A
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Households with only adults 25+ years of age.
B
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Are breakdowns on persons who identified as Black, Indigenous, and/or a Person of Color (BIPOC) during their enrollment into COHMIS.
C
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Chronic homelessness is used to describe people who have experienced homelessness for at least a year — or repeatedly (4+ times within 3 years)— while struggling with a disabling condition such as a serious mental illness, substance use disorder, or physical disability.
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Any provider that enters data into COHMIS. Providers that receive homeless service funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS), or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have requirements to use the HMIS selected by their local CoC. Providers funded by the state and local governments in Colorado also may have requirements to use COHMIS, while other providers choose to use our system due to the care coordination opportunities it provides.
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Colorado uses the same HMIS system across the state and refers to it as COHMIS. See Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) definition for more information.
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Administers the CoC’s coordinated processes for the assessment and referral of individuals and families seeking housing or services, including use of a comprehensive and standardized assessment.
D
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Offers daytime facilities and services (no lodging) for persons experiencing homelessness, at-risk of experiencing homelessness, or just accessing amenities offered at the building.
E
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Offers temporary overnight lodging to persons experiencing homelessness. Different shelters provide lodging for different populations (Individuals, families, etc.). Requirements and limitations may vary by shelter project.
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When a person leaves a program, such as an emergency shelter, in COHMIS, providers record where they are living at that time. HUD uses this information to measure program success—exits to stable housing are considered successful, while exits to homelessness or unknown locations are not.
F
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Households with at least one adult 25+ years of age & at least one child under the age of 18.
H
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HMIS is the information system designated by a local CoC used to record and analyze client, service, and housing data for individuals and families who are either experiencing homelessness or at-risk of experiencing homelessness. HMIS is administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) as its comprehensive data response to the congressional mandate to report annually on national homelessness.
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Offers services and/or financial assistance necessary to keep people in housing and to prevent them from moving into an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation.
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Based on the composition of the individuals in a housing situation.
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Is an approach to quickly and successfully connect individuals and families experiencing homelessness to permanent housing without preconditions and barriers to entry, such as sobriety, treatment, or service participation requirements. Supportive services are offered to maximize housing stability and prevent returns to homelessness as opposed to addressing predetermined treatment goals prior to permanent housing entry.
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The date a household physically moves into permanent housing. Please note: this field is only available within Permanent Housing projects.
I
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Households with members missing dates of birth in ways that prevent assigning another household type.
L
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Individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. Including places not meant for human habitation, shelters, and hotels/motels designated as temporary shelters.
N
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Are people who received their first project enrollment in COHMIS and is experiencing homelessness for the first time.
O
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Offers permanent housing for persons or families wo are experiencing homelessness (with or without supportive services). Generally, have less eligibility requirements than PSH.
P
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Refers to long-term housing solutions such as Permanent Support Housing (PSH), Rapid Re-Housing (RRH), and Other Permanent Housing (OPH).
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Offers permanent housing and supportive services to assist persons experiencing homelessness who have a disabling condition (either individuals with disabilities or families in which one adults or child has a disability) to live independently.
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The different project types in HMIS are intended to capture information about people in different living situations. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the different project types available in HMIS.
R
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Provides housing relocation and stabilization services and short-to-medium term rental assistance as necessary to help individuals or families experiencing homelessness move as quickly as possible into permanent housing and achieve stability in that housing.
S
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Offers supportive housing that serves hard to reach persons experiencing homelessness with severe mental illness who came from the streets and have been unwilling to participate in supportive services.
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Offers only stand-alone supportive services (other than outreach & coordinated entry) to address the special needs of participants (such as childcare, employment assistance, and transportation services). Participants served by this type of project may not be experiencing homelessness.
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Individuals or families who are staying in emergency shelters, transitional housing, or safe havens that are specifically designated to provide temporary living arrangements.
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Offers services to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, connecting them with emergency shelter and providing information about coordinated entry and other housing resources in the community.
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Refers to services offered to assist individuals and families obtain and maintain housing stability. These services include Day Shelters and Services Only programs offering case management, employment assistance, transportation, etc. and are often paired with housing programs like Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH).
T
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Refers to short-term housing solutions such as emergency shelters, safe havens, and transitional housing.
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Provides temporary lodging and is designed to facilitate the movement of individuals and families experiencing homelessness into permanent housing within a specified period of time, but no longer than 24 months.
U
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Individuals or families living in places not meant for human habitation, such as streets, cars, abandoned buildings, parks, or encampments.
V
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Provide Veterans experiencing homelessness with rental assistance or a voucher with wraparound support.
Y
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Households with members 24 years of age and younger; includes unaccompanied youth, parenting youth, & minors under the age of 18 (without a parent/guardian).