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Data quality plans

Updated May 18, 2023

In the United States, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) oversees homelessness programs nation-wide, and requires that every community (they call it a Continuum of Care or CoC) have a data quality plan.

This is not required in Canada, but it is a good practice to be in. A data quality plan allows you to discuss as a community what everyone's expectations are for data quality, including benchmarks and monitoring.

Your homework is to develop a data quality plan, but you don't need to submit it here. This is probably something you will be able to turn your attention to after your implementation is complete, so after you're done with this Masterclass. Download these resources and put this on your to-do list for later.

HUD Data Quality Toolkit.pdf
HUD HMIS Data Quality Plan Work Sheet.pdf
Appendix-A-Roles-and-Responsibilities-Worksheet.pdf
Appendix-B-Sample-Data-Quality-Plan.pdf
Appendix-C-Sample-HMIS-Participating-Organization-Agreement.pdf
Appendix-D-HMIS-Data-Quality-Monitoring-Visit-Report-and-Improvement-Plan.pdf
Appendix-E-HMIS-Data-Quality-Performance-Monitoring-and-Improvement-Strategies-Page.pdf
Sample Data Quality Plan - Connecticut.pdf
Sample Data Quality Plan - Hampton Roads.pdf
Sample Data Quality Plan - Texas.pdf
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