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title: Designating a Client’s Primary Residence
description: Updating a where a client lives can be done in a few clicks through the General Profile application. The current residency is determined by the residence with the most recent Start Date. To update information within the client profile, you…
url: "https://docs.youthcenter.net/docs/designating-a-clients-primary-residence/"
updated: "2026-09-25"
category: Client Basics
tags:
  - General Profile
  - Residencies
---

# Designating a Client’s Primary Residence

Updating a where a client lives can be done in a few clicks through the General Profile application. The current residency is determined by the residence with the most recent Start Date.

To update information within the client profile, you must first select a client through either the Search application under the Case Manager application or by using the Search Clients search bar in the top right of the screen.

![YouthCenter dashboard with two red arrow graphics, one pointing to the Search clients bar in the top right and one pointing to the Search link under the Case Manager menu](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Searching-for-a-client-1024x237.png)

Once a client is selected, select the General Profile application

![Case Manager navigation menu for a sample client showing Summary, General Profile, Contacts, Notes, and Assessments options, with a red arrow graphic pointing to General Profile](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Case-Manager-General-Profile-Menu.png)

Scroll down to the residency section. Given that you have proper permissions, you can edit an existing residency. Select the carrot menu in the residence that should be designated as the current residency and then select Edit this Residency.

Once inside the residence editor, simply update the Start date to when the client began their current stay at that residence.
**Note**: In order to be designated as the current residency the start date must be the latest chronologically of all the residences.

![Edit Residency form for a sample client showing Address and Phone fields, with a red arrow graphic pointing to the Start Date field](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/General-Profile-Residency-Start-Date-1024x286.png)

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