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One of the privacy issues in HIFIS 4 has been reporting. You could set up your user rights templates to be as limited as you wanted, but when it cam…Read more
It's almost universally agreed that family stays in HIFIS 4 are a little problematic, especially if you compare family stays in HIFIS 4 to HIFIS 3.
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As of April 1, 2022, Ontario communities now have new funding requirements through the HPP program. There's a lot to take in here, so many communiti…Read more
Now that HIFIS version 4.0.59 is out and has been widely adopted, several communities have come to me asking for customized By-Name Lists (or Priori…Read more
Occasionally, I get asked by someone what is the average length of stay for families (as opposed to singles) in their shelter system. On the surface…Read more
At ACRE Consulting, one of the things we do a lot of is writing reports. We see a lot of different request for reports which vary in complexity from…Read more
Feb 16, 2023
What's the difference between the Unique Identifier List and the Coordinated Access module?
Communities are often confused about the Unique Identifier List (UIL) which is found in the HIFIS Reports section of the Report Manager, and the Coor…Read more
For Reaching Home Designated Communities, a major task is to utilize HIFIS to manage client-level data and use it for Coordinated Access.
One of th…Read more
This blog post is part of a series about Reaching Home HIFIS requirements:
Reaching Home: Including the right clients
Reaching Home: Collecting th…Read more
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