United Way of Southern Nevada teams with Bitfocus, Inc. to provide Reporting and Service Tracking of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) through the Nevada statewide HMIS system.

Bitfocus, Inc. is assisting with the development of process flow, report design, agency training and system function  to provide the necessary reporting and analytics for the EFSP program.

For more information on the National EFSP program, please visit:

http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/

Bitfocus Founder, President, and NHSDC member Robert Herdzik will be attending the NHSDC Spring Conference being held in Nashville, Tennessee on April 29th and 30th.  The focus of the Spring conference is “On the Horizon: Expanding the Uses of Human Services Data Systems”.

About NHSDC

The National Human Services Data Consortium (NHSDC) is the membership organization focused on developing effective leadership for the best use of information technology to manage human services.

NHSDC provides information, assistance, peer to peer education and lifelong learning to its membership and other interested parties in the articulation, planning, implementation and continuous operation of technology initiatives to collect, aggregate, analyze and present information regarding the provision of human services.

NHSDC Initiatives

In 2009 NHSDC launched the following six leadership initiatives:

• Community Advocacy Regarding Homelessness and Housing
• Public Policy Advocacy
• Homeless Management Information Systems
• Data Interoperability
• Healthcare
• Disaster Services