In order to qualify for Chronic Homelessness Status, a person must have a disability that is expected to be of long, continuing, or of indefinite duration, and substantially impedes the individual’s ability to live independently, and could be improved by the provision of more suitable housing conditions.
Qualifying disabilities for HUD projects include the following chronic conditions:
- Mental Health Disorder
- Substance Use Disorder
- Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder
- HIV/AIDS, Physical Disability
- Developmental Disability
The attached Chronic Homelessness Verification Packet walks through each step of the process and its requirements. This packet may be required to be added to the HMIS client profile. See the following section.
Before you receive a rematch for a household that you discover is not experiencing chronic homelessness, you must upload the first 3 pages of the Chronic Homelessness Verification Packet to the HMIS.
Please name the scanned file one of the following, depending on the reason the household did not meet the Chronic Homeless definition:
- CH_Disability
- CH_Homeless
- CH_Both
How to Upload the Chronic Homeless Verification Packet in the HMIS:
Step 1:
From the client record, navigate to the Client Profile.
Step 2:
Scroll to locate the File Attachments table and click Add New File Attachment.
Step 3:
Click Choose File to select the scanned packet from your computer. Once selected, click Upload.