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How PIT Location Data Protects Unsheltered Neighbors
Outreach workers understand better than anyone that where can change everything. Where someone sleeps when a storm rolls in. Where a heat wave hits hardest. Where a crisis erupts when there are only a few hours to act. For unsheltered neigh...
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Selecting a New HMIS Software: Steps to Find the Right Vendor
Choosing a homeless management information system (HMIS) vendor that has a strong reputation for innovation and customer support will be tremendously ...
Whole Person Care and Its Importance to Case Management
Many of the most vulnerable among us live without stable access to housing. Lacking the security of shelter and home is the center from which many oth...
Going Beyond the VI-SPDAT: Using Clarity to Create a Custom Assessment
In late 2020, OrgCode announced that it would be phasing out the VI-SPDAT. Over time, the prominent usage of the VI-SPDAT as an assessment tool has be...
Going Beyond the VI-SPDAT: Rolling Out a New Assessment
In late 2020, OrgCode announced that it would be phasing out the VI-SPDAT. Over time, the prominent usage of the VI-SPDAT as an assessment tool has be...
Going Beyond the VI-SPDAT: Developing a New Assessment
In late 2020, OrgCode announced that it would be phasing out the VI-SPDAT. Over time, the prominent usage of the VI-SPDAT as an assessment tool has be...
Going Beyond the VI-SPDAT: Deficiencies of the VI-SPDAT
In late 2020, OrgCode announced that it would be phasing out the VI-SPDAT. Over time, the prominent usage of the VI-SPDAT as an assessment tool has be...
HMIS Features to Humanize Your Case Management Intake Workflows
The role of a case manager is demanding and exhilarating alike. When completing client intake, assessment, referrals, and other case management tasks,...
From Outreach to Intake: Creating an End-to-End Solution for Coordinated Entry
Continuum of Care (CoC) providers face multiple challenges when it comes to addressing homelessness, but there’s one overarching: They don’t have enou...
Bitfocus COO Jeff Ugai Appears on Grow For Good™ Podcast
Even in 2020, not everyone understands the full scope of homelessness: what it means to be homeless, the factors that cause it, and the measures commu...
Remote Work: a Benefit to Companies and Employees
For decades, white-collar employees have labored under the glare of fluorescent bulbs in cubicle farms dreaming of corner office windows from which th...
Use Data to Improve Efforts: Strategy 3 of the HUD SNAPS Initiative
If you’re just joining us, this is the fourth article of a four-part series covering the new HUD SNAPS initiative strategies. We’re discussing what it...
Gather Reliable Data: Strategy 2 of the HUD SNAPS Initiative
If you’re just joining us, this is the third article of a four-part series covering the new HUD SNAPS initiative strategies. We’re discussing what it ...
Develop Community Capability: Strategy 1 of the HUD SNAPS Initiative
If you’re just joining us, this is the second article of a four-part series going into the HUD SNAPS initiative strategies. We’re discussing what it l...
What You Need to Know About the HUD SNAPS Initiative
— And How Bitfocus Can Help. This is the first article of a four-part series going into the most recent HUD SNAPS initiative strategies and what it lo...
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