A Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is a shared localized database used by organizations that provide services to people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. As the local HMIS lead, Sacramento Steps Forward manages the database for Sacramento and Yolo Counties, granting access to the system, maintaining data quality, and providing regular reports to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The use of an HMIS is mandated by Congress for any Continuums of Care (CoC) who receive federal funding to address homelessness in their communities. Access to our HMIS is strictly monitored, requiring background checks and security measures to protect the confidential client data stored in the system. One of the main functions of the HMIS is to connect community agencies with one another, allowing direct service staff to know more about what is happening with their clients and where else they are obtaining services.
Participating Agencies
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211 Sacramento
AcademySTAY
Ark of Refuge, Inc.
Asian Pacific Community Counseling
Bay Area Community Services (BACS)
Blue Cross of California Partnership Plan Inc.
Bridging Initiatives International
Bridges, Inc.
Cares Community Health dba One Community Health (211)
Capital Star Community Services
Capital Star Crisis Residential Program
City Net
City of Elk Grove
City of Refuge Sacramento
City of Sacramento
Community Against Sexual Harm (CASH)
Community Engagement Payee Support (CEPS)
Community Healthworks (formerly Sacramento Covered)
Connect 2 Change*
Cottage Housing, Inc.
COVID-19 Temporary Shelter System
Department of Veterans Affairs*
Dignity Health Medical Foundation
Downtown Streets Team – Sacramento
EA Family Services
El Hogar Community Service, Inc.
Elica Health Centers – Sacramento
First Step Communities
Greater Sacramento Urban League
Health Net/California Health and Wellness*
Heartland Child and Family Services
Her Health First
Hope Cooperative (aka TLCS, Inc.)
Independent Living Systems (ILS)
Insight Housing (formerly Berkeley Food and Housing Project)
Jake’s Journey Home
Jamboree Housing
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.*
La Familia Counseling Center
Lao Family Community Development
LifeSTEPS
Lutheran Social Services
Master Care, Inc.
Mercy Housing
Molina Health Care*
Mutual Assistance Network
My Time Movement
Nation’s Finest – Sacramento
Next Move (SAEHC)
Nurturing Care LLC
Opening Doors, Inc.*
Pacific Clinics (formerly Uplift Family Services)
Peach Tree Health
River City Medical Group
River City Recovery Center
River Oak Center for Children
Roberts Family Development Center
Rose Family Creative Empowerment Center
SAC Connect
Sacramento Children’s Home
Sacramento County Department of Behavioral Health (DBHS)
Sacramento County Department of Child Family and Adult Services (DCFAS)
Sacramento County Department of Homeless Services and Housing (DHSH)
Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance (DHA)
Sacramento County Public Defender
Sacramento County Public Health*
Sacramento District Council Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Sacramento Kindness Campaign
Sacramento LGBT Community Center
Sacramento Regional Family Justice Center
Sacramento Regional Transit (SRT)
Sacramento Solidarity of Unhoused People
Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF)
Saint John’s Program For Real Change
Salvation Army
Serene Health IPA
SHRA: Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
Shelter, Inc.
South Sacramento Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART)
Stanford Sierra Youth & Families
Step Up on Second
STEP, Inc.
Telecare
The Gathering Inn
Turning Point Community Programs
UC Davis CAARE Center
United and Guided
United Way California Capital Region
Volunteers Of America (VOA)
Waking the Village
WEAVE
WellSpace Health
Wind Youth Services
Women’s Empowerment
* This agency is accessing HMIS as read-only and is not contributing data into HMIS.
211 Yolo
Bay Area Community Services
City of Davis
City of West Sacramento
CommuniCare Health Centers – Yolo
Community Healthworks – Yolo (formerly Sacramento Covered)
Davis Community Meals and Housing – Yolo
Downtown Streets Team – Yolo
Elica Health Centers – Yolo
Empower Yolo
Fourth and Hope – Yolo
Hope Cooperative (aka TLCS, Inc.) – Yolo
Housing and Disability Advocacy Program – Yolo
Independent Living Systems, LLC – Yolo
Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter (IRWS) – Yolo
Lutheran Social Services of Northern California (LSS – Yolo)
Mercy Coalition of West Sacramento – Yolo
Nurturing Care LLC – Yolo
Shores of Hope – Yolo
United Way California Capital Region – Yolo
Yolo Community Care Continuum
Yolo County Children’s Alliance
Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency
Yolo County Office of Education
Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc.
Yolo Homeless and Poverty Action Coalition (HPAC)
HMIS Clarity Language Guide
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 If you have any questions, please email us at hmis@sacstepsforward.org or join us during our Open Office Hours (see below).
Sacramento Steps Forward is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) charity serving the Sacramento region. EIN# 27-4907397
