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Sarasota News Leader December 20, 2013 help integrate the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) throughout the myriad of social service agencies that address homeless issues. Marbut explained that HMIS is not a record-keeping database, noted Applebee. "It should be the backbone of case management." Several funders and other possible funders want to see much more extensive use of HMIS. "There is high interest in the outcomes," said Applebee. Plus, federal funding is dependent on use of HMIS. Page 36 Applebee was speaking at the monthly Focus Group on Homelessness led by Liz Nolan, the manager of the Selby Public Library in downtown Sarasota. The group has been meeting since 2009; it is one of the few to actively solicit homeless people to attend its sessions and participate in discussion. Oddly, for the first time in several months, no homeless were in attendance. As for Marbut's brick-and-mortar suggestions, the two "emergency rooms" for homeless families with children — one in North County and a second in southern Sarasota County — are Wayne Applebee and Nancy DeLoach are the county's top administrators for homelessness and vagrancy. Photo by Stan Zimmerman