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

TFA – Temporary Financial Assistance

VASH – Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing

SOAR

SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and is a national program designed to increase access to the disability income benefit programs administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) for eligible adults and children who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and have a serious mental illness, medical impairment, and/or a co-occurring substance use disorder.