Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP)
As of April 1, 2022, Ontario communities now have new funding requirements through the Homelessness Prevention Program, or HPP for short. Officially, the Ministry is not offering any support to communities using HIFIS to assist with fulfilling their reporting requirements, which is why we've put together this set of resources.
Please note that none of these resources are in any way endorsed by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, or Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (developers of HIFIS), and should not be interpreted as such.
Unofficial HPP Reports & Datasets
Complete HPP Reports Bundle (with Programs)
Looking for the complete ACRE Consulting set of unofficial HPP reports? Get them all in one go. This bundle includes:
- HPP Report | 3. By-Name Lists
- HPP Report | 5. Emergency Shelters
- HPP Report | Program Participants
- HPP Report | Housing Attainment, Loss, and Retention (with Programs)
- Program Entry Dataset
Note there are two versions of this bundle. This version is for communities that are making use of the Programs field.
Complete HPP Reports Bundle (without Programs)
Looking for the complete ACRE Consulting set of unofficial HPP reports? Get them all in one go. This bundle includes:
- HPP Report | 3. By-Name Lists
- HPP Report | 5. Emergency Shelters
- HPP Report | Non-Program Participants
- HPP Report | Housing Attainment, Loss, and Retention (without Programs)
Note there are two versions of this bundle. This version is for communities not making use of the Programs field.
HPP Report | Program Participants
Ontario HPP Program
This report is intended to allow communities in Ontario who receive HPP funding to use HIFIS data to report out on the program participants section of the HPP reporting requirements, which encompass the majority of sections 1 and 2. Broadly speaking, the report summarizes data about which households received services associated with which Programs. It also determines the first time the household received a service like it, and from that determines whether the client was homeless or at risk of homelessness at the time, and also whether that means the client was new to HPP or a returning household.
This is an unofficial report and is not endorsed by the Ontario MMAH.
HPP Report | Non-Program Participants
Ontario HPP Program
This report is intended to allow communities in Ontario who receive HPP funding to use HIFIS data to report out on the program participants section of the HPP reporting requirements, which encompass the majority of sections 1 and 2. Broadly speaking, the report summarizes data about which households received any services at given Service Provider(s) and of given service type(s). It also determines the first time the household received a service like it, and from that determines whether the client was homeless or at risk of homelessness at the time, and also whether that means the client was new to HPP or a returning household.
This is an unofficial report and is not endorsed by the Ontario MMAH.
HPP Report | Housing Attainment, Loss, and Retention (with Programs)
Ontario HPP Program
This report is intended to allow communities in Ontario who receive HPP funding to use HIFIS data to report on housing attainment, loss, and retention. Broadly speaking, the report summarizes data about households that had a move-in or retained housing for 12 months or who became homeless, filtered by date range, service providers, programs, and service types.
This is an unofficial report and is not endorsed by the Ontario MMAH.
HPP Report | Housing Attainment, Loss, and Retention (without Programs)
Ontario HPP Program
This report is intended to allow communities in Ontario who receive HPP funding to use HIFIS data to report on housing attainment, loss, and retention. Broadly speaking, the report summarizes data about households that had a move-in or retained housing for 12 months or who became homeless, filtered by date range, service providers, programs, and service types.
This is an unofficial report and is not endorsed by the Ontario MMAH.
HPP Report | 3. By-Name Lists
Ontario HPP Program
This report is intended to allow Ontario communities who receive HPP funding to use HIFIS data to report out on the By-Name List section of the HPP reporting requirements. Broadly, it reports on the aggregated inflow and outflow to and from your By-Name List (BNL) and breaks down these numbers into the priority population groups.
This is an unofficial report and is not endorsed by the Ontario MMAH.
HPP Report | 5. Emergency Shelters
Ontario HPP Program
This report is intended to allow communities in Ontario who receive HPP funding to use HIFIS data to report out on the Emergency Shelters section of the HPP reporting requirements. Broadly, it reports on emergency shelter capacity and usage, broken down into priority population groups.
This is an unofficial report and is not endorsed by the Ontario MMAH.
Program Entry Dataset
Data Wrangling Project
This view pulls data from all services where a Program has been added. For each Program, a client's Program Entry Date is determined as the earliest date that a client ever began receiving a service associated with that Program. In addition, the view calculates what the client's most recent Housing Status was at the time of Program Entry. Intended for HPP-funded communities.
ACRE Consulting’s Guide to BNLs in HIFIS
Using HIFIS, but still keeping your BNL in Excel? Have a BNL in HIFIS, but not sure you're doing it right? Starting from scratch, and wondering if this HIFIS thing could work for your BNL? This is the document for you! In it, we outline all the best practices and minimum requirements to maintain a BNL in HIFIS, according to Reaching Home, the Ontario government, and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.