What is the Homeless Management Information System?
Another HUD mandate requires that every community receiving CoC funds implement a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). An HMIS is a computerized data collection tool specifically designed to capture client-level, system-wide information over time on the characteristics and services needs of men, women, and children experiencing homelessness. The HAP’s ServicePoint system is a web-based application that allows participating agencies to enter and share client-level data about the homeless persons served by the participating programs. ServicePoint allows the aggregation of client-level data across homeless service agencies to generate unduplicated counts and service patterns of clients. Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), 10 Participating Agencies: • Santa Cruz Aids Project – http://www.scapsite.org/ • Santa Cruz County Office of Education Homeless Program • Families in Transition -http://www.fitsantacruz.org/ • County of Santa Cruz – Homeless Persons Health Project –