Components of VITALS

1. Enumerating the Opening Doors – CT populations:

  • Total persons
  • Number of families
  • Children in families
  • Chronic homelessness
  • Youth (age 18-24)
  • Veterans

2. HEARTH Act outcome measurement

  • Bed night analysis
  • Income and employment rates
  • Exits to permanent housing
  • First-episode homelessness

3. Bed turnover rate

4. Client Churning

  • Across providers in a particular community
  • Across communities in Connecticut