Continuum of Care News

Veteran homelessness in the U.S. continues to decline according to a new national estimate announced today by HUD Secretary Ben Carson. HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) finds the total number of reported veterans experiencing homelessness in 2018 decreased 5.4 percent since last year, falling to nearly half of the number of homeless veterans reported in 2010. In announcing the latest annual estimate, HUD Secretary Ben Carson and U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie noted that local communities are reporting reductions in the number of veterans in their shelter systems and on their streets. View local estimates of veteran homelessness . “We owe it to our veterans to make certain they have a place to call home,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. “We’ve made great strides in our efforts to end veteran homelessness, but we still have a lot of work to do to ensure those who wore our nation’s uniform have access to stable housing.” “The re...

LSA Export Update We have resolved the issue with LSA exports.  We have verified that LSA exports marked "pending" or "scheduled" have automatically restarted on their own and will either result in "Completed" or "Error" due to provider or bed and unit inventory data quality errors. Please contact your Tech Support Representative if you have further questions. Copyright © 2018 Wellsky. All Rights Reserved. 11711 W. 79th St, Lenexa, KS 66214

This webinar highlights key changes between the LSA and the retired Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR). New HUD Export: LSA Bed Inventory Requirements November 8 at 11 am Eastern / 8 am Pacific Join us for an important training session in which we will review how WellSky's export tool will equip you to submit HUD's new Longitudinal Systems Analysis (LSA). The final parameters of the LSA are still under review at HUD, but WellSky will share our new export tool with you in advance of this training session. Look for an announcement on or shortly after October 31 when the tool is ready. We want to ensure you are fully prepared well before the official submission deadline of November 28, 2018. Under the new requirement, each Continuum of Care (CoC) will submit a single zip file containing 10 CSV files. Any data errors must be corrected in the source HMIS and...

The latest veteran homelessness news, resources, and funding opportunities NCHV is ending homelessness among veterans by shaping public policy, promoting collaboration, and building the capacity of service providers 2018 HUD Estimate Shows 5.4 Percent Decrease in Number of Homeless Veterans The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released the veteran numbers from the 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), revealing a 5.4 percent decrease in veteran homelessness since 2017. On a given night in the United States, 37,878 veterans are experiencing homelessness compared to 40,020 in 2017. Of those 38,878, 23,312 veterans were found in sheltered settings (5.6 percent decrease since 2017) while volunteers counted 14,566 veterans living in places not meant for human habitation (5.0 percent ...

Our Latest Brief Offers a Data Dive into Youth Experiencing Homelessness in America    In the fifth brief of our Homelessness in America series, we focus on unaccompanied youth and young adults.   Learn about the data available on this vulnerable population in order to drive progress and end homelessness. Read the brief.  Meet Our New Policy Director, Susan Pourciau! Susan hails from Tallahassee, where she lead a coalition on homelessness in the Big Bend region of Florida. Susan's extensive work in the homelessness sector also includes her most recent post as chief f...

ServicePoint 5.12.65 is now available. This release includes the following items: New required field added in Provider Admin for Bed and Unit Inventory Records - "Information Date" Release of LSA Export Removed AHAR Report Change to logic for Q22c in CoC APR 2018 Changes to SSVF Export Updated Sorting of Reports Screen Release notes can be found in the Libraries area of the WellSky Customer Community. Please contact your Tech Support Representative, formerly called Customer Care Analyst if you have any questions. Copyright © 2018 Wellsky. All Rights Reserved. 11711 W. 79th St, Lenexa, KS 66214

As of today, October 31, 2018 , communities can now submit their Longitudinal Systems Analysis (LSA) data for official use in the 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress via the new Homelessness Data Exchange, Version 2.0 (HDX 2.0) . HUD has also released a new resource to support Continuums of Care (CoCs) in this process: An Introductory Guide to Submitting Longitudinal Systems Analysis Data for the AHAR . This comprehensive guidebook describes the LSA data submission requirements and reviews the data submission process via the HDX 2.0. Upcoming Test Deadline: CoCs should plan to log into the HDX 2.0 and complete a test LSA upload by  November 9, 2018 . If the upload fails due to fatal errors, CoCs should immediately begin working with their vendor to resolve formatting or programming issues with the file export. A summary of the anticipated 2018 LSA submission cycle’s schedule is below: As a reminder, all community resources and guidance ...