All of us working the homeless field understand it is the person experiencing homelessness, not the data, that is the primary focus of the CoC's homeless response system; however, data is a vitally important tool to be used by projects, agencies, and the CoC as a whole to show the picture of homelessness, and responses to it, in a community, agency, and project.
While HMIS data entry is not necessarily complicated, it is precise. To ensure that all data entered into MD BoS HMIS data creates an accurate picture of how individuals move through the homeless system and to visualize system performance, both at the project & system level, it is imperative that the correct data entry workflows are being used.
CE HMIS Data Entry: For clients to appear on an LHC's By-Name-List (BNL), End Users must select the applicable project from Enter Data As (EDA) & the HMIS CE assessments must be completed in the LHCs specific HMIS Coordinated Entry project listed below:
- AC: Coordinated Entry #1466
- CC: Coordinated Entry #1621
- FC: Coordinated Entry #1681
- GC: Coordinated Entry #1465
- HC: Coordinated Entry #1437
- SM: Coordinated Entry #1630
- WC: Coordinated Entry #319
Click the attached documents to view the current Coordinated Entry HMIS Workflow & PowerPoint Presentation.