Many of you participated in the unsheltered Point in Time (PIT) Count for Durham two weeks ago - thank you! Here at the Data Center, we know folks experiencing homelessness outside in the woods or in their car are so important to understanding the scope of our community's struggles. And your hard work helps to fill that gap! Thank you!
How to prepare
With all of the anticipation and excitement surrounding the unsheltered PIT, you may be wondering when HMIS Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, Rapid Re-Housing and Permanent Supportive Housing Projects will count their clients. You're in luck! You already have everything for the PIT Count by making sure all clients who were served by your projects on January 30th are entered in HMIS with complete assessments. (Hint: check to make sure your clients are accurate by running a CAPER or APR report for 1/30/2019.)
The second piece that we need to report on is the Housing Inventory Count (HIC). You can make sure that your agency's Bed and Unit Inventory is update to date by submitting recent changes to this
form. If nothing's changed since last year, then no update is needed!
What to do now
Keep entering, reviewing, and correcting data to keep it up to date. There will be a formal review and submission process once the PIT and HIC reports are available in HMIS. We'll review the process at the next HMIS Users Meeting!
