Monday, February 27, 2006

New Home for "Homeless Management"

HUD's "Homeless Management Information Systems" project for tracking homeless individuals through service programs has its own new Web site. [MORE: They've also set up a Google Groups discussion list for technical aspects of the program. Looks like posting is by membership only but material that is posted is public.][YET MORE: The HMIS folks further note that the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization passed in January with new protections against the disclosure of data to the HMIS system by "domestic violence providers." By which they appear to mean battered women's shelters.]
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