Yes.  There is a behind-the-scenes option that can be turned on to capture program status information at admission.  If this option is set and a program status is selected on the admission form, a program status record is created at the time the admission is processed.  That record, the start date of which will reflect the client's admission date into the program, is then available within the Program Status feature where it can be updated or deleted as needed.  

Yes, "Current Program Status" and "Current Program Status Date" data variables are available for inclusion in the following ReportBuilders found throughout AWARDS:

- Charting Events 
- Contacts Log 
- Demographics
- Group Activity Attendance
- Group Member Status
- Group Notes
- Progress Notes
- Reception Desk
- Service Contacts

These variables will report on each client's active program status record.  Active records are those without end dates.  If there are no active program status records and the program has been configured to use a default status, information on the default status record is reported on when program status variables are included in the above ReportBuilders.  

To delete a form included in a program status record (if that form has not been electronically signed), you must access the relevant record from data entry mode.  On the data entry page, click Delete Form below the standard program status fields and options.  Once an included form has been removed, you can then include a different form if needed, or re-include the same form if you'd like to start it from scratch.  (The "Delete FormBuilder Form" permission is not required to complete this process as it is when deleting forms from some other AWARDS locations.)

If your AWARDS database was configured to capture program status information at admission, any changes made to a client's admission date (either via Program History Corrections or admission re-processing) will not impact the program status record that was created when the admission was originally processed.  If a corresponding program status change is necessary, it must be made manually using the Program Status feature within the Services - Individual module.  Likewise if a client has multiple records that are merged.  In such cases the program status records are also merged and must be manually cleaned up using the Program Status feature.

If a client has an open program status record (one without an end date) when he/she is discharged, or upon transfer (for programs set up to use the Transfers feature), that record automatically receives an end date.  That end date reflects the discharge date, or the transferring out date, respectively.  In ReportBuilders, the discharged client's current status then displays as blank.

If a program is configured to have a default status if a program status record has not been explicitly created for the client, the start date of the initial default is the client's date of admission into the program.  

If a program status record is manually entered for a client and an end date is later entered for that record without a new record having been entered, the start date for the subsequent default program status record will either be:

  Same Day - The start date of a new default program status record will be the same as the end date entered for the previous program status.

  Consecutive Dates - The start date of a new default program status record will be the day after the end date entered for the previous program status.

If your AWARDS database was configured to capture program status information at admission, an initial program status record may or may not have been created for the client at that time.  If a program status was specified at admission, it will be available within the Program Status feature and can be updated or deleted as needed.  The start date for that record will reflect the client's admission date into the program.

The program status index shown in data entry mode and the Program Status ReportBuilder are designed to exclude default records.  They only display those program statuses that were explicitly entered for the client at the time of admission (if applicable) or via the Program Status feature itself.   If your program is configured to use a default status but it's necessary for all status records to be shown in the Program ReportBuilder and on the program status index, you must manually enter those records for each client.  Otherwise, default program status information is limited to inclusion in the following ReportBuilders when the "Current Program Status" and/or "Current Program Status Date" variables are included:

- Charting Events 
- Contacts Log 
- Demographics
- Group Activity Attendance
- Group Member Status
- Group Notes
- Progress Notes
- Reception Desk
- Service Contacts