Data & Reports 

​River Valleys CoC collects and shares data to evaluate progress toward ending homelessness, inform efforts to create new housing and services in the homeless response system, and to create an open atmosphere for generating solutions. Publicly available data is posted here per the CoC's Data Access and Release Policy. Special data requests can be made using the form at the bottom of this page.

Public Data & Reports

The CoC posts publicly all annual system reports that are reported to HUD. 

System Performance Measures

Annual report of system-wide outcomes. 

Longitudinal Systems Analysis

Aggregate data for HUD's Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress. 

Point in Time Count

One-night snapshot of who is experiencing homelessness. 

Housing Inventory Count

One-night snapshot of housing available for people experiencing homelessness. ​

CoC Surveys & Assessments

CoC Needs Assessment 

2023 Reports
  • Housing Needs and Housing Solutions Reports . Annual numbers of households experiencing homeless and housing instability by county, household type, subpopulation, and funder definitions.  
  • Community Needs Survey report.  Summary of responses received in the biennial surveys for Individuals & Families who recently experienced homelessness or housing instability, and for Community Partners living and working in the region. 
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​2021 Subpopulation Reports

CoC Demographic Survey

Coordinated Entry & Housing Problem Solving Evaluation reports

The Coordinated Entry Committee of the CoC approved a CE Evaluation Framework in October 2022. Under that framework, the Committee partners with the Data & TA Committee, Youth Committee, and Lived Experience Workgroup to regularly assess outcomes from the regional shared access and referral system so that adjustments can be made as needed to support better outcomes.  

Other data resources

​Statewide Homeless Survey

​Every three years, Wilder Research conducts a statewide study to better understand the prevalence, causes, circumstances, and effects of homelessness. The study includes face-to-face interviews with people throughout the state who meet the federal definition of homelessness, as well as a count of people who were homeless on a single Thursday in late October. Like the Point in Time Count, the numbers reflect people counted on the night of the study. Wilder Research also estimates total persons experiencing homelessness based on the one-night count interviews. 

Special Assessment: Racial and Ethnic Inequities in the Experience of Homelessness (SPARC)

​CoC members from the Mankato/Blue Earth county area participated in a SPARC Learning Collaborative between 2019-2020. SPARC stands for Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities. Reports include a description by race and ethnicity of total population, persons experiencing homeless, persons accessing services, and persons exiting from homeless programs.  
  • Baseline data
  • CoC Racial Equity Tool 2022 - compares overall regional population to population experiencing homelessness (as reported in Point in Time count)

​Special Data Requests

​The policy of the River Valleys Continuum of Care  is to make its data available to the public to an extent that facilitates informed community planning to prevent and end homelessness within the CoC region. In general, the CoC prioritizes release of standard sets of data for community use. Other requests for data will be assessed on a case by case basis and will be prioritized for release depending on the capacity of CoC staff and anticipated benefit from the release to the CoC, its members, and persons served. This form is a tool for requesting data beyond the standard data released by the CoC. 

Because special data releases demand additional time from CoC staff, special data releases must provide value to the CoC, its members, and/or its partners in preventing and ending homelessness. As such, special data releases are prioritized based on the CoC Data Access and Release Policy. Per the policy, data releases may also be limited based on level of detail, geographic specificity, or time required to produce and deliver data.

Please review the Data Access and Release policy and all data publicly posted on the CoC website before submitting a special request.