HMIS Glossary Of Terms (bitfocus.com)
Homeless Management Information Systems - Implementation Guide - Glossary (hud.gov)
Acronym | Term | Definition |
AHAR | Annual Homeless Assessment Report (LSA) | |
AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome | |
AMI | Area Median Income | |
API | ||
APR | Annual Progress Report | Report that tracks program progress and accomplishments in HUD`s competitive homeless assistance programs. The APR provides the grantee and HUD with information necessary to assess each grantee`s performance. |
ARD | Annual Renewal Demand (for CoC Application) | |
ARP | American Rescue Plan | |
BBB | Block By Block | |
BCP | Basic Center Program | |
Bed | ||
Bed Night | ||
Bed Utilization | An indicator of whether shelter beds are occupied on a particular night or over a period of time. | |
BHS | Bethany House Services | CHO |
CAA | Community Action Agency | |
CAP | Central Access Point | |
CAPER | Consolidated Annual Performance Report | |
CARA | Caracole | |
CBI | Community Bridges, Inc. | |
CCTST | Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training | |
CDBG | Community Development Block Grant (fed to state) | |
CE | Coordinated Entry | |
CES | Coordinated Entry System | |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulation | |
CGM | City Gospel Mission | |
CH | Chronically Homeless | HUD defines a chronically homeless person as an unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition who has either been continuously homeless for a year or more, or has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years. To be considered chronically homeless, persons must have been sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (e.g., living on the streets) and/or in an emergency homeless shelter during that time. |
CHO | Covered Homeless Organization or Contributing HMIS Organization | Any organization (including its employees, volunteers, affiliates, contractors, and associates) that records, uses, or processes data on homeless clients for an HMIS. The requirements of the HMIS Final Notice apply to all Covered Homeless Organizations. |
CILO | Center for Independent Living Options | CHO |
CM | Case Management / Case Manager | |
CMHA | Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority | |
COBRA | Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (Continuation of health coverage) | |
CoC | Continuum of Care | A community with a unified plan to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are homeless as they move to stable housing and maximize self-sufficiency. HUD funds many homeless programs and HMIS implementations through Continuums of Care grants. |
CPD | Community Planning and Development | |
CPS | Child Protective Services | |
CQI | Continuous Quality Import | |
CSV | Comma-Separated Values | |
DAF | Diagnostic Assessment Form | |
Deidentification | The process of removing or altering data in a client record that could be used to identify the person. This technique allows research, training, or other non-clinical applications to use real data without violating client privacy. | |
DIT | Data Import Tool | |
DOB | Date of Birth | |
DV | Domestic Violence | |
EA | Emergency Assistance | |
EFSP | Emergency Financial Services Program | |
E/E | Entry/Exit Shelter | |
EHV | Emergency Housing Voucher | |
ES | Emergency Shelter | |
ESG | Emergency Solutions Grant | A federal grant program designed to help improve the quality of existing emergency shelters for the homeless, to make available additional shelters, to meet the costs of operating shelters, to provide essential social services to homeless individuals, and to help prevent homelessness. |
ESNAP | Electronic Special Needs Assistance Program | |
EX / EXCEL | Excel Development | CHO |
FH / FHIHN | Found House | CHO |
FHP | Family Housing Partnership | |
FMR | Fair Market Rent | |
FSFB | Free Store Food Bank | |
FSPP | Family Shelter Partnership Program | |
FY | Fiscal Year | |
GCBHS | Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services | CHO |
GCF | Greater Cincinnati Foundation | |
GPD | Grant Per Diem | |
HCM | Homeless Case Management | |
HCRP | Homeless Crisis Response Programs (from OH Development Services Agency) | |
HCHV | Health Care for Homeless Veterans | |
