November 2025 Update
Hey All! Welcome to November. We’re glad you’re here.
November is packed to the brim! Stay tuned to our socials education, events, and information about National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week!
What’s New?
FY 2025 Grant Competition
On Monday, September 29, HUD shared the revised FY 2025 Grant Inventory Worksheet (GIW). The GIW documents all projects in the CoC that are eligible for renewal funding and calculates the Annual Renewal Amount (ARA) for each project.
As the CoC receives guidance on the FY 2025 process, next steps will be shared. To see more information, visit the CoC website or if you have any questions, please contact CoC staff.
Mailing List Change
Starting in January 2026, we will transition to a quarterly newsletter instead of monthly. Newsletters will be shared in January, April, July, & October. Any information between those months will be shared through our other mailing lists. We encourage you to update/review your preferences for the mailing list to ensure you get updates from the IA BoS CoC.
Interested in joining an IA Bos CoC Task Group?
Attend a Task Group Meeting: Meetings are virtual and open to the public. Attending meetings gives you the opportunity to learn about the work being done across the CoC. Learn more about the specific task groups by visiting the CoC's Task Group Page.
Attend meetings to learn about the group: To add any of the Board or Task Group meetings to your calendar, visit the CoC's Event Page.
If you enjoy a specific group, you can join as a voting member! After attending meetings, if you are interested in a specific group, you are welcome to join as a voting member for a CoC Task Group!
Becoming a Voting Member: To become a voting member of one of the Task Groups, reach out the CoC staff for more information.
Questions or additional information: For any other information or questions, contact CoC staff.
Upcoming Events
Provide Feedback for IA BoS CoC
Catch up on Socials
Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn!
Data and Dashboards
The most recent Monthly Data Update from Institute for Community Alliances.
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Snapshots of Service and Shelter Use
Iowa Homelessness County Level Data Book
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County Point in Time
Coordinated Entry Regions
ERA Portal
IA BoS CoC Data Quality Plan Dashboard
National Point in Time Explorer
CoC System Performance Measures
BoS YHDP Dashboard
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Stella Performance & Stella Modeling Webinar
SAGE HMIS Reporting Repository Overview
Most recent Housing Inventory Reports
Most recent Point in Time Reports
System Performance Measure Reports
AHAR Reports
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Annual Reports
AHAR Reports
Housing Inventory Reports
Point in Time Reports
System Performance Measures
Professional Development Opportunities
HMIS Trainings
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As preparations for federal reports (LSA, PIT/HIC, SPMs) have begun, the Iowa HMIS Team is excited to announce a newly updated course in the Learning Management System (LMS), Common Updates/Error Corrections. This course will be especially useful for folks who receive the quarterly EVA reports.
You can self-enroll in the course by logging into the LMS and clicking the link here: https://www.icatraining.org/course/view.php?id=380
The course includes videos and helper documents to provide support on making updates and corrections. Topics include:
How to correct Head of Household errors
How to delete entries/exits
How the Households section works
HUD Section Trainings
Overlapping Enrollments & Move-in Dates
and more!
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You're invited to join the October Q&A session on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 10:00 AM. These sessions are a great opportunity to ask questions and receive updates on HMIS/DVIMS and HUD guidance.
Add Q & A Invite to My Calendar -- To add this to your calendar: click the link. It should open Outlook/your email and download a file. Click on the file to open it. In Outlook, click the calendar and then click "Browse" to select the downloaded file. Select your calendar and click "Import". The next 2 months of Q&A sessions should show up on your calendar. (October, November).
If you have difficulty with adding the event to your calendar using this new process, or have any other questions, please contact support@icalliances.org.
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This training fulfills the need for users who will benefit from learning the system with a more hands-on approach, while still using the online training videos as additional tools. If you are the person at your agency that requests new user training and think that you have staff that would benefit from an in-person training experience, please fill out the form below.
Please note that online training is still available as an option if this does not fit your staff’s needs. If it is decided that in-person training is the best option, each student only needs to attend one session. Each attendee will need their own laptop. The classes fill up at 10 attendees each.
Current In-Person Training:
The 2nd Thursday- every month - 612 Locust St. Des Moines, Iowa
The 3rd Thursday- every month- Shelter House, Iowa City (10 am-2 pm) 429 Southgate Ave, Iowa City
To request in-person training for your organization/area, please click here or email support@icalliances.org.
Online Trainings and Conferences
National Alliance to End Homelessness: Who Experiences Homelessness?
Homeless and Housing Resource Center: Trauma Informed Outreach
Iowa Balance of State Continuum of Care: Modern Day Conflict Resolution
Resource Library
Coming Soon!
