MASShelter
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CSPTech Data Releases
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ServicePoint 3.02
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A New Tool for Site
Administrators
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ServicePoint Trainings in
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M![]() ASShelter
MASShelter Data Center provides access to the most
comprehensive aggregate, unduplicated data available on
homeless individuals using Massachusetts emergency
shelters. MASShelter Data Center is a brand new tool
that allows you to dynamically design your own reports
and cross-cut the data in many more ways than are
possible in a written report. Three easy screens guide
the process. You can view your results as a table,
chart, text document or spreadsheet. MASShelter Data
Center enables you to view all statewide data or choose
filters based on Gender, Age Group, Race, Region, and
Veterans Status. Your reports can contain information on
Gender, Age, Race, Marital Status, Education Level,
Prior Living Situation, Region, and Income Category.
Data are from 2000, 2001, and 2002. Data from 2003 are
coming soon! MASShelter Data Center was created by the
CSPTech project of the Center for Social Policy at the
University of Massachusetts Boston. It uses information
collected through the statewide Homeless Management
Information System (HMIS). Analysis of this information
is critical to understanding and overcoming the many
dimensions of homelessness in Massachusetts. Visit
MASShelter Data Center at http://www.csp.umb.edu/Masshelter/.
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CSPTech Data
Release
http://www.csp.umb.edu/
Within the next few months, CSPTech will be releasing
a report on families and individuals who accessed
emergency shelter during 2003. We have over 18,000
individual records and 1,500 family records representing
approximately 63% of individuals and families who
accessed emergency shelter in the state. These reports
will contain demographic information as well as
information on prior residence, health insurance,
special needs and income. The overall goal of the
CSPTech Project is to produce reports such as these in
order to impact public policy.
We want to take this opportunity to thank all
homeless consumers and all staff members at
participating shelters who have conducted interviews and
entered data. Thanks to you, we have many more records
than we have had in the past and the data quality for
2003 is excellent. All of you are to be congratulated.
We want to extend a special thank you to the staff at
Long Island Shelter and Pine Street Inn who contributed
over 60% of the records on the individual side.
Please let us know if you are interested in receiving a
report by emailing Nancy Sullivan at
nancyk.sullivan@umb.edu. Please note that all reports
are also available on our website http://www.csp.umb.edu/.
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ServicePoint
3.02
ServicePoint has been upgraded
to version 3.02. We have placed required data fields on
the first screen. These fields include HUD’s universal
data elements plus a few extra fields that we require
for data analysis and reporting. There are also a couple
of other assessments that you may need to complete.
These include: Required Children’s Minimal Data and HUD
40118. We ask that all programs serving families
complete the Required Children’s Minimal Data. HUD
funded programs will need to complete the HUD 40118 in
order to complete their APR.
If you are having any trouble
using this version of ServicePoint, we ask that you
contact your Technical Assistant. We are in touch with
Bowman Internet Systems on a daily basis regarding
issues and problems that you are having. On a weekly
basis, we are sending Site Administrators updates on
solutions that Bowman staff are implementing.
We also want to let you know
that ServicePoint will be featuring a new reporting tool
within the next few months – Cognos ReportNet. The
Cognos reporting tool will be much quicker than
ReportWriter. We have also learned that Site
Administrators will be able to program reports to run
while they are away from the office. CSPTech staff
members have volunteered to test this tool in order to
make sure that it will meet your needs. Once we know
when this new tool will be incorporated, we will let you
know. We will also schedule report writing trainings for
those of you who are responsible for generating reports.
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New Tool for
Site Administrators
Within the next few months, Site
Administrators will be able to go on-line to register
staff for CSPTech trainings. Administrators will also be
able to check data quality for all of their programs
using ServicePoint.
In order to ensure that we have your agency’s most
updated information, we ask that Site Administrators
send Nancy Sullivan, CSPTech Project Manager
-nancyk.sullivan@umb.edu - an email with your name.
Please also include the name and email address of your
Executive Director. Thank you.
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ServicePoint
Trainings
CSPTech offers monthly trainings at UMass Boston. The
May trainings will be held on May 11th and 12th. On May
11th, we will offer a ReportWriter training from 9-12
and a Basic User training from 1-4. On May 12th, we will
offer a Basic User training from 9-12 and an
Administrative training from 1-4.
Please note that the training schedule is always
posted on the ServicePoint training site and the live
site under System News.
Space is limited, so please RSVP by emailing
csptech@umb.edu.
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