Welcome

This site will be continually expanded to include a variety of informational items relating to the development of the State of Missouri’s first statewide information system on homelessness and homelessness services.

Click here to contact the staff of the HMIS project.

Recent Site Updates

Information from the 2009 GCEH Homelessness Awareness Event
Homeless Youth Awareness Month Winning Essay
Poster Slide Show
The Hearth Act Workshop Presentation
Education Needs and Rights of Homeless Children Presentation
How to Raise Awareness in Your Community Workshop Presentation

Missouri Balance of State Continuum of Care 2009 Housing Inventory Charts
To determine the location of the agency you can look at the Geocode Column. This Code refers to the county that the agency is providing those beds. Once you have the Geocode you can reference it to HUD's List of Geocodes to determine the county the agency is located.
Emergency Shelter
Transitional Housing
Permanent Housing
Safe Havens

Effective 9/29/09
There is a new User Policy, Responsibility Statement , and Code of Ethics form. Please make sure to use Version 2.2. This new form can also be accessed on the Forms page.

Effective 08/24/09
Please be advised that the ROSIE database has been revised to include a new Universal Data Field required by HUD.

The data field - - Housing Status-- displays on the Client Record. It is to be completed at entry and exit from a homeless service program.

The Housing Status Tip Sheet is intended to assist staff in the completion of the Housing Status field. If you have any questions, please contact the ROSIE Help Desk at 1-800-536-6474.

A copy of the HMIS Computer Reuse and Disposal Policy is now available for download.

The process for getting a new user enrolled to use the HMIS has changed. A document explaining the updated process is now available for download.

An updated version of the User Policy, Responsibility Statement & Code of Ethics has been posted on the Forms page.

Entering for ESG? Be sure to check out the ESG tip sheets, to make sure you've got your categories set up correctly!

ESG Tip Sheet (Part 1)
ESG Tip Sheet (Part 2)

View the 2008 HMIS Annual Site Visit tool

View the Missouri Balance of State Continuum of Care Regions and Agencies Map and the list of HMIS Partner Agencies (updated 10/09)

At the bottom of our Forms page, we now have Helpful Tools. These documents, such as the Sample Intake Form, will be useful for HMIS users.

To view the most current events in your area, see the Regional Events Calendar.

You interested in housing and homelessness issues? You want to be apart of a task force focused on these issues? MASW's Housing Task Force is group you want to look into.

Also Visit

Links and Recommended Reading page.

Updated: 11/19/2008