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HUD -funded programs that provide housing assistance. FMRs are available <br />here: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.htmi <br />Harm Reduction: an approach or strategy aimed at reducing the risks and harmful effects associated <br />with substance use and addictive behaviors for the individual, the community, and society as a whole. In <br />the context of Housing First programs, harm reduction provides relief from sobriety requirements while <br />also attending to personal goals and strength -based service design. <br />Homeless Individual/household: describes a person or group of people who identify as a family, who <br />lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; or a person fleeing domestic violence and has <br />no other resources or housing options available and without these homeless crisis resources would be <br />homeless as defined above. <br />Homeless Management Information System (HMIS): a computerized data collection application <br />designed to capture client -level information over time on the characteristics and service needs of men, <br />women, and children experiencing homelessness, while also protecting client confidentiality. It is <br />designed to aggregate client -level data to generate an unduplicated count of clients served within a <br />community's system of homeless services. An HMIS may also cover a state or regional area, and include <br />several CoCs. <br />Housing First (HF): a model of housing assistance that prioritizes rapid placement and stabilization in <br />permanent housing that does not have service participation requirements or preconditions (such as <br />sobriety or a minimum income threshold). Transitional housing and supportive services only projects can <br />be considered to be using a Housing First model if they operate with low -barriers, work to quickly move <br />people into permanent housing, do not require participation in supportive services, and, for transitional <br />housing projects, do not require any preconditions for moving into the transitional housing (such as <br />sobriety or minimum income threshold). Recovery housing can be a an important part of a Housing First <br />system so long as people choose that type of sober environment as part of their personal <br />goals/preferences and where recovery -oriented housing is not the only option for people seeking to <br />obtain permanent housing. <br />Housing Inventory Count (HIC): is produced by each CoC and provides an annual inventory of beds that <br />assist people in the CoC who are experiencing homelessness or leaving homelessness, usually conducted <br />the last week of January <br />Outreach: involves moving outside the walls of the agency to engage people experiencing homelessness <br />who may be disconnected and alienated not only from mainstream services and supports, but from the <br />services targeting homeless persons as well. This is incredibly important work designed to help establish <br />supportive relationships, give people advice and support, and provide access the services and supports <br />that will help them move off the streets to permanent housing. Outreach is important in order to access <br />hard -to -reach individuals, and should connected to an overt and concerted effort to end homelessness. <br />Permanent Housing: community-based housing without a designated length of stay, and includes both <br />permanent supportive housing and rapid re -housing. To qualify as CoC Program permanent housing, the <br />program participant must be the tenant on a lease for an initial term of at least one year, which is <br />renewable for terms that are a minimum of one month long, and is terminable only for cause. Other <br />