HIC/PIT Training January 2015 Agenda Summary and Goals HIC - PDF document

1/14/2015 HIC/PIT Training January 2015 Agenda • Summary and Goals • HIC – Changes to 2015 HIC – Review HIC Survey – Questions • PIT – Changes to 2015 PIT – Review PIT Survey – Questions HIC/PIT Training • Why are we having this training? – HUD requires the sheltered PIT count and HIC to be conducted annually for each CoC. • Goals of this training – Review changes to 2015 HIC and PIT. – Learn how to correctly count beds for the HIC. – Understand which clients should be counted on the PIT, and what data should be collected. 1

1/14/2015 What are the HIC and PIT Counts? • HIC: The Housing Inventory Count collects information about all of the beds and units in each Continuum of Care homeless system, categorized by Program Type. Only beds dedicated to serve homeless clients should be counted on the HIC. • PIT: The Point-in-Time Count provides a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons. The PIT includes population data (number of households and persons), as well as subpopulation data (number of chronically homeless clients, clients with a mental illness, etc). Changes to 2015 HIC • CoCs will be required to enter the address for all projects, except for Victim Service Provider projects. • The references to Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Data Standards have been updated to be consistent with HUD’s 2014 HMIS Data Standards. • CoCs with overflow beds should report the total number of overflow beds that were available for occupancy on the night of the inventory count. If there is no fixed number of overflow beds, CoCs may instead report the number of overflow beds that were occupied on the night of the inventory count. Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Project Type • Emergency Shelter (ES) • Transitional Housing (TH) • Safe Haven (SH) • Permanent Housing (PH) – Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) – Rapid Re-housing (RRH) – Other PH (OPH): Housing with Services – Other PH (OPH): Housing only • Rapid Re-housing Demonstration Projects (DEM) Housing Inventory Count (HIC) 2

1/14/2015 Project Type – Permanent Housing Projects • PSH: Permanent housing in which supportive services are provided. PSH can only provide assistance to individuals with disabilities and families in which one adult or child has a disability. • RRH: Provide supportive services and/or short-term (up to 3 months) and/or medium-term (3 to 24 months) rental assistance to help a homeless individual or family move as quickly as possible into permanent housing and achieve stability in that housing. • Other PH: Provides permanent housing, but does not limit eligibility to individuals with disabilities and families in which one adult or child has a disability. Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Project Type – Rapid Re-housing Demonstration Projects • HUD-funded Rapid Re-Housing Demonstration (RRHD) projects funded in the FY 2008 CoC Competition. Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Target Population A and B (optional) • The project is intended to serve the population selected. • At least three-fourths (75 percent) of the clients served by the project fit the target group descriptor. • Projects that do not target specific populations or that have opted not to track target population may leave the data field blank. • Only one target population can be selected. Housing Inventory Count (HIC) 3

1/14/2015 Target Population A • SM - Single Males 18 years old and over • SF - Single Females 18 years old and over • SMF - Single Males and Females 18 years old and over • CO - Couples Only, No Children • HC - Households with Children • SMHC - Single Males 18 years old and over and Households with Children • SFHC - Single Females 18 years old and over and Households with Children • SMF+HC - Single Males and Females 18 years old and over plus Households with Children • YM - Unaccompanied Males under 18 years old • YF - Unaccompanied Females under 18 years old • YMF - Unaccompanied Males and Females under 18 years old Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Target Population B • DV Domestic violence victims • HIV Persons with HIV/AIDS Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Geocode • The Geocode associated with the geographic location of the principal project service site. Scattered-site housing projects should record the Geocode where the majority of beds are located. Housing Inventory Count (HIC) 4

1/14/2015 HUD McKinney-Vento Funded • Does the project receives any HUD McKinney-Vento funding? • HUD McKinney-Vento programs include – Emergency Solutions Grants Program (ESG) – Shelter Plus Care program (S+C) – Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single-Room Occupancy program (SRO) – Supportive Housing Program (SHP) – Continuum of Care Program (CoC) Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Inventory Type • Current inventory (C): Beds and units that were available for occupancy on or before January 31, 2014. • New inventory (N): Beds and units that became available for occupancy between February 1, 2014 and January 31, 2015. Inventory designated as ‘New’ should represent an increase in capacity for the project from the previous year. • Under development (U): Beds and units that were fully funded but not available for occupancy as of January 31, 2015. For inventory identified as under development, CoCs must also identify whether the bed/unit inventory is expected to be available for occupancy by January 31, 2016. Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Bed Inventory by Household Type • Households without children: Beds intended for households with adults only. This includes households composed of unaccompanied adults and multiple adults. • Households with at least one adult and one child: Beds and units intended for households with (at least) one adult and one child. • Households with only children: Beds intended for households composed exclusively of persons under age 18, including one-child households, multi-child households or other household configurations composed only of children. Housing Inventory Count (HIC) 5

1/14/2015 HMIS Participating Beds • The number of beds participating in HMIS on the date of the HIC (based on HMIS Participation Start Date and HMIS Participation End Date) by household type. • For HMIS Participating projects, the number of beds reported for each household type should be the same as the number of HMIS beds for each household type. Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Bed Inventory by Household Type – Special Instructions • PSH: For scattered site projects, include total number of units available for occupancy or total number of vouchers available for use in the CoC on night designated for the count. • VASH: CoCs should count the total number of VASH vouchers available for use on the night of the HIC and PIT count, regardless of whether or not the voucher is presently being used. • Projects serving runaway and homeless youth: CoCs must exclude beds that are dedicated for persons who are wards of the state, including children who are in foster care or who are otherwise under government custody or supervision. If beds are not specifically dedicated, then the CoC must pro- rate beds based on use on the night of the count or pro-rate based on average utilization. Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Bed Inventory by Household Type – Special Instructions (continued) • Rapid Re-housing: CoCs should count RRH beds and units based on the actual number of current project participants who are: – Actively enrolled in the project on the night of the inventory count – No longer homeless and are in permanent housing on the night of the inventory count – Receiving rental assistance from the RRH project • VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program: SSVF provider programs may offer both homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing assistance. Therefore, in addition to the RRH guidance above, CoCs must also limit SSVF RRH project inventory to participants whose Housing Status at program entry is “Category 1 - homeless”. Housing Inventory Count (HIC) 6