Service event—accommodation period start date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Accommodation period start date
METEOR identifier:	348138
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 30/11/2007 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
Definition:	The date at which an accommodation period commences.
Data Element Concept:	Service event—accommodation period start date
Value Domain:	Date DDMMYYYY

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Date
Data type:	Date/Time
Format:	DDMMYYYY
Maximum character length:	8

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	This data element refers to a discrete accommodation period within a service episode. There may be a number of accommodation periods within a service episode.
Collection methods:	This data element is collected in conjunction with the Accommodation period end date and Supported accommodation type.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Service event—accommodation period start date, DDMMYYYY Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	SAAP Client Collection National Minimum Data Set Community Services (retired), Retired 01/07/2011 Specialist Homelessness Services accommodation type and start/end date cluster Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 10/12/2012 DSS specific information: In the SHS NMDS accommodation end date may be asked for three types of accommodation: 1) Short term or emergency, 2) Medium term or transitional, and 3) Long term. Clients may have breaks in accommodation, or shift between different types of accommodation. Clients may have multiple start and end dates for the various types of accommodation. Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2011 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2012-13 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013
Implementation in Indicators:	National Affordable Housing Agreement: Output 2-Number of people who are assisted to move from crisis accommodation or primary homelessness to sustainable accommodation, 2011 Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011 Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011