Victim Service Providers HMIS Participation

What are the HMIS participation requirements for victim services providers? 

Victim services providers that are recipients or subrecipients under the CoC Program are required to collect client-level data consistent with HMIS data collection requirements, 

BUT they must not directly enter data into an HMIS. 

To protect clients, victim services providers must enter required client-level data into a comparable database that complies with HMIS requirements. They may use CoC Program funds to establish and operate a comparable database. 

Information entered into a comparable database must not be entered directly into or provided to an HMIS. Victim services providers MUST provide aggregate data to the CoC for reporting purposes.

Institute for Community Alliances provides a comparable database - Domestics Violence Information Management System (DVIMS) that meets the requirements for data entry and reporting.  

For more information about DVIMS, contact the WY HelpDesk.