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Illinois Department of Human Services

Homeless Youth (NOFO 26-444-80-0711-02)14 measures

Percent of approved/funded service slots available.

RequiredoutputFY2026HY-1

Tier 1: Collect today

An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Program Performance Standard: 100 Percent of approved /funded service slots were available at any given time throughout the year.

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of youth with an Emergency Care Plan implemented.

RequiredoutputFY2026HY-3

Tier 1: Collect today

An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Program Performance Standard: 95 Percent of youth with a completed safety assessment that required immediate attention will have an Emergency Care Plan implemented.

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of youth with a completed Ansell Casey Assessment.

RequiredoutputFY2026HY-4

Tier 1: Collect today

A share computed from the organization’s own records.

Program Performance Standard: 70 Percent of youth will have a completed Casey Assessment. (Excludes Outreach Brief Contacts.)

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of youth with a Case Management Plan developed.

RequiredoutputFY2026HY-5

Tier 1: Collect today

An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Program Performance Standard: 90 Percent of youth with a completed Casey Assessment will have a Case Management Plan developed.

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of youth with a Case Management Plan Implemented.

RequiredoutputFY2026HY-6

Tier 1: Collect today

An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Program Performance Standard: 90 Percent of youth will have a Case Management Plan Implemented. (Considers only youth with a case plan developed. Considers those with the case plan 50% or more completed upon exit)

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of Case Management Plans that include strategies to encourage employment and/or education (High School, GED, Vocational etc.)

RequiredoutputFY2026HY-7

Tier 1: Collect today

An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Program Performance Standard: 90 Percent of Case Management Plans will include strategies to encourage employment and/or education (High School, GED, Vocational etc.)

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of Case Management Plans that include the strategies to increase life skills.

RequiredoutputFY2026HY-8

Tier 1: Collect today

An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Program Performance Standard: 90 Percent of Case Management Plans will include the strategies to increase life skills.

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of Emergency Shelter Youth who exited the program to stable housing

RequiredoutcomeFY2026HY-9

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

No cleared, validated, free outcome instrument exists for housing stability. The funder's own item (SAMHSA SUPRT-C client form, item A2d), an HMIS exit destination, or a partner record is the substitute. Source

Program Performance Standard: 70 Percent of Emergency Shelter Youth will exit the program to stable housing.

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of Transitional Living Youth who exited the program to stable housing

RequiredoutcomeFY2026HY-10

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

No cleared, validated, free outcome instrument exists for housing stability. The funder's own item (SAMHSA SUPRT-C client form, item A2d), an HMIS exit destination, or a partner record is the substitute. Source

Program Performance Standard: 80 Percent of Transitional Living Youth will exit the program to stable housing.

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of Transitional Living Youth who exited the program employed and/or enrolled in educational program

RequiredoutcomeFY2026HY-11

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

Program Performance Standard: 80 Percent of Transitional Living Youth will exit the program employed and/or enrolled in educational program.

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of parenting Transitional Living Youth that receive parenting skills education

RequiredoutputFY2026HY-13

Tier 1: Collect today

An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Program Performance Standard: 95 Percent of parenting Transitional Living Youth will receive parenting skills education.

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

Percent of eligible youth acquiring one or more new mainstream benefits (SSI, Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, WIC)

RequiredoutcomeFY2026HY-14

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

Program Performance Standard: 65 Percent of eligible youth will acquire one or more new mainstream benefits (SSI, Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, WIC).

Instrument
IDHS quarterly program performance report and year-end performance measures and outcomes report
Reporting
quarterly, plus year-end
Target
Funder sets the target
Source document, HTML section 'Performance Measures and Standards'

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Continuum of Care System Performance Measures19 measures

Measure 1a: Length of Time Persons Experience Homelessness

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026

Tier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.

Partner routes for another agency’s HMIS

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

The measures are the number of clients active in the report date range along with their average and median length of time experiencing homelessness across the relevant universe of projects. This includes time experiencing homelessness during the report date range as well as prior to the report start date. Measure 1a This measure uses each client’s start, exit, and bed night dates strictly as entered in HMIS, going…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 9 (contents); introduction p. 10

Measure 1b: Length of Time Persons Experience Homelessness

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026

Tier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.

