Richard Rankin

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Richard Rankin HMIS Data Consultant
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• Many funders many reports many databases
• Goal to reduce the data entry burden for case
  managers
• The flexibility of Homeless Management
  Information Systems can ease the burden

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• Program to divert offenders with Mental Illness
  to community partners to reduce the number of
  Mentally Ill in jail and prison
• Eligible offenders are referred to CSUs in the
  community , case managers are assigned and
  appropriate referrals to local community partners
  for SA Treatment, Housing, etc.

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• Programs providing outreach to engage the
  mentally ill homeless

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• Transitional Housing Program
• Housing Search Assistance
• Transitional Housing
• Restorative Justice Program
• Victim Services

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• Housing Search Assistance
• Works with soon to be released offenders to
  search for appropriate housing.
• Transitional Housing
• Provides temporary housing to recently released
  offenders , also provides housing search
  assistance for permanent housing and other
  services

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• Offenders
• Program determines restitution and mediation with
  victims
• Volunteers
• Program provides training to volunteers working
  with offenders

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• Program to monitor victims and offenders , victim
  services and notification

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• Other homeless services, including
• Home heating fuel assistance
• Auto repairs
• Transportation
• Meals
• Food shelf
• Clothing vouchers

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• Mental Health and Co-occurring EBP
• Screening, Assessment and Treatment

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• Uses existing HUD HMIS data to measure program
  effectiveness
• Permanent Housing - Measure Length of Stay
• Transitional Housing - Measure Positive
  Destination
• Programs also measure
• Increase in income or non-cash benefits
• Numbers of clients who become employed
• Number of clients enrolled in an educational
  program
• Numbers of clients receiving Substance Abuse
  and/or Mental Health treatment

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• Many programs are in agencies already using HMIS
• The flexibility of HMIS can lend itself to
  providing a way for agencies to use one system to
  in an agency or CoC to track services clients and
  provide the reporting necessary for the funders.
• HMIS Human service Management Information
  System

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Richard Rankin Data Remedies, llc 10 Benning St,
Box 211 West Lebanon, NH 03784 (603)
770-4742 rrankin_at_dataremedies.com