What is the next step after completing the VI-SPDAT with your client(s)?

What is the next step after completing the VI-SPDAT with your client(s)?

• A. Archive the VI-SPDAT.
• B. Ensure that the VI-SPDAT was properly saved, then continue to provide at least one service per month to keep the client active on the Community Queue.
• C. Immediately close the client file.
• D. Schedule another VI-SPDAT for all household members.

Answer: (B)

After you’ve completed the VI-SPDAT, the next step is to save the assessment in the HMIS system and keep the client active on the Community Queue by providing at least one service per month. Saving the VI-SPDAT ensures the data is securely stored, prevents loss of the assessment, and keeps the client’s information available for prioritization and reporting. Maintaining monthly services demonstrates ongoing engagement and case management, which is what keeps a client active in the queue and eligible for housing resources as needs and housing opportunities evolve. Archiving the VI-SPDAT would remove the assessment from active consideration and take the client out of the queue, which would undermine eligibility and engagement. Closing the file immediately ends the process and would cut off ongoing support. Scheduling another VI-SPDAT right away isn’t the standard next step unless a significant change in circumstances or a formal reassessment policy requires it.

After you’ve completed the VI-SPDAT, the next step is to save the assessment in the HMIS system and keep the client active on the Community Queue by providing at least one service per month. Saving the VI-SPDAT ensures the data is securely stored, prevents loss of the assessment, and keeps the client’s information available for prioritization and reporting. Maintaining monthly services demonstrates ongoing engagement and case management, which is what keeps a client active in the queue and eligible for housing resources as needs and housing opportunities evolve.

Archiving the VI-SPDAT would remove the assessment from active consideration and take the client out of the queue, which would undermine eligibility and engagement. Closing the file immediately ends the process and would cut off ongoing support. Scheduling another VI-SPDAT right away isn’t the standard next step unless a significant change in circumstances or a formal reassessment policy requires it.