Yes, there is no age restriction for the primary client.  When you admit a new household with this scenario into the program, be sure to admit the CHILD first.  This is because the first client placed in the household will be set as the primary client.  Then, enter the parents as household members (if desired).  Once the parents are added as household members, you can then designed whether to also admit the parents as full clients in the program (possibly at a later date).

Yes, there are two form locations that can be utilized with the single step admission process:

  Intake/Admission - as a linked form on the Intake/Admission form - Displays a link to the form on the intake/admission form after intake or admission is processed.

  Admission - as an embedded form in the single-step admission form - Integrates your form into the admission form, where it will be accessible at the bottom of the page under a heading labeled with the form's name.

No.  When using the single-step intake process, the screening date cannot be changed after the client's intake has been processed.

The referral source is not available for data entry until after the admission has been processed.  After you process the admission, you will be taken to the Household Composition page.  After joining the client to a household, you will be shown a list of all household members who have been admitted into the program.  Each household member will have a green check mark next to his/her name, which will take you back to the admission form for that client.  From that form you can make changes to the referral source information as needed.  Alternatively, you can always access the completed admission forms from the Intake/Admission module for this purpose.

Note that some AWARDS databases are configured to enable users to update referral source information directly from client face sheets.  In those instances clicking Update Referral Source from the appropriate face sheet is a quicker and easier way to make corrections.  If you do not currently see the Update Referral Source button on client face sheets and would like to, please reach out to the Help Desk for assistance.

The process for changing an intake or admission date depends on the type program in question:

When a program is added to the AWARDS system, the person completing the program setup specifies whether it uses a single- or multi-step intake process.  Additionally, he or she indicates whether or not the program submits the HUD APR.  Both of those selections are used to determine which version of the referral form is used by the program.

After program setup is complete, it is possible to change a program from single- to multi-step intake or vice versa; however, such a change is best made prior to completion of any client data entry in that program.  If such a change is required, please contact the Help Desk for assistance.

To correct the name of a client who has been admitted, use the Demographics Data portion of the face sheet.  Adjust the name order as necessary, and then update. When name corrections are made in this way they will impact the data on the intake form for that client as well.

To correct the name of a client who was not admitted, do so from within his or her intake form by first correcting the first name, updating, and then correcting the last name.  AWARDS will not allow changes to be made to both names at once from this location, so it must be done using a two-step process.

By default databases are configured so that referral source information is accessible via the Intake/Admission module after admission has been processed.  To do so, it requires opening the client's referral record, clicking Update Referral Source, and then making the necessary changes.

Some databases though are configured to enable users to update referral source information directly from client face sheets.  In those instances clicking Update Referral Source from the appropriate face sheet is a quicker and easier way to make corrections.  If you do not currently see the Update Referral Source button on client face sheets and would like to, please reach out to the Help Desk for assistance.

In the Intake/Admission module, search for the client and click his/her name to open the Shelter Bed Placement Form.  Change the date as needed and the screen will refresh; the form will then be populated with the data you had previously entered on the form for that day, including the bed the client was in.

  TIP: You will know you are on the right track because after you change the date to a past admission date for a client, the button at the bottom of the page changes from Place in Bed to Update Form.  Seeing that confirms that you are not creating a duplicate record, but rather updating the existing Intake/Admission.

Each time a client is admitted to a program, whether or not he or she was in that program previously, a new referral must be created.

In the event that this is not the client's first admission to the program, and the optional Intake/Admission Cloning functionality is available in the database (on in HMIS databases by default), you can choose to enter only the client's unique identifying information during the referral creation process (on the Intake Records Search page), and previously entered information for that client will drop into portions of the referral form.  Note that in this context identifying information includes the client's full (case sensitive) first name, last name, social security number, and alias (if applicable).

The residence units available for selection when processing admission are those units that are currently available, not those available as of the admission date.  (Run a housing report in Housing module with the "Residence History" option selected to check unit availability as of particular dates.)  As a result, admissions must be processed in order. 

In the event that admissions have been processed out of order and it is necessary to "backfill" a record for a former client, the following steps must be completed:

AWARDS calculates "Disabling Condition" at Intake/Admission based on the answers to the Special Needs questions and the Income Sources.  If a client has answered "Yes" to the first follow-up question next to any Special Need, or the client has any income sources related to disability (SSI/SSDI/VA Disability), then AWARDS changes the Disabling Condition value to "Yes."  Note however, that Disabling Condition can be overwritten by a worker, in which case the edited value will be saved, replacing what was auto-calculated.  if the edited value is inconsistent with the answers that have been provided under Special Needs and/or Disability Income, AWARDS will suggest that the worker re-examine the Disabling Condition value.

