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 implementation. The guide frames the task of implementing an HMIS from a community’s perspective—community is the broad sense of city, county, region, or State. It also provides useful resource material from which communities can pick and choose, collapse or expand steps to fit their needs