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County staff brief Board on Metro data‑sharing agreement for supportive housing services; quarterly, de‑identified HMIS data to be provided
Summary
Washington County housing staff on March 18 described a new technical agreement with Metro to provide quarterly, de‑identified HMIS data to support evaluation of regionally funded supportive housing services.
Washington County Department of Housing Services staff on March 18 briefed the Board of Commissioners on a regional data‑sharing agreement with Metro to provide de‑identified Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data for the Supportive Housing Services (SHS) program.
The agreement implements language in the SHS intergovernmental agreement among the three counties and Metro (the IGA was referenced as signed in January 2022) and defines the technical mechanism by which Washington County will send a quarterly, de‑identified dataset of 84 elements to Metro for regional analysis and program evaluation. Jess Larson, assistant director of the Department of Housing Services, said the submission will include household characteristics (age, race/ethnicity, disability), program enrollment and outcomes, and SHS‑specific elements in addition to HUD universal data elements.
Why it matters: the regional dataset is intended to let Metro and the…
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