Homelessness Planning Council approves updated HMIS policies, user agreements

The Homelessness Planning Council voted to approve revisions to the HMIS policies and procedures manual and three attached agreements after a presentation by the HMIS Oversight and Data Committee, moving more responsibility for user vetting to participating agencies and adding explicit provisions about background checks and security violations.

Shanley Degnan, chair of the HMIS Oversight and Data Committee, summarized the recommended changes, saying the revisions largely reflect the current scale of HMIS participation and “shift in responsibility” for training and vetting to participating agencies. Degnan described three attached documents that will accompany the manual: an end‑user agreement, a primary point‑of‑contact agreement and a participating‑agency…