Homeless Management Information System

What is HMIS?

Following a Congressional mandate, communities that receive Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) funding for homelessness related services must begin to use a computerized system to collect and manage data on their homeless clients by 2004. HUD refers to this system as "HMIS" - Homeless Management Information System.

In response to this mandate, each Continuum of Care (CoC) within the 11 counties of the greater San Francisco Bay Area is currently in the process of planning and/or implementing an HMIS system within their jurisdictions.

HMIS will facilitate more effective collection and sharing of information between agencies, to identify needs and gaps in delivering services to homeless and at-risk populations. The system will streamline emergency shelter and supportive service delivery to unhoused residents, while reducing duplication of effort and technology by staff at agencies that serve this population. HMIS will allow staff at shelters computerized access to real-time information about bed availability, as well as basic information about the clients seeking shelter. Clients will no longer need to repeat the basic information about their needs and requirements. HMIS will give a clear and correct picture of the unhoused residents of our community and the information needed to fill any gaps in service.

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