[HUDX-230-AD] Shelter Count PIT

Report Purpose & Summary

The Shelter Count Point-in-Time report is designed to report the count of clients sheltered during chosen point-in-time. The report is required during the once-per-year HIC/PIT reporting, usually in the Spring. 

Running the Report

Report Location

From the System agency, navigate to the Launchpad icon, then to Report Library > Administrator Reports. Due to the information available through the drill downs, this report should only be run by System Administrators or others authorized to access information across agencies and CoCs.

Who Can Run the Report

System administrators and users with additional access can run the report across multiple agencies.

Parameters

The following parameters are required to run this report. 

CoC	Choose which CoC to report on.
Agency Filter Category	There are four levels of CoC filtering available. Only one option may be selected: Agency CoC: Data will pull from Agencies with the selected CoC(s) Program CoC: Data will only pull from Programs/Projects with the selected CoC(s) Site CoC: Data will only pull from Sites with the selected CoC(s)  Inventory CoC: Data will only pull from Bed Inventories with the selected CoC(s). Note: Choosing this option will limit to only those projects with Bed Inventories ***Recommended***
Agency Status	All Programs Active Programs Inactive Programs
Agency(ies)	Choose which agencies to include: All, Single Select, or Multi-Select (Hold Control/Command or Hold Shift to select multiple options sequentially.)
Project Type(s)	Choose which project types to include: All, Single Select, or Multi-Select (Hold Control/Command or Hold Shift to select multiple options sequentially.)
Program Status	Recommend using "All Programs" so projects that may have closed during the reporting year are included.
Continuum Project	This parameter was added to filter out non-continuum projects from the report. ***Selecting Yes is recommended for the report to align with the HIC report.***
Program(s)	Choose which programs to include: All, Single Select, or Multi-Select (Hold Control/Command or Hold Shift to select multiple options sequentially.)
Enrollment CoC Filter	Selecting this option will only include households where the HoH has the selected CoC as the Enrollment CoC
PIT Date	For official HUD PIT/HIC reporting, this should be the CoC determined point-in-time date, typically during the last ten days of January of the reporting year.
Report Output Format	Web Page, PDF, Excel

Report Details

Programming Specifications

HUD has not provided official programming specifications. Communities and vendors work off the HIC (Housing Inventory Count) and PIT (Point-In-Time) Data Collection for CoC and ESG Programs notice. Refer to the latest version for the latest information.

CoCs are also required to report an unsheltered count of clients in addition to a sheltered count. Refer to the notice linked above for guidance on conducting the unsheltered count. This count is not tracked in HMIS and will be manually recorded by CoCs.

Sheltered Count

The Shelter Count reports on the following project types:

• Emergency Shelter (Entry-Exit and Night-by-Night) 
• Safe Haven
• Transitional Housing

Project Stay Universe

• Project Type = Emergency Shelter (Entry-Exit and Night-by-Night), Safe Haven, OR Transitional Housing
• AND Project Start Date <= PIT Date 
• AND (Project Exit Date is null OR Project Exit Date > PIT Date)
• AND IF Project Type = Emergency Shelter Night-by-Night, client must have a bed night service on PIT Date 
  • Bed Night Services are defined as a service within an enrollment for Project Type = Emergency Shelter Night-by-Night with the following configuration settings: 

    • Service Category = Housing

    • Delivery Type = Single Event or Daily Attendance

    • Site Type = Residential

If the Enrollment CoC Filter is on:

• Head of Household's Enrollment CoC must be active on PIT Date 
• AND Head of Household's Enrollment CoC must equal the selected CoC 

Population Data

Population Data is divided into three household types: Persons in households with at least one adult and one child, persons in households without children,  and persons in households with only children. For definitions of household types and other key terms, please review the latest HIC/PIT Notice. 

Population Data Report Logic

• Household Types are programmed utilizing logic from the HMIS Reporting Glossary for households without children, households with children and adults, and households with only children for persons in households with at least one adult and one child, persons in households without children,  and persons in households with only children.

• Veteran Households must include at least one client that is 18 years or older and has Veteran Status = Yes.
• Unaccompanied Youth Households uses the following logic:
  • # of Children > 0 AND # of Youth Adults = 0 
    • OR # of Children = 0 AND # of Youth Adults > 0
  • AND # of Clients with Age>24 = 0 
  • AND # of Unknown Age Clients = 0 
• Parenting Youth Households uses the following logic:
  
  • # of Youth Children > 0
  • AND # of Youth Adults > 0 
  • AND # of Clients with Age>24 = 0 
  • AND # of Unknown Age Clients = 0 

Chronic Homelessness Logic

• Clients residing in Transitional Housing are not included in Chronic Homeless counts for the purposes of the PIT count. 
• Chronic at Point-in-Time Logic is utilized for all clients that are residing in Emergency Shelter and Safe Haven based on HMIS Reporting Glossary Logic. 
• HIC/PIT Data Collection Notice Guidance has additional stipulations for Chronic Homeless definitions. For the purposes of PIT Reporting, Chronic Homeless status is carried to other household members for counting Chronically Homeless Persons and Households. 

Additional Homeless Populations Logic

• Adults with a Serious Mental Illness uses the following logic: 
  • Age >= 18 
  • AND Mental Health Disorder = Yes
  • AND Expected to be of long–continued and indefinite duration and substantially impairs ability to live independently = Yes
• Adults with a Substance Use Disorder uses the following logic:
  
  • Age >= 18 
  • AND Alcohol use disorder = Yes OR Drug use disorder = Yes OR Both alcohol and drug use disorders = Yes
  • AND Expected to be of long–continued and indefinite duration and substantially impairs ability to live independently = Yes
• Adults with HIV/AIDS  uses the following logic: 
  • Age >= 18 
  • AND HIV/AIDS = Yes 
• Adult Survivors of Domestic Violence uses the following logic: 
  
  • Age >= 18 
  • AND Domestic Violence Survivor = Yes 
  • AND Are you Currently Fleeing? = Yes 

Report Format

The PIT is broken down by populations:

• All Households
  • Households with at Least One Adult and One Child
  • Households without Children
  • Household with Only Children
• Veteran Households
  • Households with at Least One Adult and One Child
  • Households without Children
• Youth Households
  • Unaccompanied Youth
  • Parenting Youth

 

There is an additional section for homeless subpopulations as well as a table breaking down counts of sheltered persons by program and project type by age, gender data quality, and household type (unaccompanied minors, single adults, and families). 

Updated: 02/01/2024