StreetCard: Information Technology to Improve Services for Homeless Persons.
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- What is the main goal for this project?
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I am looking for a student intern who can network with providers of Homeless Services in the Albany New York area to enlist their participation in the StreetCard program.
The StreetCard is a carefully reasoned program that leverages Information Technology to streamline the process of providing benefits to Homeless persons. We strive to eliminate waste, and ensure that disbursement of public funding for Homeless services is optimized for maximal effectiveness.
At this time, we are beginning phase II of the development of this web-based application. Students from Arizona State University have written the code for the StreetCard program, including a database that records Universal HMIS data, and HMIS data for two special programs: Veterans Affairs, and Continuum of Care. I have another team of students who will complete the database for the remaining special programs: Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness(PATH).
Upon successful completion of this project, we will have an application that connects a card-reader to software that performs the following functions:
1. Registers the name and information of the client served. Populaties a spreadsheet for recording Homeless Management Information Services (HMIS) data. Including Universal HMIS elements as well as special programs
2. Makes a record of the time and duration of services provided.
3. Brings up a calendar function that can be used to alert the client of time and location of upcoming service appointments including task reminders (e.g. documents necessary for service appointments).
4. Connects StreetCard to database containing addresses and contact information for service providers local to the card bearer, that might be accessed by means of smartphone, allowing more effective assistance by police and other public servants. Shelter directory might be accessed and updated by local shelters, so they can list number of vacancies.
5. Records services provided, and connects data on clients served to accounting software; facilitating budgeting and cost proposals for funding applications.
We anticipate that significant amounts of taxpayer dollars will be saved. This money might then be re-deployed to improve shelters and other facilities that provide services. Money saved might also be used to raise pay and benefits, and improve conditions for social service workers.
- What is the main goal for this project?
-
I am looking for a student intern who can network with providers of Homeless Services in the Albany New York area to enlist their participation in the StreetCard program.
The StreetCard is a carefully reasoned program that leverages Information Technology to streamline the process of providing benefits to Homeless persons. We strive to eliminate waste, and ensure that disbursement of public funding for Homeless services is optimized for maximal effectiveness.
At this time, we are beginning phase II of the development of this web-based application. Students from Arizona State University have written the code for the StreetCard program, including a database that records Universal HMIS data, and HMIS data for two special programs: Veterans Affairs, and Continuum of Care. I have another team of students who will complete the database for the remaining special programs: Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness(PATH).
Upon successful completion of this project, we will have an application that connects a card-reader to software that performs the following functions:
1. Registers the name and information of the client served. Populaties a spreadsheet for recording Homeless Management Information Services (HMIS) data. Including Universal HMIS elements as well as special programs
2. Makes a record of the time and duration of services provided.
3. Brings up a calendar function that can be used to alert the client of time and location of upcoming service appointments including task reminders (e.g. documents necessary for service appointments).
4. Connects StreetCard to database containing addresses and contact information for service providers local to the card bearer, that might be accessed by means of smartphone, allowing more effective assistance by police and other public servants. Shelter directory might be accessed and updated by local shelters, so they can list number of vacancies.
5. Records services provided, and connects data on clients served to accounting software; facilitating budgeting and cost proposals for funding applications.
We anticipate that significant amounts of taxpayer dollars will be saved. This money might then be re-deployed to improve shelters and other facilities that provide services. Money saved might also be used to raise pay and benefits, and improve conditions for social service workers.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
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No deliverables exist for this project.
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