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HUD Homeless Program Data. Karen DeBlasio Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs. Overview of Presentation. New authorizing legislation SNAPS data collection Annual Homeless Assessment Report HUD’s Homeless Data Exchange (HDX) HUD’s Homeless Resource Exchange (HRE). HEARTH History.
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HUD Homeless Program Data Karen DeBlasio Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
Overview of Presentation • New authorizing legislation • SNAPS data collection • Annual Homeless Assessment Report • HUD’s Homeless Data Exchange (HDX) • HUD’s Homeless Resource Exchange (HRE)
HEARTH History • Signed into law on May 20, 2009 • Reauthorizes HUD’s McKinney-Vento Programs • Six sets of Regulations were developed: • Definition of Homeless • Continuum of Care Program • Emergency Solutions Grants Program • Conforming Amendments to the Consolidated Plan • Homeless Management Information Systems • Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program 3
Federal Strategic Plan • Four goals as established in Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness: • Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness by 2015. • Prevent and end homelessness among Veterans by 2015. • Prevent and end homelessness among families, youth, and children by 2020. • Set a path to ending all types of homelessness.
HUD Data Collection • Continuums of Care (CoCs) must use a locally-administered Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to collection client-level data. • CoCs provide aggregate data to HUD via: • Annual Performance Reports (APR) (program level) • Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) (community level)
HUD Data Collection • Data collected include: • Disability status • Chronic health conditions • Where did you spend the night before (literally homeless?) • HEARTH requires coordinated assessment
HUD Data Collection • APR • Program level report • Data on clients served and exited • Documents changes in status during participation in program • Submitted once a year via e-snaps
HUD Data Collection • AHAR • CoC-wide report • Includes data from Point in Time count and HMIS data • Documents number of individuals and families served in shelters and counted during PIT as “literally homeless” • Submitted quarterly via Homeless Data Exchange (HDX)
HUD Data Sources • Homeless Data Exchange (HDX) • Only CoCs can access their data on HDX • CoCs can run reports based on their PIT and HMIS data • Submitted quarterly via the HDX • www.hudhdx.info
HUD Data Sources • Homeless Resource Exchange (HRE) • Public website • National level reports (AHAR) • Community level reports (by CoC) • www.hudhre.info