Partner routes for another agency’s HMIS

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

The measures are the number of clients active in the report date range along with their average and median length of time experiencing homelessness across the relevant universe of projects. This includes time experiencing homelessness during the report date range as well as prior to the report start date. Measure 1a This measure uses each client’s start, exit, and bed night dates strictly as entered in HMIS, going…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 9 (contents); introduction p. 10

Measure 2a and 2b: The Extent to which Persons Who Exit Homelessness to Permanent Housing Destinations Return to Homelessness within 6, 12, and 24 months

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026

Tier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.

No cleared, validated, free outcome instrument exists for housing stability. The funder's own item (SAMHSA SUPRT-C client form, item A2d), an HMIS exit destination, or a partner record is the substitute. Source

Partner routes for another agency’s HMIS

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

This measure begins with clients who exited to a permanent housing destination in the date range two years prior to the report date range. Of those clients, the measure reports on how many of them returned to homelessness as indicated in HMIS for up to two years after their initial exit.

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 22 (contents); introduction p. 22

Metric 3.1 – Change in PIT counts of sheltered and unsheltered persons experiencing homelessness

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026No. 3.1

Tier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.

Partner routes for another agency’s HMIS

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

This measure is divided in two tables: 1. Metric 3.1 - Counts of clients using PIT count data. This data should be manually entered from the appropriate PIT count data previously submitted. Due to ever-changing data, it is often difficult or impossible to run the same query months later and return the same results. Thus, this metric is not intended to be programmed into the HMIS as part of the System Performance Me…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 27 (contents); introduction p. 27

Metric 3.2 – Change in annual counts of persons experiencing sheltered homelessness in HMIS

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026No. 3.2

Tier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.

Partner routes for another agency’s HMIS

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

This measure is divided in two tables: 1. Metric 3.1 - Counts of clients using PIT count data. This data should be manually entered from the appropriate PIT count data previously submitted. Due to ever-changing data, it is often difficult or impossible to run the same query months later and return the same results. Thus, this metric is not intended to be programmed into the HMIS as part of the System Performance Me…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 27 (contents); introduction p. 27

Metric 4.1 – Change in earned income for adult system stayers during the reporting period

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026No. 4.1

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

This measure is divided into six tables as shown above. The project types reported in these metrics are the same for all metrics, but the type of income and universe of clients differs. Equally important, the projects reported on are limited to CoC-funded projects, and only adult clients are included. For system stayers (metrics 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) 1. A “system stayer” is an adult client active in any one or more of…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 29 (contents); introduction p. 31

Metric 4.2 – Change in non-employment cash income for adult system stayers during the reporting period

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026No. 4.2

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

This measure is divided into six tables as shown above. The project types reported in these metrics are the same for all metrics, but the type of income and universe of clients differs. Equally important, the projects reported on are limited to CoC-funded projects, and only adult clients are included. For system stayers (metrics 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) 1. A “system stayer” is an adult client active in any one or more of…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 29 (contents); introduction p. 31

Metric 4.3 – Change in total income for adult system stayers during the reporting period

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026No. 4.3

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

This measure is divided into six tables as shown above. The project types reported in these metrics are the same for all metrics, but the type of income and universe of clients differs. Equally important, the projects reported on are limited to CoC-funded projects, and only adult clients are included. For system stayers (metrics 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) 1. A “system stayer” is an adult client active in any one or more of…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 30 (contents); introduction p. 31

Metric 4.4 – Change in earned income for adult system leavers

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026No. 4.4

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

This measure is divided into six tables as shown above. The project types reported in these metrics are the same for all metrics, but the type of income and universe of clients differs. Equally important, the projects reported on are limited to CoC-funded projects, and only adult clients are included. For system stayers (metrics 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) 1. A “system stayer” is an adult client active in any one or more of…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 30 (contents); introduction p. 31

Metric 4.5 – Change in non-employment cash income for adult system leavers

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026No. 4.5

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

This measure is divided into six tables as shown above. The project types reported in these metrics are the same for all metrics, but the type of income and universe of clients differs. Equally important, the projects reported on are limited to CoC-funded projects, and only adult clients are included. For system stayers (metrics 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) 1. A “system stayer” is an adult client active in any one or more of…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 30 (contents); introduction p. 31

Metric 4.6 – Change in total income for adult system leavers

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026No. 4.6

Tier not determined

No rule matched this measure, so no tier is guessed.

