HMIS Training Resources
Need support? Do one of the following:
- Access our learning management system.
- Schedule a virtual training session (60 minutes).
- Schedule a virtual support session (30 minutes).
- Attend HMIS office hours:
- Every other Tuesday, 10 AM-11AM
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/hma-snky-spw
Office hours dates through 2025: 9/2, 9/16, 10/14, 10/28, 11/25, 12/9, 12/23
- Every other Tuesday, 10 AM-11AM
- Email us at hmishelp@multco.us.
- Use the resources below.
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HMIS Workflow Handbooks
Coordinated Access Handbook and Tools
Canned Reports
SAP Business Objects (SAP BO) Guides
FAQs
Veterans Affairs
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HMIS Workflow Handbooks
- HYC Screening and Housing
- Permanent Supportive Housing
- Rapid Rehousing (RRH)/Homelessness Prevention (HP)
- Shelter
- Street Outreach
Coordinated Access Handbooks and Tools
- Coordinated Housing Assessment Team (CHAT)
- Guide to Conduct the Adult and Family Assessment
- MSST (Formerly Coordinated Access) Handbook
- Overview of Resources and Eligibility for Adults and Family
Canned Reports
SAP Business Objects (SAP BO) Guides
FAQs
- How to add a new member to an existing program entry (VIDEO)
- How to build a new household in HMIS (VIDEO)
- How to edit a household in HMIS (VIDEO)
- How to transact the Housing Move-in Date (HMID)
- How to transact interim reviews, annual assessments, and follow-ups – Portland Housing Bureau (VIDEO)
- How to enter the “Alias” field
- How to enter multiple services
- How to exit a deceased client from an entry (Coming Soon!)
- How to transact a ROI
- How to use household data sharing in HMIS – Portland Housing Bureau (VIDEO)
- How to record gender via write-in in HMIS
- How to use the sex data element in HMIS
- How to record race and ethnicity via write-in in HMIS
- How to record sexual orientation in HMIS
- How to remove a member from a household (Coming Soon!)
- How to complete a HUD verification
- Reset your HMIS account password
- Visibility within an agency
- Walkthrough of a HMIS client profile (VIDEO)
- What to do when you find duplicate records (Coming Soon!)