2023 June Release Notes - greenriver/hmis-warehouse GitHub Wiki

Scorecard Updates

  • % of clients who increased income through employment: Combined Leavers and Stayers into a single metric.
  • % of clients who increased non-earned income: Combined Leavers and Stayers into a single metric.
  • Type of housing project proposal; RRH, PSH, Joint TH-RRH: Moved to top of section “Alignment with CoC/HUD Policy Priorities”.
  • Invoicing- submit invoices- on time, with all back up materials, and for eligible activities: Divided metric into "Invoice Timeliness" and "Invoice Accuracy"
    • Added Scoring for Invoice Timeliness
      • 3 pts: Invoices regularly submitted on time
      • 2 pts: Invoices submitted usually on time
      • 1 pt: Invoices submitted quarterly or less frequently than monthly
    • Added Scoring for Invoice Accuracy
      • 3 pts: Invoices regularly complete and accurate
      • 2 pts: Invoices occasionally contain a few errors
      • 1 pt: Invoices frequently contain errors that require correction
  • Project utilization rate from current project operating year: Moved to the last question in the “Project Performance” section.
  • Time to Lease Up; Average days from project enrollment date to move-in date: Added "0pts: Over 180 days, or less than 1 day" to Time to Lease Up.
  • Project Returns: Updated points:
    • 6 points 0 - 5%
    • 3 points > 5 - 10%
    • 0 points > 10%
  • Project Score:
    • Project Performance: Added 6 Points from Project Utilization.
    • Project Financial Performance: Removed 6 points from Type of Housing and 6 points from project utilization.
    • Alignment with CoC/HUD: Added 6 points from Type of Housing.

CAS Updates

  • HAT Assessment: Fixed auto-population of question A6.

  • Chronic Status: Allow option for client's chronic status to be determined from start of CE enrollment.

  • Site Configuration: Added Site Configuration “Date after which a self-report certification is required”, which only displays if Boston Pathways is selected under “Which method should be used to set CAS values”. Any date after the selected date will trigger the requirement. If the set date has passed and no certification has been uploaded, additional days homeless are capped at 548. The lookback for certification is limited to one year from the current date.

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CoC Performance Measurement Dashboard Updates

  • Configurator:
    • Active Checkmark - Added function to mark a set of goals as active. Only one goal is Active per CoC. Others will default to inactive.
    • Label - Added a field to include a label to a set of goals at a CoC. If a label is not added, it will default to the CoC name.
    • New report runs will keep goals that were active at the time of the run.
  • Brief - Length of Time Homeless: Separated goals for the Length of Time Homeless measures ES, SH, and TH and Length of Time Homeless in ES, SH, TH, and PH.
  • Non-Recurring - Destination: Separated goals for each Destination breakdown SO; ES, SH, TH, RRH, PH; and RRH or PH.
  • Non-Recurring - Return to Homelessness:
    • Added 12 Month Return to Homelessness.
    • Separated goals for the 12 Month return to homelessness.

Cohort Updates

  • Cohort Search: Expanded search option on cohort to include search by Client ID. The results will display the list of cohorts which include the client.

  • Tabs: Cohorts can now have multiple, custom tabs that populate from data-driven calculations. (Custom tabs and calculations are added directly to the database currently, but tabs can be generated based on values from most cohort columns.)

  • Cohort Tab Header: Added number of clients next to each tab header (Active Clients, Housed, Ineligible, Inactive, Removed).

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  • Cohort Details: Exposed Required Permission and SQL Query on Edit screen.

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  • Columns: Added a new column “Transfer V3 Assessment Date” which is the date a client received a Transfer assessment.

  • Add Clients: Fixed issue causing slow response when adding clients active within a date range.

  • Client Dashboard: Updated the list of cohorts on a client profile to include cohorts where the client is inactive. The display now includes Active and Recent Homeless Activity columns.

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Demographic Summary Report

A new report that includes summary data for client demographics with general outcome and recidivism. Results include:

  • Adults Gender
  • Children Gender
  • Age Breakdowns
  • Gender Breakdowns
  • Gender Age Breakdowns
  • Race Breakdowns
  • Household Types
  • Chronic at Entry
  • High Acuity
  • Unsheltered and Active in Street Outreach
  • Newly Entering Homelessness
  • Outcomes

HMIS Data Quality Tool Updates

  • Universe Selection: Fixed limited visibility of CoC selection on picker.
  • Results: Removed closed projects from the report that have no open enrollments and no open inventory.
  • Download: Added PDF and XLSX download option.