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Summit County, Ohio Homeless Management Information System.

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1 Summit County, Ohio Homeless Management Information System

2 What is HMIS? HMIS (Homeless Management Information System) Community-wide Homeless Data Collection Agency/Client confidentiality is secure More accurate aggregate data evaluation in our community.

3 Why is it good for Summit County? Meets Congressional requirement Maximizes use of individual Agency resources Direct benefits to the Homeless and the Participating Agency

4 HMIS Communities … Arizona Arkansas California Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Missouri Kansas Nebraska Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin And in Ohio … Akron Canton Cincinnati Columbus Dayton Youngstown Cleveland Toledo Balance of State – All other small counties

5 Agency Return on Investment A Secure and Confidential Client Database System Training and technical Support (ongoing) Accurate and customizable data reports which meet HUD requirements

6 Risks to Agencies Agency accountability for confidentiality violations. Compromises in the collaborative process. Future HUD funding contingent on participation

7 Direct Benefits to the Homeless Community More accurate program tracking Time savings on report preparation Useful aggregate data

8 Other Agency Benefits Coordination of Services Standardized, Managed, and Secure Data Trend and Gap Analysis Immediate Communications The ability to share information Unduplicated reporting across the Continuum of Care

9 Info Line will… Administer the project Host the database Maintain the servers Follow disaster recovery procedures Provide initial and ongoing training and technical support

10 Pilot Program ACCESS Community AIDS Network Haven of Rest Ministries

11 CoC has Established an HMIS Advisory Committee that will… Develop all Program policies and standards Evaluate Program Criteria Determine use of aggregate HMIS data Advise Info Line on relevant homeless issues

12 How you can help … Support our Agency and the Continuum of Care in implementing the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Promote the benefits of the program to our community For more information, visit www.HMISSummit.net www.HMISSummit.net


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