On the HMIS Horizon- December 2025

December 2025 ☃️ 

Trainings This Month

Ask the HelpDesk is In Person!

This month, join the Lane County HelpDesk at our office to get help with any HMIS questions you have. We hope to see you there!

Date & Time: 

Thursday, December 11th from 11-12

Where:

Housing & Community Action Building

1132 Lawrence St

Eugene, OR 97401

Still have questions? Join us during our regular Ask the HelpDesk! hours (link on the System News section of the HMIS main page). We are available on Dec 5th and Dec 19th from 9-11 am. 

Training of the Month!

HUD Verification Tables and Service Transactions

Don't like escape rooms or have the time to complete one? Two new trainings are now available that let you check your understanding with completing service transactions and HUD verification tables. Both of these trainings are currently located on the:

• HMIS Learning Hub (HMIS Learning Hub)- Progress is saved. You can return at any time.

• FreshDesk Training Page (FreshDesk Training Page)- Progress is NOT saved. You will restart if you leave the training.

Did you know?

The length of Time Homeless section of the entry assessment is one of the most difficult parts of the assessment. Join me for this 3-part series looking at how to complete each question. 

Prior Living Situation refers to where the client slept the night before.

Special information: If you are an agency that only accepts clients coming from a homeless situation, your answer must be from the 

--Homeless Situations-- section, such as "Place not meant for habitation…" or “Emergency shelter…” Note that there are some exceptions for specific providers.

Length of Stay in Previous Place refers to how long the client has been staying in the prior living situation you listed above. This stay is measured in NIGHTS, which is unlike other questions. 

Special Information: If the client has continuously been in the same situation over multiple periods of time, all of the time counts as a singular stay. For example, if a client is at one emergency shelter, then another emergency shelter next, that entire time counts as the time in an emergency shelter.

                However, if the type of situation changes, then that is the end of the stay. For                     example, if a client is in a place not meant for habitation, an emergency shelter,                     and then a place not meant for habitation, only the last “place not meant for                     habitation” is the length of the stay. 

Knee-Slappers 

I can't take my dog to the pond anymore because the ducks keep attacking him. That's what I get for buying a pure bread dog. 

I used to run a dating service for chickens. But I was struggling to make hens meet.