Racial Equity
True or False: The racial wealth gap contributes to higher rates of homelessness among people of color
True
True or False: The data you collect could impact how Congress decides to fund homeless services programs
True
In order to see big changes in client outcomes, you'll ____ have to make sweeping system-wide process changes.
A. Only sometimes
B. Always
C. Never
A. Only sometimes
True or false: If the data available to you isn’t comprehensive and complete, your community shouldn’t begin the process to become data-informed.
False
True or False? In many places in the US, an individual working in a minimum wage job would have to work over 80 hours per week to afford a one-bedroom apartment
True
True or False: Workplace discrimination is a significant driver of homelessness
True
When documenting a client's gender you should:
A. Infer the client's gender based on their personal appearance and voice
B. Ask each client to identify their gender
C. Always document the gender that matches their biological sex
B. Ask each client to identify their gender
When collecting and analyzing data it's most important to focus on:
A. Utilization of funding
B. Housing outcomes for clients
C. Contacts made with new clients
B. Housing outcomes for clients
Which tool is useful to identify racial disparities in your system?
A. HUD Race Equity Tool
B. AHAR Part 2
C. NAEH State of Homelessness
A. HUD Race Equity Tool
Which systems contribute to the racial inequities in homelessness? (Select all that apply)
A. Criminal Justice
B. Healthcare
C. Housing markets
A. Criminal justice
B. Healthcare
C. Housing markets
What are the results of unequal healthcare access among people of color? (Select all that apply)
A. Medical debt
B. Chronic illnesses
C. Increased mortality rates
A. Medical debt
B. Chronic illnesses
C. Increased mortality rates
What might happen if you don’t record a client’s disability in HMIS? (Select all that apply.)
A. They might lose out on housing options
B. They might lose out on services targeted to persons with disabilities
C. Your organization won’t have an accurate count of how many people with disabilities you’re serving
A. They might lose out on housing options
B. They might lose out on services targeted to persons with disabilities
C. Your organization won’t have an accurate count of how many people with disabilities you’re serving
When front line staff value and use data, they may . . . (Select all that apply.)
A. Better understand how their work impacts outcomes for clients
B. Come up with ideas for improving your organization’s work
C. Become leaders in promoting a data-emphasized culture
A. Better understand how their work impacts outcomes for clients
B. Come up with ideas for improving your organization’s work
C. Become leaders in promoting a data-emphasized culture
Why should your community’s data quality plan be unique? (Select all that apply.)
A. Formulating one is a great opportunity to collaborate across your community.
B. Your community’s programs need unique goals based on their starting points.
C. HUD requires that each community’s plan be unique.
A. Formulating one is a great opportunity to collaborate across your community.
B. Your community’s programs need unique goals based on their starting points.
In 2022, a count of people experiencing homelessness resulted in a total roughly half a million nationwide. But that number isn't complete; why is that?
A. It's hard to count people living in cars or couch surfing
B. That number doesn't include people staying in shelters
C. Only large cities contribute to this count
A. It's hard to count people who are living in cars or couch surfing
What discriminatory practice, now illegal, restricted people of color from owning homes?
A. Gentrification
B. Structural inequality
C. Redlining
C. Redlining
Deploying cultural humility means:
A. Making generalizations about others’ cultures
B. Questioning your own assumptions and reactions
C. Learning everything about others’ cultures
B. Questioning your own assumptions and reactions
One or more staff members should be tasked with managing data quality assurance. Which one of the following is the best overall description of this role?
A. Monitor HMIS data for quality standards and work with leadership to fix any issues
B. Report deviations from data quality standards directly to HUD and possibly to funders
C. Reinterview long-term clients to fill in gaps in their HMIS records
A. Monitor HMIS data for quality standards and work with leadership to fix any issues
Suppose that your quantitative data seems to contradict what you’re hearing from clients and employees in your system. What should you do?
A. Disregard the quantitative findings
B. Disregard the feedback from clients and employees
C. Use the feedback to examine your data to achieve a deeper understanding
C. Use the feedback to examine your data to achieve a deeper understanding
Rates of homelessness are highest in which of the following areas of the US?
A. Where rates of mental illness are highest
B. Where housing costs are highest
C. Where rates of poverty are highest
B. Where housing costs are highest
The systemic denial of various resources, rights, and opportunities to communities of color is known as:
A. Structural engineering
B. Cultural competency
C. Systemic racism
C. Systemic racism
Which of the following represents inconsistent data entry?
A. Asking a client to spell their name, even if it is a fairly common name
B. Asking some clients "when did you become homeless?" and asking others "when was your first night on the street?"
C. Making your client feel welcome and safe before you start asking questions
B. Asking some clients "when did you become homeless?" and asking others "when was your first night on the street?"
Which one of the following is NOT a success metric that measures positive outcomes for clients?
A. Percent of clients who are placed in permanent housing
B. Returns to homelessness
C. Number of people served by your organization
C. Number of people served by your organization
In a targeted universalism approach
A. You set universal goals and address any disparities among race, gender, and age
B. You set goals and don't take into account race, gender, and age
C. You set different goals for different groups of people, and then use the average as the central indicator
A. You set universal goals and address any disparities among race, gender, and age
In the US, Black people are impacted by homelessness at a rate roughly __ times higher than White people.
A. 2
B. 5
C. 9
B. 5