HCV | Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) | |
HDGF | Housing Development Gap Financing | |
HDX | Homeless Data Exchange | |
HDX 2 | Homeless Data Exchange 2.0 (for LSA) | |
HIC | Housing Inventory Count | |
HIPP | Homeless Individuals Partnership Program | |
HMIS | Homeless Management Information System | |
HoH | Head of Household | |
HOG | Homeless Outreach Group | |
HOME | Housing Opportunities Made Equal | |
HOPWA | Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS/HIV | |
HP | Homeless Prevention | |
HPRP | Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing | |
HPRR | Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing | |
HSP | Housing Stability Program | |
HTC | Housing Tax Credit | |
HTH | Homeless to Homes | |
HUD | Department of Housing and Urban Development | |
IDIS | Integrated Disbursement and Information System | |
IHN | Interfaith Hospitality Network | |
JFS | Jewish Family Services or Job and Family Services | |
LGS | Large Group Scoring | |
LISC | Local Initiatives Support Corporation | |
LOTH | Length of Time Served in a particular project | |
LOS | Length of Stay | |
LSA | Longitudinal System Analysis | |
LYS / LYFS | Lighthouse Youth Services / Lighthouse Youth and Family Services | CHO |
MHSRB | Mental Health and Recovery Services Board | |
NCR | National Church Residencies | CHO |
NISRE | Nothing Into Something Real Estate | |
NKHD | Northern Kentucky Health Department | |
NKIDHD | Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Dept | |
NOFA | Notice of Funding Availability | An announcement of funding available for a particular program or activity. |
NOFO | Notice of Funding Opportunity | |
NSP | Neighborhood Stabilitization Programs | |
OCD | Office of Community Development | |
ODSA | Ohio Development Services Agency | |
OHFA | Ohio Housing Finance Agency | |
OHTF | Ohio Housing Trust Fund | |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget | |
OPH | Other Permanent Housing | |
OTRCH | Over the Rhine Community Housing | CHO |
OVGI | Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries | CHO |
PATH | Proj. for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness | |
PBRA | Project-Based Rental Assistance | |
Performance Measures | A process that systematically evaluates whether your program’s efforts are making an impact on the clients you are serving. | |
PCL | The Partnership Center LTD | |
PH / PSH | Permanent Housing / Permanent Supportive House | |
PII / PPI | Personal Identifiable Information / Personal Protected Information | |
PIT | Point in Time Count | |
PPI | Personal Protected Information | |
PRA | Permanent Rental Assistance | |
PSH | Permanent Supportive Housing | |
PWA | Persons with AIDS/HIV | |
PWOD | Persons with Other Disorders | |
RHY | Runaway and Homeless Youth | |
RRH | Rapid Rehousing | |
SA or TSA | Salvation Army | CHO |
SAMI | Substance Abuse, Mental Illness | |
SBRA | Sponsor-Based Rental Assistance | |
SD | Shelter Diversion | |
SHP | Supportive Housing Program | |
SHVG | Shelter House Volunteer Group | CHO |
SMI | Severely Mentally Ill | |
SO | Street Outreach | |
SPC | Shelter Plus Care | |
SPM | System Performance Measures | |
SRO | Single Room Occupancy | |
SSO | Supportive Services Only | |
SSVF | Support Services for Veteran Families | |
STEH | Strategies to End Homelessness | |
STRMU | Short Term Rental/Mortgage/Utility Assistance | |
TA | Technical Assistance | |
TAL | Talbert House | CHO |
TANF | Temporary Assisstance for Needy Families | |
TBRA | Tenant-Based Rental Assistance | |
TGGH | Tom Geiger Guest House | |
TH | Talbert House or Transitional Housing | |
THLP | Transitional Housing Leasing Pool | |
TLP | Transitional Living Program | |
TM | Tender Mercies | CHO |
UFA | United Funding Agency | |
VA | Veteran's Administration | CHO |
VASH | VA Supportive Housing | |
VAWA | Voilence Against Women Act | |
VESTA | Virtual Electronic Services Tracking Assistance (HMIS) | |
VI-SPDAT | Vulnerability Index - Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool | |
VOA | Volunteer of America | CHO |
YDST | Youth Dedicated Service Team | |
YHDP | Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project | |
YOP | Youth Outreach Program | |
YWCA | Young Women's Christian Association | CHO |