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Using Data: Mining the HMIS
Treasure Chest
Tracy D’Alanno
Colorado Dept. of Human Services
[email protected]
Data Applications and Uses
Measuring and evaluating outcomes for
State Policy Academy Plans
Measuring and evaluating outcomes for
City/County Ten Year Plans on Ending
Homelessness
Now that you have all this data – What do
YOU want to know?
State Policy Academy Plan
Measuring increased access to Mainstream
Services.
Crosstabs – 2005 Homeless Persons with Severe Mental Illness and SSI Benefits
18-22mental illness * 24-14SSI Crosstabulation
18-22mental
illness
yes
Count
% within
18-22mental illness
24-14SSI
no
yes
591
75
Total
666
88.7%
100.0%
11.3%
Crosstabs – 2006 Homeless Persons with Severe Mental Illness and SSI Benefits
mental illness * SSI Crosstabulation
SSI
yes
mental
illness
yes
Count
% within mental illness
96
18.9%
no
413
81.1%
Total
509
100.0%
State Policy Academy Plan
Measuring increased access to Mainstream Services.
2005 Homeless Families Receiving Food Stamps
Family with Children * food stamps Crosstabulation
Family with Children
Family with Children
Count
% within Family
with Children
food stamps
yes
no
522
1096
Total
1618
32.3%
67.7%
100.0%
24-8food stamps
no
yes
1189
792
Total
1981
2006 Homeless Families Receiving Food Stamps
Family with Children * 24-8food stamps Crosstabulation
Family with Children
Family with children
Count
% within Family
with Children
60.0%
40.0%
100.0%
State Policy Academy Plan
Measuring increased access to Mainstream Services.
2005 Homeless Families Receiving TANF
Family with Children * 24-13TANF Crosstabulation
Family with Children
Family with children
Count
% within Family
with Children
24-13TANF
no
yes
1566
415
Total
1981
79.1%
100.0%
20.9%
2006 Homeless Families Receiving TANF
Family with Children * TANF Crosstabulation
TANF
Family with Children
Family with Children
Count
% within Family
with Children
yes
423
no
1195
Total
1618
26.1%
73.9%
100.0%
City Ten Year Plans
Denver
Currently working with the City of Denver to help
define and set up a process for ongoing outcome
evaluations for their ten year plan.
Monitoring Outcomes – To determine results of
funding provided to agencies for increased
services and housing.
Outcome measures – Over time is progress being
made?
Performance evaluation – comparing actual
outcomes with desired outcomes.
Review of Denver Grid and process used.
What Do You Want to Know?
Beyond the AHAR and APR
Who are YOU?
Single program information
Large agency with many programs
Multi-county COC
City/County information
Statewide information
Data analysis can be done to meet your
specific questions.
What Do You Want to Know?
Beyond the AHAR and APR
Issues to consider:
Privacy and confidentiality
Access to raw data or defined consistent reports
Communication and collaboration with system
administrators
Data warehousing or cross system analysis
You can only get out, what is put in
What Do You Want to Know?
Beyond the AHAR and APR
Risk Factors?
Homelessness among youth exiting foster care
Incarceration
Social Service Use and Costs?
Impacts of Homelessness on Welfare
System, Hospitals, Jails, Prisons,
Institutions?
Effective interventions?
Types of Outcomes
Client level
Length of housing stability
Initial household income and annually
Reasons for exit/discharge
System Level
Decreased number of homeless persons
Increased system capacity
Average length of stay, repeat episodes
Chronic homelessness
Discharge from institutions
Types of Outcomes
Contract Performance
Units/types of service
Length of stay
Exit Type
Population Mix
Policy Level
Service utilization – Cross system analysis
Cost benefit analysis – Compare costs of sheltered
versus housed
Comparison of program types – housing first versus
transitional housing
Data As A Treasure Chest
Data is a tool we can
use to win the war
against homelessness.
Use it to develop more
resources
Use it to better inform
public policy
Use it improve
program performance