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SfS Reporting Options

 

There are four options for submitting the HUD Standards for Success (SfS) Report to HUD each year.

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Direct Data Entry into HUD’s inForm Tool

 

HUD has provided a free tool called inForm which allows direct data entry on the annual Standards for Success (SfS) Report. Data can be entered and updated at any time. Then the report can be submitted once a year from this tool.

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Pros:

  • This tool is free

  • Users only see the data elements required to be entered to their program (MFSC or ROSS) so they know which fields must be entered

  • Users do not have to remember the data element codes, there are drop downs in the system to select the correct answer, which provides the correct corresponding code

 

Cons:

  • Users must work online while logged in

  • Data elements must have a corresponding value, but Information Not Collected and Not Applicable are acceptable answers

 

To access HUD’s inForm Tool, click here.

 

Support for inForm is provided directly via Grant Solutions. For more information about inForm, contact:

Excel File Upload

 

HUD has provided an Excel file that can be filled out and uploaded once a year.

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Pros:

  • This tool is free

  • Users can work offline and update their data anytime, then only upload a complete file once a year

 

Cons:

  • Users see all data elements and they must keep track of which data elements are required for their program. The others can be left blank, but the user will get an error upon upload if a data element that is required for their program is not filled out

  • Users must remember the data codes for each data element and enter them correctly onto the spreadsheet for the file to be accepted on the excel upload

 

To access HUD’s Excel form, click here:  Excel File Template

 

Instructions
Quick Sheet: Upload Report to OLDC in Excel or XML Format

 

For more information about Excel, contact:

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AASC Online Case Management Software for Service Coordinators (Database-to-Database Integration)

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HUD allows the Standards for Success Report (SfS) to be sent to HUD via web-based case management software for service coordinators.

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Pros:

  • While working with residents, as service coordinators enter data, the SfS Data Elements are automatically captured in the SfS report

  • Service coordinators do not need to remember which data elements are required as the software does the work for them

  • Service coordinators do not need to know the corresponding numerical values of the response options as the software does the work

  • The software does the work of including the data element codes (e.g., age, length of stay in subsidized housing) which change every year 

  • The software integrates the SfS report with HUD's database, so the report can be sent securely from AASC Online to HUD in a few clicks

 

Cons:

  • Case Management software is offered for an annual service fee which is paid to the vendor

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AASC Online (www.aasconline.org) is case management software for service coordinators. It was created by The Pangea Foundation. For more information about AASC Online:

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ResidentConnect Case Management Software for Service Coordinators (Database-to-Database Integration)

 

HUD allows the Standards for Success Report (SfS) to be sent to HUD via web-based case management software for service coordinators.

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Pros:

  • While working with residents, as service coordinators enter data, the SfS Data Elements are automatically captured in the SfS report

  • Service coordinators do not need to remember which data elements are required as the software does the work for them

  • Service coordinators do not need to know the corresponding numerical values of the response options as the software does the work

  • The software does the work of including the appropriate codes (e.g., age, length of stay in subsidized housing) which change every year 

  • The software integrates the SfS report with HUD's database, so the report can be sent securely from ResidentConnect to HUD in a few simple clicks

 

Cons:

  • Case Management software is offered for an annual service fee which is paid to the vendor

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ResidentConnect (www.residentconnect.net) is case management software for service coordinators. It was created by PivotLink. For more information about ResidentConnect:

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