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Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS)
Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) are used to record client information that is shared among homeless and near homeless service providers, in order to increase efficiencies and better meet client needs. The Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) is home to NW Social Service Connections (NWSSC), an administrative entity that governs HMIS for a multi-agency Continuum of Care. The NWSSC HMIS is a Client Information System (CIS) that provides standardized assessment of a client’s needs, creates individualized service plans and records the use of housing and services. Communities use this information to determine how services are being utilized, identify gaps in the local service continuum and develop outcome measurements.
Policies & Procedures
Find policies, procedures, agreements and privacy notices
- Privacy Notice (10/2017)
- Notice to Clients of Uses & Disclosures Full (10/2017)
- Notice to Clients of Uses & Disclosures Full - Vietnamese (10/2017)
- Notice to Clients of Uses & Disclosures Full - Spanish (10/2017)
- Notice to Clients of Uses & Disclosures Full - Russian (10/2017)
- User Agreement
- NWSSC Policies & Procedures
- AHFE Community Data Standards
- AHFE Data Quality Plan
- AHFE Data Expectations & Exceptions
- Data Sharing List of Providers All Multnomah (08/14/2017)
- Agency Data Sharing Agreement (06/10/2015)
- Agency Data Sharing Agreement Addendum (06/10/2015)
- CMIS/HMIS & HIPAA
- Agency Agreement
- Business Associates Agreement
- HIPAA Security Agreement
- Remote Access Policy
- Remote Access Agreement
NW Social Service Connections (NWSSC) Guides & Helpsheets
Training tools and programs handouts
- 2017 Workflow changes for Pre-Housing Providers (10/1/2017)
- HMIS and HIPAA
- FAQ - Intra-Agency Visibility (12/2017)
- 2017 Changes are Coming (10/2017)
- FAQs - Release of Information (09/2017)
- How to Transact Multiple Services in a Single Record (02/2018)
- Data Sharing in Multnomah County (7/2015)
- How to Complete the HUD Verifications (12/2017)
- How To Create Referrals for BNL and CA (08/2017)
- How to Transact an ROI (07/2017)
- How to Transact Interim and Annual Reviews, and Follow-Ups (01/2018)
- PKI installation Instructions (11/2016)
- Privacy and Security Training (07/2015)
- Veteran By Name List (06/2017)
Multnomah County Resources
- Client Consent Form – English (10/1/2017)
- Client Consent Form – Spanish (10/1/2017)
- Client Consent Form – Vietnamese (10/1/2017)
- Client Consent Form – Russian (10/1/2017)
- Client Consent Revocation (06/10/2015)
- Verification of Chronic Homelessness Documentation (05/20/2016)
- General Project Entry [501/AHFE] (11/01/2016)
- Veteran By Name List Registry - [501/AHFE] (11/01/2016)
- Veteran Registry Data Sharing Participating Agency List (12/19/2017)
- Veteran Affairs Request and Authorization to Release HMIS Information
HUD Guidance
Data standards notices from HUD
VA Guidance
Find guidance for collecting and working with data regarding the homeless veteran population
Links to Other Oregon HMIS
Find information and data prepared by other Oregon service providers