WHAT IS HMIS?
Nashville's Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is a web-based software application that serves as the primary database for projects intended to prevent and end homelessness in Nashville. HMIS collects and reports on client-level information about who clients are, including when they were served, what their circumstances were when they entered a project, whether those circumstances changed, and what services were provided.
HMIS is used to:
Report to funders. Program-level reporting via HMIS is required by several federal and state funders.
Assess community-wide responses to homelessness. Individual program data is aggregated to identify trends such as changes in characteristics of people experiencing homelessness, length of time people experience homelessness, or returns to homelessness after exiting a program.
Facilitate service delivery. Coordinated Entry referrals are made using HMIS, and Coordinated Entry priority lists (By-Name Lists) are maintained using HMIS.
Support research and advocacy efforts. Aggregate HMIS data is used at the national level to assess the state of homelessness in the US and the country's response to it.
HMIS is used to:
Report to funders. Program-level reporting via HMIS is required by several federal and state funders.
Assess community-wide responses to homelessness. Individual program data is aggregated to identify trends such as changes in characteristics of people experiencing homelessness, length of time people experience homelessness, or returns to homelessness after exiting a program.
Facilitate service delivery. Coordinated Entry referrals are made using HMIS, and Coordinated Entry priority lists (By-Name Lists) are maintained using HMIS.
Support research and advocacy efforts. Aggregate HMIS data is used at the national level to assess the state of homelessness in the US and the country's response to it.
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If you are interested in becoming an HMIS Participating Agency, please submit this form:
HMIS Agency/Project Set-Up Form If you need to schedule an HMIS User Training, please submit this form: HMIS Training Request Form |
ABOUT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, and State and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; promote access to and effect utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
MDHA serves as the Collaborative Applicant for HUD competitive Continuum of Care (CoC) funding. The Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County government response to issues of homelessness are coordinated by the Metropolitan Nashville Homeless Impact Division of Metropolitan Social Services. This includes serving as the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Lead entity, leading Coordinated Entry, and primary staffing for the Homelessness Planning Council.
The Office of Homeless Services was voted by the Continuum of Care voting body to serve as the System Lead in May 2018, and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and local government approved the transfer in November 2018.
The System Lead is responsible for managing the system for the Continuum of Care’s geographic area, in accordance with the requirements of the Program Interim Rule and any requirements prescribed by Housing and Urban Development.
Please visit the HUD Exchange for more information.
MDHA serves as the Collaborative Applicant for HUD competitive Continuum of Care (CoC) funding. The Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County government response to issues of homelessness are coordinated by the Metropolitan Nashville Homeless Impact Division of Metropolitan Social Services. This includes serving as the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Lead entity, leading Coordinated Entry, and primary staffing for the Homelessness Planning Council.
The Office of Homeless Services was voted by the Continuum of Care voting body to serve as the System Lead in May 2018, and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and local government approved the transfer in November 2018.
The System Lead is responsible for managing the system for the Continuum of Care’s geographic area, in accordance with the requirements of the Program Interim Rule and any requirements prescribed by Housing and Urban Development.
Please visit the HUD Exchange for more information.
