HOW LONG DOES A CLIENT NEED TO BE IN RESIDENCE BEFORE DOCUMENTING SHELTER FOR HER?

Providing shelter (on or off site) is providing housing in emergency situations. If you provide a place to stay, document this as receiving shelter. Use your best judgment. If a client comes into shelter for only 2 hours (from 7-9 p.m.) and decides to leave, that would not be considered a shelter night. However, if a client comes into shelter at 3 a.m. and leaves at 8 a.m., you have provided a place to stay overnight and that shelter night should be entered.