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Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is a class of database applications used to confidentially aggregate data on homeless populations served in the United States. Such software applications record and store client-level information on the characteristics and service needs of homeless persons.
About 1.59 million people were homeless in emergency shelters or transitional housing at some point during the year between October 1, 2009, and September 30, 2010. The nation's sheltered homeless population over a year's time included approximately 1,092,600 individuals (68 percent) and 516,700 persons in families (32 percent).
The Point-in-Time Count, or PIT Count, is an annual survey of homeless people in the United States conducted by local agencies called Continuums of Care (CoCs) on behalf of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). [1]
(The Center Square) - Newly released federal data says California’s homeless population grew to 187,084 at the start of 2024, up from 181,399 in 2023, raising questions about the efficacy of the ...
A website meant to make L.A. city's homelessness programs more transparent is 'not user-friendly,' plaintiffs in a lawsuit told the judge who ordered the city to post its invoices.
In 2017, The Guardian published the findings of an 18-month investigation, obtaining data from 16 cities with homeless relocation programs. [1] The cities themselves were able to offer almost no information about the long-term outcomes for bus ticket recipients after they had reached their destinations, making it difficult to assess the success of those programs.
An early Hobo News front page. Although the modern street newspaper began with the 1989 publication of Street News in New York City, [1] [2] and the Street Sheet in San Francisco, 1989, newspapers sold by the poor and homeless to generate income and to bring attention to social problems date back to the late 19th century; journalism scholar Norma Fay Green has cited The War Cry, created by the ...
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