As of October 28^th 2005 The Erie United Methodist Alliance has been designated, by the Erie County Department of Human Services, as the lead agency and central coordinating body responsible for the collection and storage of data on homeless clients served in Erie County PA. The Homeless Intake Tracking System (HITS) was developed for this purpose.

HITS, Erie County's Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is a web based software application designed to record and store client-level information on the characteristics and service needs of homeless persons in our community.

The purpose and objective of HITS:

• Unduplicated Homeless count
• Improve capacity to serve client by coordination of care between agencies
• Use data to inform partner Agencies and community interests
• Streamline data collection and reporting for governmental agencies
• Identify gaps in services
• Use HITS data to drive local program policy and design
• Better understanding of homeless and poverty issues
• Annual Progress Report (APR) generation

Contact a HITS System Administrator to find out how you can take control of your data entry and start getting better reports today.

All HITS forms are available in PDF format

User Documentation

	HITS Policy and Procedures
	HITS Glossary of Terms
	HITS User Application Form
	HITS User Agreement

Client Forms

	HITS Intake Form 06/10/2008
	HITS Dependents Form
	HITS Discharge Form

User Manuals

	Data Entry Manual
	Report Viewer Manual

More information regarding HITS usage and training will be posted here soon

If you have questions please contact a HITS System Administrator @ 814-456-8073 of via email.