How to Fight Homelessness with Data Lisë Stuart Katie Dineen Joint Office of Human Services Division Homeless Services Lane County Multnomah County Oregon Housing and Community Services
Data Driven Decisions • Prioritization • Resource Allocation • Equity & Accessibility • System Performance Oregon Housing and Community Services 2
People who are enjoying this COFEE session Oregon Housing and Community Services 3
Readiness Make the most of your data Data literacy is key to an organization’s success How available is your What data will How much data do you data to the system of generate the actually need? service providers in information you need? HMIS Oregon Housing and Community Services 4
Prioritize Clients & Services . Oregon Housing and Community Services 5
Prioritize Clients & Services – CE VI-SPDAT Score Distribution Oregon Housing and Community Services 6
Prioritize Clients & Services – FUSE FUSE uses HMIS data along with criminal justice and health care data FUSE By Name List is prioritized by frequency of inappropriate use of community resources and services Oregon Housing and Community Services 7
Resource Allocation Use your data to help determine resource re- allocation or new projects to fund Oregon Housing and Community Services 8
Resource Allocation: CE Coordinated Entry gives us a lot of data for community needs • • Resources for getting people both ON the Coordinated Entry list and OFF the Coordinated Entry list Document readiness, housing search, etc. • Conversations on VI-SPDAT assessment tool limitations & how to • address • Culturally specific organizations involvement in process & mobile team members • Using demographic data – particularly race/ethnicity – for Coordinated Entry outcome and goal setting What are we hoping to achieve through Coordinated Entry? • • How will we measure outcomes, goals, and equity? Oregon Housing and Community Services 9
Resource Allocation: FUSE New funding for FUSE based on outcomes Oregon Housing and Community Services 10
Equity Use your data to evaluate project equity and accessibility Oregon Housing and Community Services 11
Equity: CE Race and Ethnicity Oregon Housing and Community Services 12
Equity: CE Age Oregon Housing and Community Services 13
Equity: CE Gender Oregon Housing and Community Services 14
Equity: FUSE Oregon Housing and Community Services 15
System Performance Oregon Housing and Community Services 16
System Performance Every community will have systematic response in place that ensures homelessness is prevented whenever possible or is otherwise: Rare • Brief • • Non-recurring Oregon Housing and Community Services 17
System Performance: Tracking Referrals to Housing Oregon Housing and Community Services 18
System Performance: Easy Dashboard Ideas Unit Utilization reports Oregon Housing and Community Services 19
System Performance: Easy Dashboard Ideas Data Quality and Completeness Report Card Oregon Housing and Community Services 20
System Performance: Easy Dashboard Ideas Grant Spend Down Oregon Housing and Community Services 21
System Performance: Easy Dashboard Ideas Key Performance Indicator Outcomes Oregon Housing and Community Services 22
System Performance: Dashboards Use your data to evaluate system efficiency and effectiveness Oregon Housing and Community Services 23
System Modeling Calculate: – Inventory – Utilization – Unmet Needs Determine investment w/ new or reallocated funds for shelter and housing Oregon Housing and Community Services 24
Read FUSE http://www.csh.org/fuseRC Using Data and System Modeling to Leverage Resources and Improve Your System http://www.nhsdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Session-8C-Using-Data-and-System-Modeling.pdf Coordinated Entry Requirements and Checklist of Essential Elements https://www.hudexchange.info/news/hud-publishes-coordinated-entry-requirements-and-checklist-of- essential-elements/ Data finds a meaningful role in fight against homelessness in the United States https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2017/6/data-finds-meaningful-role-fight-against-homelessness-united- states-71494 Oregon Housing and Community Services 25
Questions? Oregon Housing and Community Services 26
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