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Data Dive
Jul 11, 2019
Family Stays in HIFIS 4
🛏️Shelter🔟Data Dive📈Reporting
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. …Read more
Jul 24, 2020
Data Dive: Average Length of Stay for Families
🛏️Shelter🔟Data Dive📈Reporting
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
Jun 5, 2020
Let's talk about Chronic Homelessness
🔟Data Dive
Let me ask a question: how do you calculate chronic homelessness? We know that the federal definition is 6 months in the past year or 18 months in t…Read more
Sep 1, 2023
Bed-Nights Happen At Midnight
🛏️Shelter🔟Data Dive
From time to time, people ask me about how a report handles bed-nights. Unless otherwise specified, a bed-night is counted if a client is booked in …Read more