2025 Upcoming Event Calendar
2025 Housing Inventory Count Overview
(January 23 – February 14, 2025)
2025 Point in Time Count Overview
(January 23, 2025)
Housing Resource Specialist Training Now Available!
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- HMIS News - Quarterly Calendar of Events - Agency Technical Administrator (ATA) Meeting Presentation Materials - HMIS Data Standards - Bug List - Known Issues/ Release Notes - Technical Update - General Updates - ART Reports - Assessment Updates
Announcements and Changes to HMIS
This tracks all announcements and upcoming changes to HMIS. Check back here for news regarding anything HMIS related.
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- Assessments - Basic Information About HMIS - Editing Client Data and Entries/Exits - HMIS Data Entry - Shelters Module Data Entry - Service Transactions - Understanding Data Elements
Data Entry and Best Practices
This category contains guides on how to do basic HMIS data entry and general guidelines.
(explore...) - - Provider Administration - HMIS Training - HMIS Lead Participation Agreement, End User Code of Ethics, and Standard Operating Procedures - HMIS Security
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- ART and Reporting - Data Quality - Department of Family and Support Services Quarterly Reporting - PIT and HIC Workflow - Running Reports
Reporting
This category contains guides and and other documentations regarding significant reports.
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- Chicago Ending Veteran Homelessness Initiative - CoC Program Joint Component Funding - Diversion - Drop In Center - Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) - Employment and Income - ESG (Emergency Solutions Grant) - Flexible Housing Pool (FHP) - Homeless Prevention Call Center (HPCC) - HUD VASH - Outreach - PATH Programs - Rapid Re-housing (RRH) Workflows - RHY - Runaway Homeless Youth - SkanPoint - SSVF - State Homeless Prevention - Unsheltered Homelessness Initiative (UHI)
Program Guides
This category contains program-specific articles and guides, such as expectations, guidelines, and workflows.
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- Client Consent and Privacy Policy - Spanish Privacy Policy and Client Consent - Polish Client Consent - Locking Records, Client Consents in HMIS, and Reporting - Frequently Asked Questions About Client Consent and Data Sharing
Privacy Policy and Client Consent Form
Each client receiving services from an agency using HMIS must have access to the privacy policy and client consent fo...
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- Housing System Navigation - Housing Providers - General Coordinated Entry - Housing Resource Specialists & CE Assessment
Coordinated Entry
Find guides, workflows, and documents related to Chicago's Coordinated Entry System and Skilled Assessors Project.
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- PSH Data Workgroup - Coordinated Entry System Refinement Lab Status Report - Upcoming Committee and Workgroup Meeting Dates - HMIS Committee - Data Quality Workgroup
Committees, Workgroups, and Meetings
For any users of the system interested in our action agenda groups, you can find previous agendas, notes and minutes ...
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Promoted articles
- Skilled Assessment Updates for Changing Prioritization Standards for Coordinated Entry
- Intro to ShelterPoint
- ShelterPoint Guide
- Chicago Continuum of Care Generative AI Policy
- Client Consent and Supplemental (ROI)
- Privacy Policy Notice
- Privacy One-page Posting
- Documenting Client Consent in HMIS - ROI
- Locking a Client Record