This measure is divided into six tables as shown above. The project types reported in these metrics are the same for all metrics, but the type of income and universe of clients differs. Equally important, the projects reported on are limited to CoC-funded projects, and only adult clients are included. For system stayers (metrics 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) 1. A “system stayer” is an adult client active in any one or more of…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 31 (contents); introduction p. 31

Metric 5.1 – Change in the number of persons entering ES, SH, and TH projects with no prior enrollments in HMIS

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026No. 5.1

Tier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.

Partner routes for another agency’s HMIS

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

This measure is divided in two tables: 1. Metric 5.1 – Clients entering in Emergency Shelter – Entry Exit, Emergency Shelter – Night-by-Night, Safe Haven, and Transitional Housing. 2. Metric 5.2 – Clients entering in Emergency Shelter – Entry Exit, Emergency Shelter – Night-by-Night, Safe Haven, Transitional Housing, and Permanent Housing. For both measures, start with the client’s earliest start date in any of the…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 37 (contents); introduction p. 38

Metric 5.2 – Change in the number of persons entering ES, SH, TH, and PH projects with no prior enrollments in HMIS

Program-wideoutcomeFY2026No. 5.2

Tier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.

Partner routes for another agency’s HMIS

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

This measure is divided in two tables: 1. Metric 5.1 – Clients entering in Emergency Shelter – Entry Exit, Emergency Shelter – Night-by-Night, Safe Haven, and Transitional Housing. 2. Metric 5.2 – Clients entering in Emergency Shelter – Entry Exit, Emergency Shelter – Night-by-Night, Safe Haven, Transitional Housing, and Permanent Housing. For both measures, start with the client’s earliest start date in any of the…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 37 (contents); introduction p. 38

Metrics 6a.1 and 6b.1 – Returns to ES, SH, TH, and PH projects after exits to permanent housing destinations within 6 and 12 months (and 24 months in a separate calculation)

Program-wideoutcomeFY20266a.1 and 6b.1

Tier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.

No cleared, validated, free outcome instrument exists for housing stability. The funder's own item (SAMHSA SUPRT-C client form, item A2d), an HMIS exit destination, or a partner record is the substitute. Source

Partner routes for another agency’s HMIS

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

Metrics 6a.1 and 6b.1 mirror Measure 2 but with a universe of Category 3 persons. Metric 6c.1 mirrors Measure 7b.1 but with a universe of Category 3 SH, TH, PH – RRH, and PH (without a housing move-in date as defined by the Handling Housing Move-In Dates section of the HMIS Standard Reporting Terminology Glossary) system leavers in the current reporting year. Metric 6c.2 mirrors Measure 7b.2 but with a universe of…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 40 (contents); introduction p. 41

Metric 6c.1 – Change in exits to permanent housing destinations

Program-wideoutcomeFY20266c.1

Tier 3: Needs a partner

The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.

No cleared, validated, free outcome instrument exists for housing stability. The funder's own item (SAMHSA SUPRT-C client form, item A2d), an HMIS exit destination, or a partner record is the substitute. Source

Partner routes for another agency’s HMIS

Routes, caveats and templates for this measure

Metrics 6a.1 and 6b.1 mirror Measure 2 but with a universe of Category 3 persons. Metric 6c.1 mirrors Measure 7b.1 but with a universe of Category 3 SH, TH, PH – RRH, and PH (without a housing move-in date as defined by the Handling Housing Move-In Dates section of the HMIS Standard Reporting Terminology Glossary) system leavers in the current reporting year. Metric 6c.2 mirrors Measure 7b.2 but with a universe of…

Instrument
System Performance Measures HMIS Programming Specifications V1.0 (HMIS Data Standards FY2026)
Target
No target rule stated
Source document, 41 (contents); introduction p. 41
Show all 19 measures for this program

How grantees did

Results are attainment: actual divided by the promised value, for rows where the source gives both. Medians mix every measure a program reports; the measure pages split them.

