ShelterPoint: Managing Beds

This article will help projects regularly maintain their bed unit list within ShelterPoint. Projects can: (1) hold a bed (e.g. bed is reserved for a client coming in or a bed is unavailable due to renovations), (2) release a bed, and (3) move clients from one bed to another within a unit list. 

This article is only applicable the ShelterPoint module

Transferring client to another bed

Note: Clients can only be moved between beds within the same unit list.

1. Select Enter Data As provider
2. Click ShelterPoint
3. Select correct Unit List and then click Submit
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4. Click View All
5. From the "bed list", click on the client's name

To move the selected client

1. Click Assign Unit
2. In the dropdown, select the bed the client is being moved to and click Select

To move other household members

1. 1. Scroll down to the "Household Members" table
   2. Click Assign Unit
   3. In the dropdown, select the bed the client is being moved to and click Select
   4. Repeat these steps for each family member, as needed.

Hold a bed

1. Select Enter Data As provider
2. Click  ShelterPoint
3. Select correct Unit List and then click Submit
4. Click View All
5. Click HOLD to hold the bed and make it temporarily unavailable.

Release a bed

1. Select Enter Data As provider
2. Click ShelterPoint
3. Select correct Unit List and then click Submit
4. Click View All
5. Click HELD to release the bed and make it available for new check-ins.

Have additional questions about ShelterPoint Unit Lists? Please contact the NCCEH Data Center Helpdesk.

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