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  • Guidance Document

Guidance Document

Comparable Database 101: What Victim Service Providers Need to Know

This resource describes the key differences between HMIS and a comparable database; provides an overview of HUD, FVPSA, and VAWA data requirements; outlines 2017 SAGE reporting requirements; and offers helpful tools for choosing a comparable…

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Guidance Document

COVID-19 Homeless System Response: VSP Comparable Database & Reporting Requirements

This document outlines the database and reporting requirements that will be necessary of any Victim Service Provider (VSP) that is a recipient of ESG-CV funds.

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Guidance Document

COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Victim Service Provider – Comparable Database ESG-CV Project Set-Up Tips

This document highlights tips for how victim service providers (VSPs) can ensure their comparable databases are set up correctly to fulfill HUD’s COVID-19 Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG-CV) program quarterly reporting requirements. Project Descriptor Data Elements…

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Tool / Toolkit

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Comparable Database Decision Tree

This resource was created as a tool to help communities assess whether a project should enter data into HMIS. It is intended to provide clarity around the requirements for Victim Service Providers inputting personally identifying…

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Guidance Document

COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Serving Survivors through Coordinated Entry

This document highlights the following fundamental considerations when serving survivors through coordinated entry (CE): Visit the Disease Risks and Homelessness page on the HUD Exchange for a full list of resources related to COVID-19 infectious disease prevention…

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Guidance Document

Choosing a Comparable Database: Aligning Data and Confidentiality, A Case Study for Domestic and Sexual Violence Coalitions

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that recipient and subrecipients receiving HUD funding “shall collect data on the use of funds awarded and persons served with this assistance in HUD’s Homeless…

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Guidance Document

Homeless Management Information Systems: Implementation Guide

This guide, based upon the collective knowledge of the Center for Social Policy (CSP) and many localities across the country, presents a set of steps to implementing a homeless management information systems (HMIS)—from planning through…

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  • Article / Publication

Article / Publication

Highlights of HUD’s 2015 Policy Brief on Coordinated Entry

This document provides highlights from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s brief on Coordinated Entry. The highlights included here outline 17 qualities of an effective coordinated entry process, such as safety planning, inclusivity,…

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Guidance Document

HUD FAQ: Coordinated Entry and Victim Service Providers

Coordinated entry is a process developed to ensure all people experiencing a housing crisis have fair and equal access to the community’s housing and homeless assistance resources. Coordinated entry processes also help communities prioritize assistance…

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