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35 <br /> • Oversight is provided by the HMIS@NCCEH Advisory Committee <br /> • Compliance with all HUD rules and regulations, including reviewing, revising, and <br /> approving three key data documents: a privacy plan, a security plan, and a data <br /> quality plan. Orange County uses the Partnership to End Homelessness budget to <br /> fund the CoC's HMIS, including funding user license fees. <br /> SECTION 2. POINT-IN-TIME COUNT & HOUSING INVENTORY COUNT. The Partnership <br /> plans and conducts an annual Point-in-Time Count (PIT) that counts and collects data on <br /> people experiencing homelessness who are both unsheltered and sheltered within <br /> emergency shelters and transitional housing. The Partnership will provide training, forms, <br /> and instruction for agencies and individuals conducting this count. Normally, the PIT is held <br /> on the last Wednesday in January. The PIT will comply with any additional HUD <br /> requirements. The Partnership completes the annual Housing Inventory Chart (hereinafter <br /> "HIC"), which includes a bed inventory of all emergency shelters, transitional housing <br /> programs, rapid re-housing programs, and permanent supportive housing programs in the <br /> CoC. The PIT and HIC are submitted to HUD through the Homeless Data Exchange <br /> (hereinafter "HDX") in accordance with the deadline set by HUD. <br /> SECTION 3. SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES. The Partnership completes the annual <br /> System Performance Measure data submission each spring. The seven system-level <br /> performance measures help communities gauge their progress towards preventing and <br /> ending homelessness: <br /> 1. Length of time persons remain homeless; <br /> 2. Extent to which persons who exit homelessness to permanent housing <br /> destinations return to homelessness; <br /> 3. Number of people experiencing homelessness; <br /> 4. Jobs and income growth for people experiencing homelessness in CoC Program- <br /> funded projects; <br /> 5. Number of persons who become homeless for the first time; <br /> 6. Homelessness prevention and housing placement of persons identified as <br /> Category 3 of HUD's homeless definition in CoC Program-funded projects; and <br /> 7. Successful housing placement. <br /> The Partnership will submit data on community system performance measures to HUD <br /> through HDX in accordance with the deadline set by HUD. <br /> SECTION 4. LONGITUDINAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS. The Longitudinal Systems <br /> Analysis (LSA) report provides critical information about how people experiencing <br /> homelessness use homeless services and demographics about the people in the homeless <br /> system. The Partnership will submit the LSA report annually to HUD via the HDX 2.0 in <br /> advance of the annual deadline. <br /> ARTICLE VII <br /> FINANCES <br /> SECTION I. BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING. The budgeting and accounting systems of <br /> the Partnership shall be an integral part of the budgeting and accounting systems of <br /> Orange County Government. <br /> SECTION 2. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Partnership shall begin on the first day of <br /> Page 11 of 22 <br />