Metro Denver Homeless Initiative

Colorado HMIS 2111 Champa Street Denver CO 80205 Email Colorado.HMIS@coloradocoalition.org Telephone (303) 312-9666	Hot Links HMIS Training Schedule HMIS Intake Forms Policy and Procedure Forms

About HMIS

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) is the implementing organization for the Homeless Mangement Information System (HMIS), under the direction of the Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) Continuum of Care (CoC). HMIS utilizes a computerized data collection tool designed to capture client-level information over a period of time. HMIS collects information on the characteristics and service needs of persons experiencing homelessness, or who are at risk of becoming homeless. It incorporates a set of policies and procedures around client confidentiality, data collection, computer entry, and reporting. HMIS is designed to aggregate client-level data to generate unduplicated counts of clients served in the community. By enrolling homeless service providers into HMIS, it is our goal to utilize HMIS to benefit the community through:

• Streamline referrals, intake, and assessments for consumers
• Increase coordination of case management between workers
• Assist with benefits access eligibility
• Evaluate consumer progress and outcomes
• Increase agency efficiency in internal and external coordination of services
• Accurate reporting to agency funders, boards, and stakeholders
• Increase community understanding of homelessness
• Reduce service gaps within the community
• Develop better policies to prevent and minimize homelessness in the community
• Meet federal reporting requirements

If you are a Homeless provider, or an at risk of homelessness provider, and you want to implement HMIS at your site please feel free to contact us at:

Email: Colorado.HMIS@coloradocoalition.org
Telephone: (303) 312-9666

Training Registration

You must register first with the MDHI HMIS Help Desk to attend an HMIS training! To register, send an email to Colorado.HMIS@coloradocoalition.org stating the date and course for which you would like to RSVP. A reply will be sent back upon confirmation that space is available, and all prerequisites were met.

Training Schedule for
Upcoming HMIS Courses

MDHI CO HMIS User Manual

Training Follow-Up

Once end users are trained, HMIS participation truly begins with data entry. HMIS System Administrators will perform a site visit yearly. They will go over various quality aspects as outlined in the Policies and Procedures Manual, as well as make themselves available for agency-specific questions on data entry, follow-up training, etc.

If you need additional data entry help please contact Colorado.HMIS@coloradocoalition.org

Forms

The forms listed below are to be used for meeting HUD and Community standards for the Metro Denver area:

MDHI HMIS INTAKE FORMS
Universal Intake	English	Spanish doc coming soon
Universal Intake Family	English	Spanish doc coming soon
Program-Specific General	English	Spanish doc coming soon
Program-Specific Intake	English	Spanish doc coming soon
Program-Specific Intake Adult Only	English	Spanish doc coming soon
Program-Specific Child	English	Spanish doc coming soon
ESG Intake	English	Spanish doc coming soon

MDHI HMIS EXIT/DISCHARGE FORM
Housing Program Exit/Discharge	English	Spanish coming soon

Any changes or customization of forms must be approved by HMIS System Administrators: Colorado.HMIS@coloradocoalition.org

Policy and Procedure Documents

HMIS FORMS
Partner Agency Agreement		English
End User Agreement		English
Policies & Procedures Manual		Policies and Procedures The HMIS Policies and Procedures Manual is being updated, and will be posted soon. Please contact HMIS with any questions: Email: Colorado.hmis@coloradocoalition.org Telephone: (303) 312-9666 Notice
Privacy Notice	Spanish	English
Revocation	Spanish	English
Grievance	Spanish	English
Informed Consent Agreement	Spanish	English
Zip Code List		English
Acronyms		English
Chronic Homeless Definition		Coming Soon
Housing Status Definition		English
Race and Ethnicity		English