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Chronic
Community Progress Indicators: 		Waterloo Region
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Chronic Community Progress Indicators
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Summary
POPULATION: Chronic
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ChronicACTIVE CHRONIC HOMELESS & BASELINE REDUCTIONS
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Date joined:
May 2015
This chart displays all active homeless data from the baseline date until the most recent month submitted.
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Quality By-Name List:
Sep 2017
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QBNL Baseline
Apr 2021
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Quality Coordinated Access:
June 2020
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Community contact:
Chris McEvoy
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rpettipiere@regionofwaterloo.ca
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Our Data Story
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May 2015Began submitting monthly chronic active homeless data to BFZ-C
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Sep 2017Achieved a Quality By-Name List and set initial baseline
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Sep 2018Restablished baseline month
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Jun 2019Drop in data the result of moving to new data system w/ more accurate data (Excel to HIFIS)
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Apr 2020Having updated to the newest version of HIFIS, these numbers may be affected by nuances of how data is interpreted in this new release. Efforts were made to mitigate any difference caused by this update and work continues to ensure the highest quality data is available.
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Apr 2021Updated baseline month and year to reflect improvements to data quality.
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Nov 2023Despite adding 190 new supportive housing units over the last 24 months (85 fixed site and 105 scattered site), chronic homelessness demand has continued to increase. Lack of affordable housing is seen as the primary driver - see Vital Signs report for further information. See The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness for infomation on next steps.
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