Economic Self-Sufficiency - Homeless Support

Grantee-level resultsChildren's Services Council of Broward County, annual performance reports
1grantee
3measures
1period
3results
105%median of target (93% to 165%)
67%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 3 with a target printed beside the result.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • HOPE South Florida · FY2024-25

    Percentage of participants placed in approved shelter/housing options

    25% → 56% (224% of target) · %

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
GranteePeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
HOPE South FloridaFY2024-25Percentage of participants placed in approved shelter/housing options25%56%%224%document

Economic Self-Sufficiency – Homeless

Grantee-level resultsChildren's Services Council of Broward County, annual performance reports
1grantee
3measures
1period
3results
100%median of target (66% to 115%)
67%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 3 with a target printed beside the result.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • HOPE South Florida Homeless Support · FY2021-22

    Participants placed in approved shelter/housing options.

    25% → 8% (32% of target) · %

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
GranteePeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
HOPE South Florida Homeless SupportFY2021-22Participants placed in approved shelter/housing options.25%8%%32%document

Emergency Shelter & Community Based Housing

Grantee-level resultsJuvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, program monitoring reports
1grantee
1measure
1period
1result
144%median of target (144% to 144%)
100%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 1 with a target printed beside the result.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • Community Action Stops Abuse, Inc. · FY2024

    Participants served (target vs actual)

    870 → 1257 (144% of target) · count

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
GranteePeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
Community Action Stops Abuse, Inc.FY2024Participants served (target vs actual)8701257count144%document

Prince Homeless Program in Manteno

Program-level summary, not granteesIllinois Comptroller Public Accountability Reports
16measures
9periods
132results
86%median of target (59% to 100%)
27%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 69 with a target printed beside the result; 63 with a goal set before the period. These are agency-reported program figures, not individual grantees.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • Department of Veterans' Affairs · FY2024

    Total number of veterans impacted with supplemental support services (advocacy and after-care follow-up)

    15.0 → 9.0 (60% of target) · count

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
Reporting entityPeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
Department of Veterans' AffairsFY2024Total number of veterans impacted with supplemental support services (advocacy and after-care follow-up)15.09.0count60%document

Prince Homeless Program at Manteno

Program-level summary, not granteesIllinois Comptroller Public Accountability Reports
10measures
3periods
42results
69%median of target (40% to 82%)
19%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 22 with a target printed beside the result; 20 with a goal set before the period. These are agency-reported program figures, not individual grantees.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • Department of Veterans' Affairs · FY2015

    Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands)

    $ 1,011.9 → $ 165.2 (16% of target) · $

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
Reporting entityPeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
Department of Veterans' AffairsFY2015Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands)$ 1,011.9$ 165.2$16%document

Homeless Assistance Grants (Competitive)

Program-level summary, not granteesOMB PART assessments (ExpectMore.gov archive)
4measures
6periods
21results
101%median of target (100% to 103%)
90%of results at or above target
0%target200%+

Results by kind of promised value: 21 with a target printed beside the result. These are agency-reported program figures, not individual grantees.

Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking)

1 shown

  • Homeless Assistance Grants (Competitive) · 2007

    The percentage of homeless persons who have moved from HUD transitional housing into permanent housing will be 65 percent in 2009, and will increase each year.

    61.5% → 66.6% (108% of target) · %

    Source document
Example results (a fixed pick, not a ranking), 1 shown
Reporting entityPeriodMeasurePromisedActualUnit% of targetSource
Homeless Assistance Grants (Competitive)2007The percentage of homeless persons who have moved from HUD transitional housing into permanent housing will be 65 percent in 2009, and will increase each year.61.5%66.6%%108%document

Show all 13 precedent programs

Target-setting language with precedent

Each item comes from one funder, one program or one department; none is a government-wide rule.

No target-setting clause from Illinois Department of Human Services and HUD in the library yet; the items below are the nearest precedent. All clauses

EDGAR, 34 CFR 75.110(c)

Paraphrase

An applicant that lacks a baseline explains how and when it will establish one.

It lets you write: State that no baseline exists yet, and say how and by when you will establish it.

Source document, 2024

NIH PAR-25-383, Section VI

Paraphrase

Future-year milestones may be renegotiated based on prior-year data.

It lets you write: List milestones for year 1 and state that later-year milestones will be renegotiated from year-1 data.

Source document, 2025