Counts of people experiencing homelessness from two sources with demographic information.

This story shares information about the annual Housing Inventory Count (HIC), done in conjunction with the Point in Time (PIT) count of people experiencing homelessness. It counts the beds available by type of services provided. It shows our capacity to address need and provide housing.

This dashboard shares seven prioritized community measures chosen by the Heading Home Ramsey Governing Board. Heading Home Ramsey (HHR) is a community-wide partnership committed to the goal of ending homelessness in Ramsey County.

These are the measures adopted by the Heading Home Ramsey Governing Board for tracking top level changes in homeless population and outcomes in the homeless services system. This data is used in the Heading Home Ramsey Community Dashboard Measures https://data.ramseycounty.us/stories/s/wwpp-7i2j. Except for the total county population and housing bed counts, all of the data are derived from the homeless management information system, known as HMIS. Not all homeless persons are served by agencies that use HMIS and therefore these measures do not necessarily cover all homeless persons.

Many of the measures separate housing project types (shelter, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing) because of the different lengths of service and types of interventions. For definitions of standard project types for homeless services and other terms, see these descriptions at https://www.unitedtoendhomelessness.org/blog/types-of-housing-support-for-the-homeless .

For more information about other homeless data and special reports visit Heading Home Ramsey's visit https://www.headinghomeramsey.org/stats-data.