HUD and the National Human Services Data Consortium (NHSDC) sponsored a two-day conference in Seattle, WA, with the theme of "Innovate, Integrate, and Motivate."
October 25, 2022
Strategies for Evaluating and Monitoring CE
During this session, participants:
- Learned HUD requirements and best practices around evaluating and monitoring coordinated entry (CE)
- Became familiar with examples of CE evaluation and monitoring currently occurring in the field, with an emphasis on how communities are assessing equity in CE systems
- Learned to assess their own current evaluation and monitoring practices
HMIS Governance 101 Office Hours
During this session, participants:
- Defined Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Governance and the importance of having an established HMIS governance structure
- Examined the differences in roles and responsibilities within HMIS governance structures based on community factors
- Learned about the risk and consequences of under-developed governance structures
- Identified key decision points when developing or strengthening an HMIS governance model, including the importance of embedding equity
The Future of HMIS
During this session, participants:
- Identified ways to authentically partner with people with lived expertise in data and performance work to ensure data is meaningfully and effectively mobilized to address inequities
- Identified how data standards are updated and learned how communities can be involved
- Learned how to identify support tools and resources for communities to build capacity
- Learned key focus areas to inform local strategic direction for HMIS
HUD Listening Session
During this session, participants:
- Learned where to locate and how to use existing HMIS Data Standard resources
- Discussion was centered on:
- Person centered data policies and practices
- HMIS Data and Performance Strategy review and updates
- HMIS Data and Technical Standards updates
- CoC and Victim Service Providers (VSP) HMIS and Comparable Database needs