Comments on: Public Conversation #3: How we got our TYP http://knoxtenyearplan.org/2010/06/24/public-conversation-how-we-got-our-typ/ Ending chronic homelessness through housing first. Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:28:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Robert Finley http://knoxtenyearplan.org/2010/06/24/public-conversation-how-we-got-our-typ/comment-page-1/#comment-7328 Robert Finley Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:31:38 +0000 http://knoxtenyearplan.org/?p=370#comment-7328 Thanks for the questions, Judy. HMIS can produce reports that can be used precisely as you suggest. Increased usage of HMIS across the service provider spectrum is one reason we know more about the homeless population than we did a couple of years ago. HMIS is a work in progress, but every month it helps us add to our knowledge and work much more efficiently with people in Knox experiencing homelessness and those in supportive housing. The 7000-8000 number refers to unique individuals, not episodes, including people who are chronically homeless and those who experience homelessness episodically. Episodes of homelessness are counted in terms of entry into the system of homeless services and exit from them. A person exits that system when he or she moves out of emergency shelter or transitional housing and into permanent housing. A person re-enters that system if he or she becomes homeless again and becomes "visible" to the service delivery system by accessing services. Thanks for the questions, Judy.

HMIS can produce reports that can be used precisely as you suggest. Increased usage of HMIS across the service provider spectrum is one reason we know more about the homeless population than we did a couple of years ago. HMIS is a work in progress, but every month it helps us add to our knowledge and work much more efficiently with people in Knox experiencing homelessness and those in supportive housing.

The 7000-8000 number refers to unique individuals, not episodes, including people who are chronically homeless and those who experience homelessness episodically.

Episodes of homelessness are counted in terms of entry into the system of homeless services and exit from them. A person exits that system when he or she moves out of emergency shelter or transitional housing and into permanent housing. A person re-enters that system if he or she becomes homeless again and becomes “visible” to the service delivery system by accessing services.

]]> By: Judy B http://knoxtenyearplan.org/2010/06/24/public-conversation-how-we-got-our-typ/comment-page-1/#comment-7317 Judy B Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:47:25 +0000 http://knoxtenyearplan.org/?p=370#comment-7317 Thanks for adding the back story on the Cox St/HRM houses. Quite understandable. Does HIMS produce any standard management reports? Any data that can be compared month to month and year to year? What does it mean to say 7000-8000 people will experience homelessness in Knox County this year? Are these individuals or episodes? Episodic or chronic? Repeat episodes, how are they counted? I understand it's a dynamic situation, but I hope the HIMS database can be used to make a case and measure progress... Thanks, again. Thanks for adding the back story on the Cox St/HRM houses. Quite understandable. Does HIMS produce any standard management reports? Any data that can be compared month to month and year to year? What does it mean to say 7000-8000 people will experience homelessness in Knox County this year? Are these individuals or episodes? Episodic or chronic? Repeat episodes, how are they counted? I understand it’s a dynamic situation, but I hope the HIMS database can be used to make a case and measure progress… Thanks, again.

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