About HIPSK
Our
Partnership
The Homelessness Information Partnership Saskatchewan (HIPSK) is a group of agencies in Saskatoon, Prince Albert and Regina that use a shared data collection and case management system called the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS 4).
Under Reaching Home, the federal government’s homelessness strategy, designated urban centres are required to use a Homelessness Management Information System (HMIS) to collect data on the provision of housing and related services to homeless individuals and families, including client-level data.
Our partnership reflects the common need to implement HIFIS 4 and the unique challenges of addressing homelessness in and across Saskatchewan’s largest communities.
HIFIS 4
HIFIS 4 is a web-enabled HMIS developed by the Government of Canada in partnership with commmunities.
HIFIS 4 allows participating agencies in the HIPSK to access real-time information as needed to deliver services and connect service participants with the resources they need to find and keep a home.
Through the use of a shared HIFIS 4, the HIPSK acquires the ability to collect homelessness sector information that can be used to inform data-driven decision making, and provides a necessarily tool for the implementation of coordinated access in each designated community.
HIFIS Lead Organization
Each community in Canada that receives federal funding through the ‘Designated Community’ funding stream has an organization that is responsible for distributing that funding. In Saskatchewan, these include:
Regina - Namerind Housing Corporation
Saskatoon - Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP)
Prince Albert - River Bank Development Corporation
Out of a common need to implement HIFIS 4, SHIP took on the role of HIFIS Lead Organization on behalf of all three organizations. As the HIFIS Lead Organization, SHIP is responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance, and training delivery of HIFIS 4 in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert.