2025 Housing Inventory Count

1. Emergency Shelter (ES)
2. Transitional Housing (TH)
3. Permanent Housing (PH)
4. Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)
5. Other Permanent Housing (OPH)
6. OPH - Housing Only
7. OPH - Housing with Services
8. Rapid Re-Housing (RRH)
9. RRH - Housing with or without services
10. Joint TH/RRH

Housing Inventory Count: How to Guide

2025 Processes

Point in Time Count

1. ES/TH
   
1. The process of how PIT numbers will be compiled has been coordinated with the CoC and/or CMIS programs. Options used includes regular CMIS data entry, PIT surveys, importing data into CMIS from external databases (in cases such as VA-VASH data), or other related data exports that will be manually input in CMIS.
   
2. RRH/PSH/OPH
   
1. PIT numbers will be included on the HIC. For the 2025 PIT and HIC, Housing Alliance Delaware will run CoC APRs to get accurate inventory numbers on behalf of RRH, PSH, and OPH providers. To make this process easier, data entry and data quality review must be completed in a timely fashion.
   
2. Please make sure that all applicable clients are:
   
1. 1) enrolled in the correct program on or before January 29, 2025, and 
   
2. 2) have a Housing Move-In Date between the Project Start Date and 1/29/2025 to be counted as housed.
3. The HIC Export from CMIS will automatically populate these numbers for Housing Alliance Delaware.
   

DEADLINE: 

1. All data relating to the Point in Time Count must be returned, submitted to Housing Alliance Delaware, or input into CMIS by Friday, February 14, 2025.
   
2. Housing Alliance Delaware will run CoC APRs on behalf of RRH, PSH, and OPH providers beginning on March 17, 2025. (Time between these two deadlines will be spent on data quality review)

Housing Inventory Count

1. All project types, regardless of CMIS participation status, must complete a HIC survey for each ES, TH, RRH, PSH, and OPH project operating on the night of January 29, 2025.
   
2. RRH, PSH, and OPH providers are given special instructions in the survey on how to bypass tracking inventories; however, other program information still needs to be completed.
   
3. Housing Alliance Delaware will provide Technical Assistance to those who need assistance completing their HIC inventory surveys. These calls are not mandatory; those who have experience with completing HIC surveys can do so on their own.
    Use this Calendly link to schedule a Zoom with Housing Alliance Delaware. (NOTE: Until later announced, agencies are allowed to schedule one TA call per organization)

DEADLINE: 

1. All HIC Surveys must be completed by Friday, March 14, 2025. Housing Alliance Delaware may reach out after this date to get final surveys completed and/or to reconcile data based on what is provided in the surveys.