North Dakota Homeless Management Information System

The HMIS in the State of North Dakota is called the North Dakota Homeless Management Information System (NDHMIS). There is one HUD-defined CoC within the state of North Dakota (ND-500) and this CoC covers the entire geographic area of the State of North Dakota. Therefore, NDHMIS is a statewide implementation, meaning that agencies that provide serves to individuals and families at-risk of and experiencing homelessness across the State of North Dakota enter data into the same HMIS database.

NDHMIS uses ServicePoint as the software and the software vendor is Wellsky. The software vendor is responsible for ensuring NDHMIS meets all required HUD data and technical standards.

ServicePoint includes different modules to streamline the data entry into the system, and the purpose of the explanations below is to attempt to explain all that NDHMIS can do for the users, agencies, CoC, State, and clients it is meant to support. We will explain features that go above and beyond the minimum baseline requirements and show how NDHMIS can be beneficial to agencies and users, as well as to the clients served.

***Please note that is document is not intended to be a training manual. If an agency is interested in the additional features available in NDHMIS, please contact ICA at ndhmis@icalliances.org to set up a time to talk through the agency's needs and schedule training.***

Modules Available

ClientPoint - ClientPoint is used to enter client-level data into NDHMIS for projects providing services to individuals and families at-risk of and experiencing homelessness.

ShelterPoint - For shelters that serve clients on a night by night basis, where there is no real set project start and project exit, and where there are large numbers of clients coming in and out on a regular basis, ShelterPoint allows users to streamline the client-level data entry process.

SkanPoint - SkanPoint allows agencies / projects to create client lists and add a service to that client list with one click.

Reports - There are many different reports available to users in the canned reports section of ServicePoint. Users

Advanced Reporting Tool (ART) - For custom reporting and more detailed reports.

So much more

The purpose of this document is to give interested entities a very brief glimpse into all that NDHMIS can do, and why the data entry in NDHMIS is so important. For more detailed discussion and questions, please contact ICA at ndhmis@icalliances.org.