It is quarterly reporting time again for FHPAP programs! Only quarterly reports are due this time around, but it will be helpful to begin looking at your data for the entire grant period as the MHFA biennium comes to a close on June 30th.   Please run FHPAP reports to ensure that all clients and financial services  … Read more

The RHY upload period closes Friday, May 10th. Contact the RHYMIS Service Desk if you have not received your login information for the upload portal. Data from 10/1/18 – 3/31/19 should be uploaded to RHYPoint. Grantees can run the 0263 RHY Data Quality Report to review their data before exporting. Each project type should be exported separately.  … Read more

Quarterly reports for DHS HTHP programs are due April 15th, 2019 for the Q7 reporting period from 1/1/19 – 3/31/19. The following reports should be run and submitted directly to DHS:  DHS HTHP Demographics Counting Report  DHS HTHP Outcomes Counting Report  See the DHS-HTHP HMIS User Guide for more information.  

Do you have new HMIS users entering client data for FHPAP programs? Have a report question that you cannot quite figure out yourself?   Check out the updated FHPAP Tip Sheet for helpful advice on Entry/Exits, Service Transactions, and FHPAP Reports.  Have remaining questions? Email the Helpdesk at mnhmis@icalliances.org 

In this edition of Turning Data Into Insight, we’re focusing on the Point-in-Time and Housing Inventory (it’s top of mind!). 2018 Map of Nationwide PIT and HIC Data ICA recently published a dashboard of national PIT and HIC data, highlighting the percent change between 2017 and 2018.  You can zoom into your community to learn the  … Read more

Thank you to all who participated in this year’s Point-in-Time Count! The data is in, and data review is complete. It truly takes the efforts of entire communities to conduct this count and make data as complete and accurate as possible. We appreciate all of your contributions. ICA is currently compiling final PIT numbers to  … Read more

This is your last PIT reminder! All data corrections must be complete by Monday, April 1st at 8am. All data for clients in program the night of January 23rd, 2019, for ALL Emergency Shelter, Safe Haven, and Transitional Housing projects in HMIS MUST BE COMPLETE by this time. If you still have corrections to make that you plan to prioritize between now and  … Read more

ICA and CoCs have spent the week carefully reviewing PIT data corrections and revising totals. As a community, we’ve made excellent progress on data quality.  Now, we pivot to targeted corrections for outstanding data quality issues. Watch for targeted correction emails from your RSA – please make time to respond quickly to these requests!  We will focus  … Read more

In order to better serve our HMIS clients, we now have Release of Information (ROI) documents available in Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Russian, and Karen. This includes the standard ROI as well as ROIs for agencies covered by HIPAA and the Minnesota Government Data Practice Act (MGDPA). The translated documents can be found here (also accessible  … Read more

In our last newsletter, we released the 030 MN Core Homeless programs manual. We hope you took a peek.  If you want to test your and your staff’s knowledge and be the data hero of your next staff meeting, add our 030 MN Core Homeless report activities, including this worksheet, to the agenda!