• AIRS – Alliance of Information and Referral Systems
  • AHAR – Annual Homeless Assessment Report
  • APR – Annual Performance Report
  • ATA – Agency Technical Administrator
  • CAPER – Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
  • CES – Coordinated Entry System
  • CDBG – Community Development Block Grant CoC - Continuum of Care
  • CH – Chronically Homeless
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  • DOB – Date of Birth
  • DQSC – Data Quality Sub-Committee
  • DV – Domestic Violence
  • ES – Emergency Shelter
  • ESG – Emergency Solutions Grant
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  • HOPWA – Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
  • HPCC – Homeless Prevention Call Center
  • HUD – Housing and Urban Development
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  • NP - Non-Participating (Agency is listed as not using ServicePoint or no longer in operation)
  • PATH - Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
  • PPI – Personal Protected Information
  • PSH – Permanent Supportive Housing
  • RHY – Runaway and Homeless Youth
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  • SHP – Supportive Housing Program
  • SRO – Single Room Occupancy
  • SSI – Supplemental Security Income
  • SSN – Social Security Numbe
  • SSO – Supportive Services Only
  • SSVF – Supportive Services for Veteran Families
  • UDE – Universal Data Element
  • TANF – Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  • TFA – Temporary Financial Assistance
  • VASH – Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing

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    Current Living Situation

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    Paul Schmitz
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    The Current Living Situation is a tool in the Coordinated Entry (CE) Standardized Housing Assessment that is used to document a client’s housing history in the previous five-year time frame. As of 02/01/2021, Skilled Assessors should complete the Current Living Situation instead of the former Housing History Tool.

    The following is a correctly completed Current Living Situation: 

    1. The Exit date of the current situation is left empty. 
    2. The end date of one situation is equal to the start date of the subsequent situation. 
    3. Five years of the client's housing situation is documented. 

     

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    Please watch the video below for further explanation on how to use the Current Living Situation. There is also a link to a Current Living Situation Handout. Use this handout for understanding the differences between the former Housing History Tool (HHT) and the existing Current Living Situation (CLS).

    For issues regarding the information above, please contact the HMIS Help Desk at helpdesk@allchicago.org.

     

     

     

     

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