use XML::Simple;
    use Data::Dumper;
    $XMLref = XMLin($xml_from_hm, suppressempty => '', forcearray=>1);
    if (ref ($XMLref->{Response}->[0]->{Program}->[0])) {
        @program_array = $XMLref->{Response}->[0]->{Program};

        #  Walk through the programs
        foreach $programs (@program_array) {
            @status_array = $programs->{status};
            $one_program_name = $programs->{NAME}->[0];


            #  Walk through the statuses within each program
            foreach $status (@status_array) {
                $hold_desc = $status->{StatusDesc}->[0];
                $hold_start = $status->{StatusDate}->[0];
                $hold_end = $status->{StatusEndDate}->[0];
                # a lot of other processing here
            }
        }
    }