1. HUD Homeless Program Data
Karen DeBlasio
Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs

2. Overview of Presentation
New authorizing legislation
SNAPS data collection
Annual Homeless Assessment Report
HUD’s Homeless Data Exchange (HDX)
HUD’s Homeless Resource Exchange (HRE)

3. HEARTH History Signed into law on May 20, 2009
Reauthorizes HUD’s McKinney-Vento Programs
Six sets of Regulations were developed:
Definition of Homeless
Continuum of Care Program
Emergency Solutions Grants Program
Conforming Amendments to the Consolidated Plan
Homeless Management Information Systems
Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program 3 3

4. Federal Strategic Plan
Four goals as established in Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness:
Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness by 2015.
Prevent and end homelessness among Veterans by
Prevent and end homelessness among families, youth, and children by 2020.
Set a path to ending all types of homelessness.

5. HUD Data Collection
Continuums of Care (CoCs) must use a locally-administered Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to collection client-level data.
CoCs provide aggregate data to HUD via:
Annual Performance Reports (APR) (program level)
Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) (community level)

6. HUD Data Collection Data collected include: Disability status
Chronic health conditions
Where did you spend the night before (literally homeless?)
HEARTH requires coordinated assessment

7. HUD Data Collection APR Program level report
Data on clients served and exited
Documents changes in status during participation in program
Submitted once a year via e-snaps

8. HUD Data Collection AHAR CoC-wide report
Includes data from Point in Time count and HMIS data
Documents number of individuals and families served in shelters and counted during PIT as “literally homeless”
Submitted quarterly via Homeless Data Exchange (HDX)

9. HUD Data Sources Homeless Data Exchange (HDX)
Only CoCs can access their data on HDX
CoCs can run reports based on their PIT and HMIS data
Submitted quarterly via the HDX

10. HUD Data Sources Homeless Resource Exchange (HRE) Public website
National level reports (AHAR)
Community level reports (by CoC)