hmis: A python tool to visualize and analyze HMIS data
Sara Mahar, M. Bellis · The Journal of Open Source Software · 2017
Many organizations that work to combat homelessness receive funds from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).These organizations might be overnight shelters or transitional housing or somewhere in between the Continuum of Care (CoC) provided by these groups.Since 2004, HUD has mandated that groups that receive these funds collect data on the homeless individuals that make use of these services.As such, there is a wealth of data that has been collected all over the country from a variety of organizations.Organizations have some freedom in how they collect and store these data, often making use of 3rd-party software solutions, but the data format is the same everywhere.