SERVICE POINT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Our Service Point System serves primarily as what HUD calls a “Homeless Management Information System”
An HMIS is a local information technology system used to collect client-level data and data on the provision of housing and services to homeless individuals and families and persons at risk of homelessness - except for homeless families and individuals who are served by Domestic Violence Programs (which by law cannot be included in an HMIS). Each Continuum of Care (CoC) in the nation is responsible for selecting an HMIS software solution that complies with HUD's data collection, management, and reporting standards and for administering this system and our Service Point System meets these federal requirements.
The Utica/Rome/Oneida and Madison County’s HMIS
Our CoC’s Homeless Management Information System uses Internet-based technology and specialized software to enable organizations and agencies in Oneida and Madison Counties to record and securely store information about the clients that they serve, the services they receive, and the outcomes of these services. The HMIS is designed to enable the aggregation of client-level data across different programs and agencies and to generate nonduplicating counts of homeless sub-populations and the service utilization and service patterns of persons and families who are provided with homeless assistance services.
The primary objectives of our HMIS are to:
Provide our local homeless assistance continuum of care partners and providers with quality information and analyses to inform and shape our local priorities and program planning.
Inform public policy at the local, state, and national level regarding the extent and nature of homelessness in our region. This is accomplished through analysis and reporting of data that is grounded in the actual experiences of homeless and at-risk persons and families. HMIS data is analyzed and reports comprised of de-identified and aggregated data are made available to policy makers, service providers, advocates, and consumer representatives.
CoC/HMIS Governance Agreement link is here.
CoC HMIS Policies and Procedures Document link is here.
United Way of the Mohawk Valley is the Lead Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Agency for the Utica/Rome/Oneida and Madison Counties Continuum of Care (NY-518).
HMIS Administrator: Katrina Webb. Email: katrinaw@unitedwaymv.org