Achieve the highest level of performance and results for homelessness management information system (hmis) implementation, including improving the capacity of persons charged with setting up and…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research awarded a $746,470 Cooperative Agreement to Cloudburst Consulting Group, Inc. on March 27, 2026, under the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building program (CFDA 14.259).

Cloudburst will deliver technical assistance and training to Continuums of Care (COCs) to improve the implementation and operation of Homelessness Management Information Systems (HMIS). Activities include assisting COCs to analyze homeless data and understand data trends; use data to inform and revise plans and strategies; implement performance measurement and reporting tools; establish data sharing partnerships and agreements; collect and report accurate data on programs, activities, and beneficiaries; manage and operate HMIS software; establish HMIS governance structures; standardize data collection for HUD-required reporting; and conduct system performance measurement, analysis, and modeling. Expected outcomes include improved capacity of COCs and HUD-funded homeless assistance organizations to design programs, policies, and strategies and to deliver projects that address community needs.

Cloudburst, an SBA-certified women-owned small business headquartered in Landover, Maryland, will perform the work at Hyattsville, Maryland. The award runs through September 30, 2029. Sub-recipient activities are unknown at the time of award.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to achieve the highest level of performance and results for homelessness management information system (hmis) implementation, including improving the capacity of persons charged with setting up and operating hmis implementations; ensuring that hmis collect accurate, comprehensive, and timely data; and supporting continuums of care (cocs) and stakeholders to use homeless data to improve efforts to end homelessness.

Activities

Activities will vary and include: technical assistance and training to help cocs analyze data and understand data trends; use data to inform and revise plans and strategies; use performance measurement and reporting tools; create data sharing partnerships and agreements; collect, report, and use accurate and valid data on programs, activities, and beneficiaries; hmis software management and operation; hmis governance; standardized data collection for HUD-required reporting; system performance measurement and analysis; and system modeling.

Expected outcomes

Outcomes are the results of technical assistance activities, including but not limited to changes in management or operation of HUD-funded programs or initiatives. Specific outcomes will vary based on the nature of the activities carried out. Standard outcome categories include improved capacity to design programs, policies, and strategies as well as to deliver projects, programs, or systems that address community needs as defined in the TA scope.

Intended beneficiaries

Beneficiaries include continuums of care (COC). Selected award recipients will be deployed as HUD deems most necessary across the country to assist organizations receiving HUD funds to improve performance and management of HUD funds.

Subrecipient activities

The subrecipient activities are unknown at the time of award.