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HMIS REPORT CARDS: October 2014 Posted Online

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Our October HMIS Report Cards are posted online at our hmisadmin.com site! If needed, view directions on how to find report cards Please see the new graphs available on all report cards by clicking on the tabs at the top of each report card (see screenshot below). JASON BURNS ,   MCSE  Systems Administrator  HMIS Support Team  hmisadmin.com 410.887.5968   Top FAQ's:   Find HMIS News   *  Find HMIS Report Cards   *   Join HMIS User Forum     

UPDATE: Ask A Question (AAQ) Changes

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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Ask A Question (AAQ) Changes Effective Monday, September 22, 2014, the CDBG, HOME and Environmental Review Ask A Question (AAQ) help desks stopped accepting questions. All other AAQ help desks are continuing operation. Submit questions about HOME program, CDBG program, or Environmental Review directly to your  local HUD field office . Submit Reporting System questions to these AAQ desks: ConPlan: eCon Planning Suite DRGR: Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting System e-snaps Environment Review: HUD Environmental Review Online System Homeless M...

VA Announces $207 million to Help End Veteran Homelessness

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September 30, 2014      ISSUES   |   POLICY   |   SOLUTIONS   |   NEWS & EVENTS Forward Editor: Emanuel Cavallaro Spotlight On... VA Announces $207 million to Help End Veteran Homelessness The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that it would award an additional "surge" of $207 million in funding for a program that serves homeless and at-risk veterans and families. VA had already announced in August that the program, the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program, would receive $300 million to serve 115,000 veterans and their families. The additional $207 million in funding will be distributed among organizations in 56 high-need communities to provide outreach, case management, temporary financial assistance, and assistance in obtaining public benefits to approximately 70,000 homeless and ...

VA Awards SSVF Surge Funding to 56 Communities

VA Awards SSVF Surge Funding to 56 Communities  $207 Million in Supportive Services for Veteran Families Grants The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) is encouraged by today's announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that it has awarded $207 million in grants to nonprofit organizations across the country to assist them in their local push to end veteran homelessness. Today's awards have been directed to 82 programs in 56 communities across the country that the VA has determined have the most acute need for more rapid re-housing and homelessness prevention funding. This funding is part of a "surge" to communities with the highest need to help meet the national goal of ending veteran homelessness by 2015. In conjunction with the hard work of NCHV members and partners in the field, this funding surge will help tens of thousands of vulnerable veterans achieve housin...

Solicitation of Comment for Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool

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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Solicitation of Comment for Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool On Friday, September 26, 2014, HUD published a Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) Notice seeking comment on a draft Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Assessment Tool for CPD entitlement grantees, alone or jointly with PHAs, to complete an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) under the proposed AFFH rule. A draft AFFH Assessment Tool for state grantees will be published at a later date. As part of the rule-making process and adherent to the PRA, the Notice and the Assessment Too...

UPDATE: Ask A Question (AAQ) Changes

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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Ask A Question (AAQ) Changes Effective Monday, September 22, 2014, the CDBG, HOME and Environmental Review Ask A Question (AAQ) help desks stopped accepting questions. All other AAQ help desks are continuing operation. Submit questions about HOME program, CDBG program, or Environmental Review directly to your  local HUD field office . Submit Reporting System questions to these AAQ desks: ConPlan: eCon Planning Suite DRGR: Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting System e-snaps Environment Review: HUD Environmental Review Online System Homeless M...

WebEx Compatibility Test

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Test compatibility w/WebEx prior to your scheduled training/meeting:     1.  Navigate to the link below prior to your scheduled training/meeting. http://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html 2.  Then complete the name/email fields, and click the "Join" button (see screenshot  below).  You may use an anonymous/fake name and email address.  After a few  seconds, you will either connect to a "Test" meeting, or you will be asked to download &  install an extension (minor software) for your browser, which may take 1-2 minutes. ​               

HMIS WEB UPDATE: 2014-09-28

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Please visit our  HMIS Support  website to view several updates, documents, and workflows.   As always, do not hesitate to contact us at Team HMIS either via the  Support Portal  or via phone 443-574-HMIS.  We're always glad to assist!  Thank you!     Jason Burns ,   MCSE Systems Administrator           HMIS Support Team           hmisadmin.com            443.574.HMIS                     Top FAQ's:   Find HMIS Report Cards    *    Find HMIS News   *    Join HMIS User Forums