Welcome to the Show The Way Set Up module! We’ve designed this system to help you manage client data, track services, and oversee your projects with clarity and confidence. Here you will find a step-by-step guide to help get your community rolling with Show The Way.

Step 0: Integrating HMIS data with Show The Way (Optional)

While not necessary, populating Show The Way with existing HMIS data (Clients/Enrollments and Projects) helps admins save time up front so they can start implementing Show The Way into their communities.

Step 1: Add Users

Administrators will need to go through and create other users for Show The Way access. Admins can create new admins, outreach staff, and disable accounts.

Step 2: Create Resources

Resources are the backbone of Show The Way. Administrators can create resources (whether for HMIS projects or non-HMIS resources like schools) and tie users, services, and surveys to those resources.

Step 3: Create Services

Show The Way offers predefined services that can be used to get going right away. Administrators do have the options to create community specific services that can be mapped to HUD categories.

Step 4: Managing Surveys

By default, Show The Way comes with predefined surveys that collect all HUD Data Elements for an enrollment. Administrators can choose to add or remove and of these surveys from their Show The Way activity, as well as update all question labels.

What’s Next?

Congrats on completing the initial set up for your Show The Way activity! Now that your Show The Way implementation is looking good, reach out to our help desk to schedule user trainings.