyWhile ...
A government drive to use the latest in database technologies to track and count the homeless, in order to better tailor services at shelters and food banks, actually puts battered women at risk, ...
Every January, volunteers in Stanislaus County and communities across the nation count the homeless. These tallies are required for service providers that receive U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...
In a community clamoring for homelessness solutions, two projects rise to the top for Homeward 2020 Director Vanessa Fenley. The terms "data management" and "coordinated assessment" may not sound sexy ...
SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — A countywide database that lists homeless people by name could help agencies and nonprofits coordinate services and find greater success in getting people off the street, two ...