Online Program

284797
Homelessness analytics initiative—a web-based community planning tool for preventing and ending homelessness


Tuesday, November 5, 2013 : 8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.

Thomas Byrne, PhD, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Kenneth Steif, MUSA, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Vincent Kane, MSW, National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Philadelphia, PA
Dennis Culhane, PhD, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, Philadelphia, PA
Jamison D. Fargo, PhD, MS, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, Philadelphia, PA
Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Ph.D., MPA, MSSW, U.S Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, Philadelphia, PA
Ellen Munley, PhD, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, Philadelphia, PA
This presentation will describe the development, implementation and key features of the Homelessness Analytics Initiative (HAI), which is a web-based community planning tool set to be launched in early 2013 and developed through a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Through the use of a map-based interface, the HAI is intended to provide users with access to national, state, and local information about homelessness among the general population, homelessness among veterans, risk and protective factors for homelessness, services and resources. The aim of the HAI is to empower communities, organizations and individuals with critical information on trends in homelessness, factors related to homelessness, and services in place to prevent and intervene in situations of homelessness. Additionally, the HAI will enable the VA and HUD, to plan and allocate resources, and effectively coordinate efforts to address homelessness, by linking and leveraging data held by these two federal partners, and by creating links with other national-, state-, and community-level data sources. The presentation will demonstrate the key tools included in the HAI and describe how it can be used as an effective resource for achieving the key goals that have been outlined both by the VA, and in Opening Doors, the Federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness.

Learning Areas:

Administration, management, leadership
Program planning

Learning Objectives:
Describe the development and implementation of the Homelessness Analytics Initiative (HAI) Demonstrate the key tools in the (HAI)

Keyword(s): Community Planning, Homelessness

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the lead or co-author on several peer reviewed articles in the area of homelessness. My interests also extend to the use of web-based, community planning tools that make a wide array of data readily available for users.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.