1. Skills, Strategies, and Tools for Creating a Data-Centric Cultural Shift
Adam Czernikowski, All Chicago
Kimberly Schmitt, All Chicago

2. Chicago’s Data Renaissance
HMIS Team development and dynamics
Key investments and decision
Confluence of data and user expertise
4. Data at the center of community planning and action

3. The Context - Chicago

4. The Context - Role of Data in Chicago
Data Entered into HMIS and Accessed for Reporting
Data Gains Central Role in Initiative to End Veteran Homelessness.
HMIS Becomes Tool for Using Data to Address and End Homelessness
Data as Foundation for System Assessment, Alignment, and Action
August Current

5. The Context - All Chicago’s HMIS Team
Vice President of Information Services
Director of Data and Analytics
Senior Data Analyst
System Implementation Manager
Training and User Experience Manager
Data Analysts
Support Team Members
Director of Information Services
System Implementation and Training Manager
Data Analyst
Director of Information Services
System Implementation and Training Manager 2 3 8
August Current

6. The Duo Senior Data Analyst Director of Data and Analytics
Applied mathematics academic who learned basic database management in first professional role. Soon shifted to work in social good and attained understanding of data needs of human services organizations.
Director of Data and Analytics
Social worker who moved from therapeutic practice to program management. Systems thinker who created process for consistently and empirically evaluating children's’ readiness to transition from residential treatment to foster care and building a process for their movement into housing.

7. HMIS Team development and dynamics
Data Quality System Creation and Implementation
Dynamic, Customized Reporting
Data Visualization
Data Analyst
User Engagement
Training
Translation of Regulations and Processes into Data Systems
Communication and Engagement with Data
User Experience and Analytic Application

8. HMIS Team Development and Dynamics
Conversations
Constant Dialogue
Challenging Conversations
Understand each area of experience and expertise
Create innovative system tools

9. Key Decisions and Investment
Peer, On-Site Experts (ATA’s)
Data Quality
Dynamic, Responsive Reporting
Single Source of Data for CoC

10. Key Decisions and Investment
Data Quality

11. Data at Center of Community Planning and Action
Ending Veteran Homelessness Initiative
Question Evolution:
What is the scope of the challenge?
What areas do we need to address to bring system change?
What data can we review to assess system impact?
Meeting Agenda
Dashboard and Data Discussion
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12. Data at Center of Community Planning and Action
Ending Veteran Homelessness Initiative

13. Tools: Dynamic Custom Reports
System Level Reporting on Key Data Elements
Veterans Becoming Homeless
Focus on Veterans Returning to Homelessness from Permanent Housing

14. The By Name List

15. Tools: Data Visualization

16. Renaissance Replication
Investment:
Data as centerpiece of all conversations
Culture encourages data review and question development
Data has context and meaning
Encourage creativity in data team
Discourse
Development

17. Thank you! Adam Czernikowski, Senior Data Analyst
Kimberly Schmitt, Director of Data and Analytics