The days open count on the search results page is the number of days, excluding weekends, between the forms received date for the referral and the admission date (for consumers who have been admitted), the disposition date (if the referral's screening status is a resolved outcome other than admission), or today's date (if the referral's screening status is unresolved).  If no forms received date has been entered the days open value will be blank.  If the disposition date is before the forms received date, the days open value will be "Disposition Date Before Forms Received."

  TIP: There is a behind-the-scenes option to include weekends in the days open count.  If that option has not already been turned on in your AWARDS database and it's something you are interested in, please contact the Help Desk.

If the program is set up to submit the HUD APR, is set up to submit data to a CoC, or is part of an HMIS database, the admission form adjusts when a minor is being admitted into the program.  These adjustments are based on the HMIS Data Standards which specifies which Universal and Program-Specific Data Elements must be collected for All Clients, Only Adults, or Only Adults and Unaccompanied Youth.  If the minor being admitted is a member of a household that has an adult admitted into the program, only the Universal and Program-Specific Data Elements that apply to "All Clients" will appear on the minor's admission form.  If the minor is unaccompanied and no adult in the household is admitted into the program, only the Universal and Program-Specific Data Elements that apply to "All Clients" and "Unaccompanied Youth" will appear on the minor's admission form.

If the program is NOT set up to submit the HUD APR or to a CoC, you may want to revisit the configuration of your admission forms, adjusting required fields and drop-down lists where appropriate.

Whether or not you should be admitting household members and/or documenting services for them is a programmatic decision.  It depends on your contract requirements and reporting needs.  Please discuss the options with your Senior Project Manager if you need assistance.

This warning message indicates that AWARDS has found a possible duplicate client record with either the same Social Security number as the client whose intake/admission is being processed, or a matching name and birth date.  When this message is received, we recommend using Client Search to search for the client's name and/or Social Security number to confirm whether or not he/she is already in the system.  This can help in preventing duplicate client records.

You can always opt to not admit certain household members when admitting the primary client.  If you decide later that a household member should be admitted, you can either:

  Process a fresh admission for them in the Intake/Admission module.  If the admission is processed with the same First Name, Last Name, DOB and SSN, AWARDS will recognize that the client is already assigned to a household.

- OR -

  Access the household composition form for the primary client (or any other admitted household member) and click the "Create Admission" link that displays on the Household Composition tab for the unadmitted household member.  Clicking this link redirects you to a pre-populated admission form (for single-step programs) or referral form (for multi-step programs) for the selected program.

  If you're admitting a new household in its entirety - Begin in the Intake/Admission module and admit the client who will be labeled as the Head of Household. After the admission is complete, use the Household Composition button on the face sheet of that client to continue adding household members, and follow the prompts on that page to admit them. If you're unable to admit the entire household at once and you need to add another household member at a later date, see the next two bullets.

  If you're adding or admitting new household members to an existing household -

HMIS Programs - Begin on the face sheet of the Head of Household of the household to which the new members are being added. Use the Household Composition button there to continue adding household members, and follow the prompts on that page to admit them, if needed. Do not admit the new household members by starting at the Intake/Admission module and then linking them to the household, as that may cause more data to be captured for the new members than necessary.

Non-HMIS programs - Begin on the face sheet of the Head of Household of the household to which the new members are being added. Use the Household Composition button there to continue adding household members, and follow the prompts on that page to admit them. Alternatively, you can begin at the Intake/Admission module and admit the household member, then follow the prompts to add them to the existing household.

The intake records search looks at the screening date entered within each client's intake/referral record.

The staff in the primary worker selection list is limited to those who have chart access to the program AND either:

  the "include in direct care staff lists" permission

- OR -

  a user group assignment that places them in one of the following groups:  Direct Care Program Director, Direct Care Staff, Intake Staff, Housing Reception Desk Staff, Entitlements Staff, CoC Executive Officer, Executive Officer, or Agency Executive Officer

The residence units available for selection when processing admission are those units that are currently available, not those available as of the admission date.  If the residence unit in which the client should be placed is not available as of his or her admission date, it indicates that at some point another client was incorrectly placed into that unit and that residence history records will need to be corrected before you can proceed.

When you search with a date range, the system sorts the matches alphabetically, but the records are not retrieved by name.� Instead, it is looking for the X most recent referrals (where X is the number of matches you have elected to display) with screening dates between the start and end date you set in the date range.� As a result, if the number of matches is not set high enough, some older referrals may be left off the search results even if they fall within the set date range and the client names are early in the alphabet.� To ensure that the search results include all applicable referrals, select a high value for the "Limit Search Results to" option on the Intake Records Search page.

The intake search uses either a name OR a date range, not both.� If both are entered, the date range will be ignored.

The number you are seeing in the Primary Worker field is the Employee ID of a terminated employee.  When an employee is terminated and his/her caseload is not re-assigned, the information in this field changes from the employee's name to their ID number.

A client's screening date must be the same as, or prior to, a client's intake date.  In the event that the intake date is set to something before the screening date, an error message will be generated prompting the user to make a correction.