HUD Advanced Uses of Homeless Data Meeting

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HUD Advanced Uses of Homeless Data Meeting

• John A. Pandani, Ph.D.,
• Research and Statistics Chief, Vermont
  Department of Mental Health
• President, The Bristol Observatory
• Brian M. Smith
• Vermont Department of Mental Health, Housing
  Program Administrator
• Balance of State CoC Quality Management Council
  Member

HUD Advanced Uses of Homeless Data Meeting July
27-28, 2009
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Community Information

• Geography Vermont CoC
• Point in Time Count 1,58712
• Population 621,254
• The Vermont CoC includes Chittenden County SMSA
  and 10 local CoCs joined under the Balance of
  State CoC.

HUD Advanced Uses of Homeless Data Meeting July
27-28, 2009
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Overview

• Cross Data Set Analysis
• ER Utilization by Homeless Others
• Probabilistic Population Estimation
• Homelessness Among Veterans Others with
  Outpatient MH/SA Services
• Homeless with Previous State Custody
• Cross State Comparison

HUD Advanced Uses of Homeless Data Meeting July
27-28, 2009
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ER MH/SA Services to Homeless Others
Data from 2007 VT Uniform Hospital Discharge
Database 2007 2008 PIT
Databases
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ER Physical Health Services to Homeless and
Others
Data from 2007 VT Uniform Hospital Discharge
Database 2007 2008 PIT Databases
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Probabilistic Population Estimation (PPE)
This equation counts the number of birth dates
to estimate the number of unduplicated people.
HUD Advanced Uses of Homeless Data Meeting July
27-28, 2009
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Probabilistic Population Estimates
for Specified Numbers of Birth Dates Within a
Given Year
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Caseload Overlap
(A ? B) A B (A ? B)
HUD Advanced Uses of Homeless Data Meeting July
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Homeless Veterans Others with MH/SA Services
Data from 2008 VT DMH VT VA Databases 2008 VT
CoC and PIT Databases
HUD Advanced Homeless Data Users Meeting July
27-28, 2009
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Homeless with Previous State Custody
Data from 2000-2007 VT DCF Databases 2008 VT CoC
and PIT Databases
HUD Advanced Uses of Homeless Data Meeting July
27-28, 2009
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Homeless Adults with MH/SA Services in VT and NH
Data from VT NH HMIS and CMH Databases
HUD Advanced Uses of Homeless Data Meeting July
27-28, 2009
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Summary or Next Steps

• Regional Comparisons within State
• Cross State Comparisons
• Change Over Time
• Other Precursors to Homelessness
• Continued Wide-spread Dissemination of Findings

HUD Advanced Uses of Homeless Data Meeting July
27-28, 2009
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Credits

• Thanks to
• Vermont Interagency Council
• to End Homelessness
• Data Managers
• from Homeless
• other Service Sectors
• VT MH Research and Statistics Group
• Barbara Carroll, Brennan Martin Walter Ochs

HUD Advanced Homeless Data Users Meeting July
27-28, 2009