Open Source Shelter Manager (OSSM – Awesome!)

Exciting news!

We’ve released OSSM on SourceForge!

The OSSM provides operational assistance to those managing refugee shelters (occupancy, services, daily management). It is not intended to be a refugee tracking tool.

Licensing and Technology

• Gnu Public License (GPL). Free, open source.
• Web based, using popular open source tools
  • php
  • mySql
  • codeIgnitor 3
• Distribution
  • SourceForge: OSSM Project Page

Features

• Refugee record
  • Intake / Exit information
  • ability to attach images, documents, and mp3 to refugee record
  • record the services you provide
  • record stays and generate rosters
• International Support
  • European and US date formats
  • Over 110 countries w/ISO 3166-2 State/Province/Region codes
• Support for multiple housing units
  • configurable houses, rooms, room occupancy
• Reporting
  • aggregate reports on the services you provide, number of refugees you serve, demographics
• The application will expand on the features found in these Database Austin open-source projects:
  • Homeless Shelter Client Services (https://dbaustin.com/hscsdb/userGuide/)
  • Transitional Housing Manager (https://www.welcomedb.org/userguide/)
  • Delightful Labor Non-profit Manager (http://www.delightfullabor.com/userGuide/)

Account Types

• Administrative – manage center configuration, accounts, etc. Run reports and generate exports. Also has full access to Shelter Manager and Case Manager features.
• Shelter Manager
  • manages refugee records, manages room assignments, able to generate rosters. Also has full access to Case Manage features.
  • can be assigned to one or more of the center’s facilities
• Case Manager
  • access is limited to assigned refugees.
  • can be assigned to refugees at different facilities
  • multiple case managers can be assigned to each refugee
• Professional Contacts
  • access is limited to assigned refugees
  • Professional contacts can annotate the refugee record

Schedule

• SoureForge release on September 2022.

We’d like to hear from you. If you are involved in Refugee Management (anywhere in the world) and would like a free, robust, feature-rich management tool, please let us know! We’d love to hear your thoughts on features, data collection, reporting, tracking….

You can get hold of us at ossm [at] dbAustin [dot] com.