It also has helped other cities by testing the software to ensure that it will meet the needs of other cities in providing a continuum of care for those who are homeless. This means that 31 separate providers of many different services to the homeless report on the services that they have provided to specific homeless individuals and families. Information from each of these 31 agencies provides a comprehensive picture of the care and assistance that all of them furnished to any of the 1,500 persons who have come into the system. PRWT, Inc also contributed private development capital. Testing and installation in Boston span a two- year period.
Funding is an example of state and local collaboration.
Through its participation in this process, Boston has developed and is maintaining one of the most advanced systems, in place nationally, to track services to the homeless. Contacts Donna Haig Friedman, Director Center for Social Policy, McCormack Institute University of Massachusetts 100 Morrisey Blvd.