How to document a current living situation
Author: Betty Notto | Date Created: June 5, 2025 | Date Updated: June 25, 2025
Current Living Situation is collected by Street Outreach (SO), Services Only (SSO) and Emergency Shelter – Night-by-Night (ES-NbN) projects in HMIS.
It is also collected by Coordinated Entry (CE) projects through the CE assessment workflow.
What this is
Current Living Situation (CLS) is a way to document every time you meet or talk with someone experiencing homelessness. The first time you do this should be the same day the project starts for that person. You must record their CLS every time you meet with them.
Follow these steps
Attention! 🚨The client must be enrolled in your project before you can record a Current Living Situation (CLS) in the Client Workspace.
- Under the Profile Folder in the Client Workspace, click “Current Living Situation”
- Then click “Add New Current Living Situation” in the upper right-hand corner of the screen:
- Complete the following fields within the CLS form, as circled below:
- Click Save when finished.