Potpourri
Policies and Procedures
In the System
You put the "U" in UNITY
COC
100
Regarded by many as the best UNITY Resource Specialist in Hillsborough County
Who is Tyler
100
This is the location where the short version of the privacy notice should be posted.
What is anywhere Client Intake is being completed
100
This is the best way to search for existing clients in the system.
What is Last Name
100
This is a bimonthly meeting where people that use UNITY can come to review processes and changes in the system, share successes, troubleshoot problems, and play fun games such as UNITY jeopardy.
What is the UNITY User Group Meeting
100
This agency manages Hillsborough County's HMIS operation on behalf of the CoC.
What is the Homeless Coalition
200
This needs to be Complete and Accurate for the system to function at its best. This is evaluated on a monthly basis.
What is Data Quality
200
This is the timeframe that data must be entered into the system.
What is 24 Hours.
200
This is the tab where you can set goals and action steps with your clients.
What is the Case Plans tab
200
These include Name, DOB, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Homeless status, Veterans status, Disabling Condition, Chronic Homeless status, ect.
What is Universal Data Elements
200
This is what "CoC" is an acronym for.
What is Continuum of Care
300
This is the level that you should have your Release of Information set at.
What is Agency Level
300
Data (hard copy and in the system) is stored for this long after the last data entry is made for the client.
What is 7 years
300
With this module, you can search for provider information by provider name or keyword (i.e. food, housing, etc.).
What is the ResourcePoint module
300
A hard to reach population of people that that can be tracked in the system.
What is Unaccompanied Youth
300
This group is made up of various members of the CoC and community and is regarded as the "workgroup" of the UNITY system. They assist in the development of the policies and procedures that govern the system as well as many of the systematic changes that occur within UNITY.
What is the Advisory Committee
400
This should be your first point of contact if you have locked yourself out of the system or you are having a problem in the system.
What is your Agency Administrator
400
This is who it is alright to share your user name and password with.
Who is No-one
400
This is where you can view system/agency news and your follow up list. You can also set counts reports to show various things such as clients with null UDEs, clients currently checked into a shelter, and your clients with unserved needs among many other things.
What is your Home Page
400
This states that you will not share your password with anyone else, you will only view, obtain, disclose, or use information that is only necessary to the job, and that you agree to collect a ROI and Notice of Uses and Disclosures from each client. There are many other things that are outlined, but I am running out of space in this text box.
What is the User Agreement
400
This is required to be done biannually and is used to provide an overview of the state of homelessness in our CoC.
What is the Homeless PIT Count
500
This report is available to everyone and shows what services were provided to clients enrolled in a particular program.
What is the Clients Served Report
500
These are the two forms that all clients must sign regarding UNITY
What is the ROI and Notice of Uses and Disclosures
500
In the SSOM, how many different categories are available for measurement (i.e. Adult Education, Employment, Income, Life Skills, Mental Health) Hint: There are at least 5.
What is 17
500
One of the deliverables that can be pulled out of UNITY.
What is Unmet Need or Unduplicated Count
500
This is an annual report that goes to Congress that shows the number and characteristics of people that use homeless services and their patterns of use in our CoC.
What is the AHAR (Annual Homeless Assessment Report)
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