Acronyms
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
CoC – Continuum of Care
DOB – Date of Birth
DQSC – Data Quality Sub-Committee
DV – Domestic Violence
ES – Emergency Shelter
ESG – Emergency Solutions Grant
EVHI – Ending Veteran Homelessness Initiative
Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HMIS – Homeless Management Information System
HoH – Head of Household
HOPWA – Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
HPCC – Homeless Prevention Call Center
HUD – Housing and Urban Development
NOFA – Notice of Funding Availability PIT - Point in Time
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
ROI – Release of Information
RRH – Rapid Re-Housing
SH – Safe Haven
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
VASH – Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing
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Helpdesk - Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
Guides and Walk-throughs
Guides and Walk-throughs
These guides will serve as step by step for your data entry and reporting workflows.
Flexible Housing Pool (FHP)
Flexible Housing Pool Workflow
CoC Program Joint Component Funding
Joint Transitional Housing (TH) and Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) Component Project
RHY - Runaway Homeless Youth
RHY Program Resources
RHY Supplemental Intake Form - October 2016
Diversion
Using Service Transactions to Document Diversion Expenditures
Diversion and HMIS Data Entry
Chicago Ending Veteran Homelessness Initiative
Coordinated Access for Veteran Households Policies and Procedures Manual
State Homeless Prevention
State Homeless Prevention Workflow
State Homeless Prevention: ART Report
Outreach
Outreach Workflow
Outreach Report
Rapid Re-housing (RRH) Workflows
Rapid Re-Housing ESG Specific Workflow
SSVF
Rapid Resolution Workflow
SSVF Rapid Resolution Report
