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Safe Harbors Quarterly Partner’s Meeting

Safe Harbors Quarterly Partner’s Meeting. February 25, 2014 Northgate Community Center. Welcome. Agenda Review. Welcome & Introductions HUD TA Assessment & Report Version 5 Conversion Survey Contract Monitor Report Demo AHAR Update Safe Harbors User’s Group Update Questions & Answers

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Safe Harbors Quarterly Partner’s Meeting

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  1. Safe Harbors Quarterly Partner’s Meeting February 25, 2014 Northgate Community Center

  2. Welcome

  3. Agenda Review • Welcome & Introductions • HUD TA Assessment & Report • Version 5 Conversion Survey • Contract Monitor Report Demo • AHAR Update • Safe Harbors User’s Group Update • Questions & Answers • Survey Prize & Adjourn

  4. HUD TA Assessment & Report • Consultants conducted an assessment of the Safe Harbors HMIS implementation • July 2012 – February 2013 • Assessment was provided through HUD Continuum of Care Technical Assistance

  5. HUD TA Assessment & Report • Overall the report notes… “The technical assistance team believes that Safe Harbors is well on its way toward implementing an HMIS that can effectively meet the comprehensive homelessness data needs of the Seattle/King County CoC and its stakeholders.”

  6. HUD TA Assessment & Report • The assessment report also made recommendations for further development of the HMIS in the areas of: • Governance & Structure • Software • Support, Operations & Staffing • Reporting • Data Integration • Messaging

  7. TA Report: Key Recommendations Update • Clarify and unify the HMIS governance structure, creating a Steering Committee. • Complete • The proposed Steering Committee and Safe Harbors should engage users by re-starting a Safe Harbors Users Group. • Complete

  8. TA Report: Key Recommendations Update • Adsystech (the Safe Harbors HMIS vendor) should improve the user’s experience by enhancing the look, feel, functionality, and usability of the software. • Complete • Safe Harbors should build on its existing vendor relationship, clarify roles and responsibilities, and reach out to other Adsystech implementations - Ongoing

  9. TA Report: Key Recommendations Update • Safe Harbors should continue improving customer service and should increase the depth of its training program and use new technologies to increase learning opportunities. - Complete • Safe Harbors should enhance its capacity for data analysis and reporting - Ongoing

  10. TA Report: Key Recommendations Update • Safe Harbors should reinforce its system and process for improving HMIS data quality. - Ongoing • Safe Harbors should review and revise its HMIS client consent forms and procedures to be as encouraging of consent as possible within existing law. - Ongoing

  11. TA Report: Key Recommendations Update • Safe Harbors should continue improving its reporting procedures and formats to better meet the information needs of the CoC, funders, and programs - Ongoing • Safe Harbors should continue toimprove the data integration process. - Ongoing • Safe Harbors should keep improving its use of communications technology - Ongoing

  12. Version 5 Conversion • Successful Conversion to Version 5 • Remember to Uninstall Version 4 • See Safe Harbor Website on the HMIS Version 5 Information Page

  13. Version 5 Conversion - Survey • It is important for Safe Harbors to gather feedback on the Version 5 conversion • Goal: Capture feedback on the conversion process • Goal: Capture feedback on the user experience of the differences in the from v4 to v5.

  14. Version 5 Conversion - Survey Take the Survey!

  15. Contract Monitor Report Demo

  16. Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) Safe Harbors Partners’ Meeting February 25, 2013

  17. What is the AHAR? Report on demographic and length of stay data for housing programs Communities around the country provide this data to HUD and it is combined into a national report on homelessness Data has to meet a certain quality threshold in order to be used in the national report Report timeframe: October – September

  18. AHAR Update Reporting Categories accepted. No Sea PSH Fam programs in HMIS Average missing data rate at 8% or below in all categories

  19. Number of Individuals Served by Reporting Category

  20. Length of Stay: Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing

  21. Length of Stay: Permanent Supportive Housing 66% of individuals have been in Permanent Supportive Housing programs for 2 or more years 76% of persons in families have been in Permanent Supportive Housing programs for 2 or more years

  22. AHAR Data More AHAR data will be available soon on our website under Reports: http://safeharbors.org/

  23. Safe Harbors User’s Group Update • 3 User Group Meetings - complete • Meets Bi-Monthly • Up to 25 member volunteers • Rotate meeting locations among provider agencies

  24. Safe Harbors User’s Group Update • Discussions : • Sharing Tips & Tricks • Standardizing the Program Set-up Process • Prioritizing System Tickets • Reporting Tools

  25. Safe Harbors User’s Group Update • User Group Page on the Safe Harbors Website

  26. Safe Harbors User’s Group Update

  27. Safe Harbors User’s Group Update • Safe Harbors' User's Group Meeting • Where:Solid Ground1501 N 45th Street Seattle, WA 98103 1st Floor Main Conference Room • When:Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

  28. Questions & Answers

  29. Survey Prize

  30. Adjourn

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