Please join us on Monday, October 21st from 9 – 11am for the 2019 HMIS Annual Meeting! Hear highlights from the past year, find out what we are projecting for the year to come, and learn about strategic planning and priorities for Minnesota’s HMIS. Attendees will also have the opportunity to provide their feedback on topics  … Read more

On October 1, 2019, HUD is rolling out changes to the data elements they require all projects participating in HMIS to collect. This provides standardization for data collection around the country, allowing for a better understanding of homelessness around our country. Homelessness can then be analyzed at a national level, and compared to homelessness at  … Read more

In early October, ICA’s Regional System Administrators (RSAs) will be busy pulling reports for your projects and analyzing data for Federal Fiscal Year 2019, which runs October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019. Your RSA will be contacting you if your data needs some sort of attention (missing, errors, we need clarification, etc.). Please set  … Read more

Many of you have already used the Minnesota HMIS Knowledge Base to find answers to your questions this past year and we’d love to get your input on how to improve this resource! Please take a short survey here. The survey will be open until October 14, 2019. If you’re asking yourself, “What’s the Minnesota  … Read more

Did your Helpdesk helper send you a link that was really useful and now you can’t find it in your email? Next time, Bookmark This!   New to bookmarks? Follow this link and follow the instructions for the browser of your choice.  ICA has had a few new additions in the past year, and not just new team members- new  … Read more

Agencies all across the state are working with individuals and families to help them find safe, secure housing. It is a driving force behind the work that many HMIS users do. One such agency, Washington County Community Services (WCCS), provides homeless outreach throughout Washington County, emergency shelter support, and front door and telephonic support for  … Read more

Please join the HMIS Governing Board and other HMIS stakeholders at the Annual Meeting on Monday, October 21st from 9-11 am to hear highlights from the past year, discuss plans for the upcoming year, and learn how you can help us shape the future of Minnesota’s HMIS. There will be an option to attend remotely  … Read more

The ICA Minnesota team is excited to attend the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless conference this week, and to connect in person with so many of our stakeholders.   If you’ll be at the conference, look for our booth, where we’ll be promoting the Quarterly Data Quality redesign project. Stop by and learn how high-quality HMIS data can empower  … Read more

The MN HMIS Helpdesk will be closed on Tuesday, September 17th and Wednesday, September 18th while our staff attend the MN Coalition for the Homeless Conference. We hope to see you there! We will have extra staff scheduled on Helpdesk before and after the closures and will still monitor for password resets while the Helpdesk  … Read more

If you’d like to learn more about racial equity within the homeless response system in Minnesota, ICA has developed data dashboards that can be used to explore differences in representation and experiences within the homelessness response system across racial and ethnic groups. The Racial Disparities in Homelessness dashboard is designed specifically to compare racial and  … Read more