A Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is a local information technology system used to collect client-level data and data on the provision of housing and services to homeless individuals, families, and persons at risk of homelessness. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires communities receiving federal funding to have a local HMIS. As the local lead agency for the Pikes Peak Continuum of Care (PPCoC), Community Health Partnership’s HMIS department manages a computerized data collection application designed to capture client-level information on the characteristics of program and service needs of adults and children experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness. 

All three of Colorado’s Continuum of Care utilize Bitfocus Clarity as the Statewide HMIS implementation. Bitfocus is HUD certified as a HMIS product for HUD housing counseling agency use. This web-based system is used to record and store HUD required client information about the characteristics and service needs of persons experiencing homelessness. For more information, please see the State-Collaborative HMIS help center website: Zen Desk.