Oakland County HMIS Update

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• Oakland County HMIS Update
• Jill Shoemaker
• Oakland County Continuum of Care
• Taskforce on Homelessness and Affordable Housing
• Plan To End Homelessness Strategic Planning
  Retreat
• March 10, 2009

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Presentation Overview

• Overview of Oakland County Implementation
• Benefits of Data and Reporting
• State of Michigan Homeless Snapshot
• Oakland County Homeless Snapshot
• Housing Inventory Chart
• Point In Time
• Question and Answer

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Overview of Implementation

• Oakland County Continuum of Care (OCCoC) joined
  as a pilot organization in 2002
• Initial implementation began in 2003 and data was
  entered beginning September 2004
• Currently 15 service providers participate (11
  HUD funded and four (4) non HUD funded providers)
  and enter data for 86 programs
• HMIS is a single platform database providing an
  unduplicated count of homeless people in Oakland
  County and Michigan
• Participate in the Annual Homeless Assessment
  Report (AHAR) as a Continuum
• Participate in Extended AHAR and Cultural Study

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Benefits Of Data

• Inform both local and statewide public policy
  about the extent and nature of homelessness
• Captures client level data and assists agencies
  with tracking outcome measures for each homeless
  client entered into the system
• Allows agencies to pull aggregate data to assist
  with writing grants and applying for needed funds
• Plan for the reduction/ending of homelessness
  with uniform, longitudinal data by which to make
  effective programming decisions

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HMIS Reporting

• Data quality reports
• Point-In-Time Counts
• Benchmark outcomes for clients
• Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR)
• Snapshot of homeless clients (quarterly,
  semi-annually and annually)
• As part of the 10 year plan to end homelessness
  within Oakland County
• Provider level APRs (Annual Progress Report) for
  HUD

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State of Michigan Homeless Snapshot

• In 2007, 79,940 homeless people receiving
  services
• 455 organizations statewide entering data
• 24,506 homeless people receiving services in
  Region 8
• Will begin gathering information on unmet needs
  in 2009

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Oakland County Homeless Snapshot

• 15 Agencies entering data for 86 programs
• From October 1, 2007 September 30, 2008, served
  2,507 homeless clients
• 2084 (83) were adults, 417 (17) children, six
  (6) (1) unaccompanied youth
• 75 of adults in families were single females
• 477 (24) of adults were chronically homeless

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Basic Demographics

• Age
• Average age of adults in families is 33
• Average age of single adults is 46
• Average age of chronic adults between
• 46 and 54
• Race
• 63 of adults in families are
• Black/African American and 32 White
• 50 of single adults are Black/African
• American and 46 White
• 49 of chronic adults are Black/African
• American and 47 White
• Veterans
• Approximately 8 of the adults are

Clients over 55 Adults in families
approximately 3 female and 8 male Singles
adults approximately 14 female and 13
male Chronic adults approximately 14 female
and 18 male
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• Extent of Homelessness
• Approximately 49 of the adults in families are
  first time homeless and 39
• are 1-2 times in the past.
• Approximately 36 of the single adults are first
  time homeless and 38
• were 1-2 times in the past while 20 were
  chronically homeless

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Homeless Primary Reason The leading cause of
homelessness is eviction followed by employment,
substance/alcohol abuse, mental health and
health/disability
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Average Monthly Income
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Oakland County Housing Inventory Chart

• Current HIC is attached Total bed availability
  on 1/28/09 is 1121

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Updated OCCoC beds and PIT sheltered and
unsheltered data
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January 2009 Point-In-Time

• What we know about the data
• Missing Turning Point PIT data
• for sheltered count
• New Bethel closed for PIT
• decrease in unsheltered numbers as a result
• More PSH beds added to HIC
• Counted 161 on street

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Point-In-Time Comparison

• What we know about the data
• Missing Turning Point PIT data for
• sheltered count (110)
• New Bethel closed for PIT decrease in
• unsheltered numbers as a result (30)
• Additional PSH beds added to HIC
• Counted 123 less people on the street
• Well defined and mature counting
• Process
• Streamlined tally/questionnaire form
• Organized deployment centers

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Current Data Reports Warm Weather Point-In-Time

• 1st warm weather street count in Oakland County
  May 29, 2008
• Participated on Point-In-Time statewide committee
• Pilot continuum for new street count tally form
• Combined agency census with street count
• Benchmark data for next years count
• Participated in Podcast production

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Questions and Answers

• QA