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New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency
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HMIS Background
In 2002 Congress directed HUD to work with local communities throughout the nation to collect homeless data to better understand the scope of homelessness and to evaluate the effectiveness of the HUD McKinney Vento Act programs. To do this, HUD required every Continuum of Care (CoC) jurisdiction that receives HUD Homeless Assistance funding to collect unduplicated, client-level data by September 2004. The intent of Congress and HUD in creating these HMIS requirements is twofold:
About NJ HMIS
The NJ HMIS Collaborative was established in 2003 to collect data on homelessness throughout the participating counties to guide local and state planning efforts to reduce and end homelessness. NJHMFA spearheaded the collaborative to improve cost efficiencies statewide and to standardize the quality and format of data collected.
The New Jersey Statewide Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) application is designed to collaborate between state agencies and local communities on colleting number of homeless persons, their characteristics, and the services utilized to better understand the extent and nature of homelessness.
The state agencies are New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA), the New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS), the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and 15 Continuum of Care (CoC) local homeless planning communities.
What NJ HMIS Offers:
Catherine Brewster
Director|HMIS Division
O: 609-278-7567
C: 609-575-5515
cbrewster@njhmfa.gov
Cinthia Gonzalez
HMIS Project Manager | HMIS Division
Office: 609.278.7511
Cell: 609-218-9622
cgonzalez@njhmfa.gov
Jaclyn Robinson
HMIS Technical Assistant/Trainer | HMIS Division
Office: 609-278-7542
jrobinson@njhmfa.gov
HMIS Trainings
TBD |
2023 Advisory Council Dates
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
TBD |
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