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System Utilization Report

The System Utilization Report provides a monthly overview of shelter and housing availability in Sacramento using data from the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). This report presents key metrics on how well shelter and housing programs are being utilized across all providers that maintain beds for clients.

With these insights, our homeless response system can better support and enhance homelessness interventions, leading to a more efficient and responsive system. 

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Change Log

This section documents updates our reporting logic or methodology to ensure accuracy and transparency. Changes are applied to reports going forward from the date of implementation. Previously published reports are not retroactively updated.
April 2025 - Project Classification Change

What Changed:
Two agencies, Bridges, Inc. (BI) and DHSH Partnership with Hope Cooperative had a number of their associated programs reclassified from Transitional Housing to Emergency Shelter project types in HMIS. This affects approximately 110 units. 

Why it Matters:
This reclassification better aligns the programs’ operational models with HUD and CoC project type definitions. It reflects more accurate-system level categorization of available shelter beds and the services provided by these programs. 

Impact:

This change will result in a noticeable shift in the System Utilization Report:
  • System-level analysis: You will see an increase in Emergency Shelter capacity and utilization and a corresponding decrease in Transitional Housing capacity and utilization. 
  • Program-specific appendix: BI and DHSH Partnership with Hope Cooperative programs will now appear under Emergency Shelter rather than Transitional Housing.
  • The total system bed count remains unchanged; only the project type categorization has been updated.

What Changed:
We updated the report logic to correctly include Night-by-Night shelter program enrollments in our utilization calculations.

Why it Matters:
Previously, these enrollments were not fully accounted for, which led to underreporting of utilization rates for some shelter programs.

Impact:
This update improves the accuracy of reported system utilization metrics moving forward. Reports published prior to March 2025 remain unchanged.

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