So you're ready to launch HIFIS 4 in your community. Congratulations! But there's still one question remaining.  How, exactly, are you going to flip …

Here's the situation: one of the agencies within your community wants to use HIFIS 4. Everything seems to be going pretty well until they casually men…

Communities ask me all the time about the Geographic Region field on the Client Vitals screen.  All. The. Time. Not sure what I'm talking about?  Ther…

Communities often ask about the best way to record shelter diversion in HIFIS 4.  This is another area where there is no clear answer.  There are a fe…

One of the pillars of protecting client information is making sure that the only people accessing a client's information are the people that need that…

Not all of the drop-down menus in HIFIS (any version) are going to meet every community's needs. One community might really like the available Reasons…

Back in the olden days, a lot of funding for homeless programs were funded on a per diem basis.

That means that shelter beds were paid for based on t…

One of the best practices in ending homelessness is to work with a client to develop a support network of friends, loved ones, and professionals who w…