How to Fight Homelessness with Data - Lane County · Lane County. Oregon Housing and Community Services • Prioritization ... VI-SPDAT Score Distribution. Oregon Housing and Community

Oregon Housing and Community Services

How to Fight Homelessness with Data

Katie DineenJoint Office of

Homeless ServicesMultnomah County

Lisë Stuart

Human Services Division

Lane County


• Prioritization

• Resource Allocation

• Equity & Accessibility

• System Performance

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Data Driven Decisions


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People who are enjoyingthis COFEE session


Make the most of your dataData literacy is key to an organization’s success

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Readiness

How available is yourdata to the system ofservice providers in

HMIS

What data willgenerate the

information you need?

How much data do youactually need?


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Prioritize Clients & Services


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Prioritize Clients & Services – CE

VI-SPDAT Score Distribution


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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 communityresources and services


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Resource Allocation

Use your data to help determine resource re-allocation or new projects to fund


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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?


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Resource Allocation: FUSE

New fundingfor FUSE basedon outcomes


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Equity

Use your data to evaluate project equity andaccessibility


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Equity: CE Race and Ethnicity


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Equity: CE Age


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Equity: CE Gender


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Equity: FUSE


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System Performance


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System Performance

Every community will have systematic response in placethat ensures homelessness is prevented wheneverpossible or is otherwise:

• Rare• Brief• Non-recurring


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System Performance: Tracking Referrals to Housing


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System Performance: Easy Dashboard Ideas

Unit Utilization reports


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Data Quality and Completeness Report Card


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Grant Spend Down


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Key Performance Indicator Outcomes


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System Performance: Dashboards

Use your data to evaluate system efficiency andeffectiveness


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System Modeling

Calculate:– Inventory

– Utilization

– Unmet Needs

Determine investment w/new or reallocated fundsfor shelter and housing


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

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