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Purpose, Content, Structure, and Formatting applied to HMIS data.

Purpose, Content, Structure, and Formatting applied to HMIS data. Ehren Wright Ph.D. Purpose. Reports to HUD. 2. Purpose. a. Consumer Focused Planning ( Make services better) b. Agency focused planning ( How to do more with less) c. Public information ( Make people aware)

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Purpose, Content, Structure, and Formatting applied to HMIS data.

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  1. Purpose, Content,Structure, and Formattingapplied to HMIS data. Ehren Wright Ph.D.

  2. Purpose Reports to HUD 2

  3. Purpose a. Consumer Focused Planning (Make services better) b. Agency focused planning (How to do more with less) c. Public information (Make people aware) d. Funders (How to spend money) e. Lobbying legislators and philanthropic business (Make people care) 3

  4. Purpose • a. Consumer Focused Planning (make services better) • i. Service delivery • ii. Coordinated intake • iii. Unmet needs 4

  5. Purpose • b. Agency focused planning (How to do more with less) • i. Identify service/planning areas • ii. Coordinated intake • ii. How well populations are served • iv.Board focused outcomes 5

  6. Purpose • c. Public information • i. News radio • ii. Newspaper • iii. Public events like stand-downs 6

  7. Purpose • d. Funders (how to spend money) • i. Grant applications • ii. Needs identification • iii. Outcomes and evaluation 7

  8. Purpose • e. Lobbying legislators and philanthropic business (Make people care) • i. Day on the hill • ii. Reports, fliers and handouts • iii. Special requests 8

  9. Example • Coordinated Intake PlanningWithin the Iowa BOS COCMulti-Purpose: Consumer Focused Planning (make services better) Agency focused planning (How to do more with less) 9

  10. Planning • Content What data matters? What relationships matter? 10

  11. Planning 11

  12. Planning • Structure How do we best reveal those data and • relationships? 12

  13. Planning 13

  14. Planning • Formatting How does it look & feel? How will it be consumed? 14

  15. Planning 15

  16. Back to content Planning 16

  17. Planning 17

  18. Example • a. Consumer Focused Planningd. Funders • Performance Measures 18

  19. Performance • Content • Must satisfy the needs of many masters. • Needs to help guide planning. • Must be reproducible at agency, community and COC levels. 19

  20. Performance 20

  21. Performance 21

  22. Performance • Structure • A wall of numbers • Lots of questions about how we got the numbers • Still needs to have a lot of information • Summary report and supplemental 22

  23. Performance 23

  24. Performance • Format • Needs to still be more readable • Lots of questions about mainstream resources. • Good response to the format. • HPRP ended, so we had some space. 24

  25. Performance 25

  26. Example • c. Public information • e. Lobbying legislators • Day on the hill 26

  27. Day On The Hill • Content • Some legislators want to fit homeless in an “other” category. • Single men being lazy or on drugs…Crazy unfortunates.Criminals • “There are no homeless in my district.” • “They all come from Chicago.” 27

  28. Day On The Hill • Content • Our neighbors, your constituents, arehaving a hard time. • They deserve your help. 28

  29. Day On The Hill 29

  30. Day On The Hill • StructureLegislators don’t have time to read(of course they do, but they know no one will make them)Make the case with as little paper as possible. 30

  31. Day On The Hill 31

  32. Day On The Hill • FormattingHappy, non-threatening colorsCommunicate that “homeless people are mostly just like you.”But they need a little help. 32

  33. Day On The Hill 33

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