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New statewide homelessness dashboard shows inflow exceeds outflow; officials cite shelter capacity shortfalls
Summary
The Office of Homeless Services unveiled a public dashboard tracking homeless system inflow/outflow, shelter bed availability and system performance. The dashboard shows more people entering homelessness than exiting and highlights a continued need for shelter capacity and services.
Wayne Niederhauser, Utah’s state homeless coordinator, presented a new public dashboard developed under a 2025 statutory requirement (citing the provision in the meeting as 35A‑16‑208). The dashboard uses data from the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and visualizes inflow, outflow, shelter capacity, and other system performance measures.
Niederhauser gave committee members a brief navigation tutorial and emphasized that the dashboard tracks cases that are entered into HMIS only. He described the concept of “functional zero” — when exits from homelessness exceed entries — and noted a number of U.S. jurisdictions have…
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