HMIS (Homeless Management Information System)

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, under congressional mandate, required all Continuum of Cares to implement a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) for the purpose of gathering information on homeless persons to support planning, programming, housing creation, and access to systems of care. 

The Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care collects data for the HMIS through locally designed and managed software VESTA^TM owned by The Partnership Center, Ltd. VESTA^TM was created in 2001 as a simple case management and reporting tool for several family homeless shelters and was later expanded to serve the CoC's HMIS needs.

View the HMIS Data Reports from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and more produced using VESTA^TM data on The Partnership Center's Web site.

HMIS funding

The Cincinnati/Hamilton County HMIS system is supported by a grant from HUD through the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continum of Care for the Homeless, Inc.   The HUD/HMIS grant requires a 25% cash match which is generated locally through agency fees.