CoC Homeless Management Information System | Housing and Workforce Solutions: HWS

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)

A Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is a local information technology system used to collect client-level data and data on the provision of housing and services to homeless individuals and families and persons at risk of homelessness. Each HUD funded Continuum of Care (CoC) is responsible for selecting an HMIS software solution that complies with the requirements from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on data collection, management, and reporting standards.

The Housing & Workforce Solutions (HWS) Department serves as the HUD Collaborative Applicant and is responsible for administering HMIS for the County of Riverside Continuum of Care and serving as the HMIS Lead Organization. HWS has the "responsibility to establish, support and manage HMIS in a manner that will meet HUD's standards for data quality, privacy, security and other requirements for organizations participating in HMIS".

Submit a Ticket to HMIS Support (Agencies ONLY)

Statistics

489 Clarity Agency Users

62 Agencies in HMIS

273 Projects in HMIS

HMIS Training

HMIS Participating Agency Onboarding Documents

HMIS Policies and Standards

Updates

Monthly HMIS Office Hours: is a monthly virtual meeting where all Riverside County HMIS participating agencies are welcome to participate, ask HMIS related questions, and receive additional technical assistance or mini-trainings on HMIS related topics.

Click here to ask your HMIS question(s) or request mini-trainings.
Click here to access previous Monthly HMIS Office Hours recordings and materials.
Click here to join the Riverside County CoC free membership and receive all Riverside County CoC notifications including invitations and reminders to the Monthly HMIS Office Hours.

New Clarity-HMIS Interface Rolled out on 2/2/2026: The new Clarity HMIS interface has been rolled out for all active HMIS users.

Click here to access the New Clarity Interface Training slide deck
Click here to access all New Clarity Interface training materials
Click here if you have experienced any abnormalities or glitches within the new Clarity Interface and would like to provide feedback

Coordinated Entry System and VI-SPDATs: Stemming from a collaborative effort between the Riverside County HMIS Team and the Coordinated Entry System (CES) Team at the Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health, a fully integrated CES has been setup and configured in Clarity HMIS. This development provides all Riverside County, a centralized virtual location to input client information and conduct VI-SPDAT 2.0 Assessments, which include Family, Individual and Transitional Age Youth (TAY) VI-SPDATS.