Person—urgency of requested assistance, time period code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Urgency of requested assistance |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 400421 |
Registration status:![]() | Community Services (retired), Standard 17/11/2010 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |
Definition:![]() | The time period within which a person requires the assistance which has been requested, as represented by a code. |
Context:![]() | Provides an indication of the urgency of need for people requesting services. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Person—urgency of requested assistance |
Value Domain:![]() | Time period code N |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | If a person does not know or is unsure as to when they may need assistance select the code 7 'Don't know/unsure'. Immediately is covered in code 1 'Within 24 hours'. |
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Collection methods:![]() | The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question: 'How long is it until you need assistance from this agency?' |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Has been superseded by Person—urgency of requested assistance, time period code N Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2011 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected only for persons who have not received the services requested, that is, it is collected only for persons known as 'turnaways'. Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2012-13 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected only for persons who have not received the services requested, that is, it is collected only for persons known as 'turnaways'. Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2013-14 Homelessness, Superseded 26/08/2014 Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for 'turnaways'. Turnaways are people who have not received the requested services or assessment. DSS specific information: This collection records a response of Don't Know (CODE 99), which is equivalent to the code Don't know/Not sure (CODE 7) in the Standard. Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2014-15 Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016 Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for 'turnaways'. Turnaways are people who have not received the requested services or assessment. DSS specific information: This collection records a response of Don't Know (CODE 99), which is equivalent to the code Don't know/Not sure (CODE 7) in the Standard. Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2015-17 Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for 'turnaways'. Turnaways are people who have not received the requested services or assessment. DSS specific information: This collection records a response of Don't Know (CODE 99), which is equivalent to the code Don't know/Not sure (CODE 7) in the Standard. Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2017-19 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for 'turnaways'. Turnaways are people who have not received the requested services or assessment. DSS specific information: This collection records a response of Don't Know (Code 99), which is equivalent to the code Don't know/Not sure (Code 7) in the Standard. |