Background

The HMIS Data Standards have been established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and other federal partners to allow for standardized data collection on homeless clients from Continuums of Care (CoCs) across the county. The collection of these data elements are required to meet HMIS participation and reporting requirements from HUD and other federal partners. Periodically, new data elements are introduced to address gaps with current data collection.

The data elements included in this article have been added or edited under the FY2022 HMIS Data Standards, and will be implemented in HMIS as of October 1st, 2021. The data elements included in this article are required for clients served using CoC funds for Permanent Supportive Housing projects. Please review each data element for specific information regarding data collection requirements. For additional information on these data elements please review the FY2022 HMIS Data Standards Manual.

CoC: PSH Data Standards Updates

The following HUD-CoC: PSH Data Elements are new:

• Well Being
• Moving On Assistance Provided

C1 Well Being

• Project Type Applicability:  Permanent Supportive Housing
• Data Collected About:   Head of Household
• Collection Point:   Project Start, Annual Assessment, and Project Exit
• Screen in HMIS:  Project Enrollment,  Annual Assessment for the Enrollment,  Project Exit
• Responses for "Client perceives their life has value and worth."
  • Strongly disagree
  • Somewhat disagree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Somewhat agree
  • Strongly agree
  • Client doesn’t know
  • Client refused
  • Data not collected
• Responses for "Client perceives they have support from others who will listen to problems."
  • Strongly disagree
  • Somewhat disagree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Somewhat agree
  • Strongly agree
  • Client doesn’t know
  • Client refused
  • Data not collected
• Responses for "Client perceives they have a tendency to bounce back after hard times."
  • Strongly disagree
  • Somewhat disagree
  • Neither agree nor disagree
  • Somewhat agree
  • Strongly agree
  • Client doesn’t know
  • Client refused
  • Data not collected
• Responses for "Client's frequency of feeling nervous, tense, worried, frustrated, or afraid."
  • Not at all
  • Once a month
  • Several times a month
  • Several times a week
  • At least every day
  • Client doesn't know
  • Client refused
  • Data not collected

C2 Moving On Assistance Provided

• Project Type Applicability:  Permanent Supportive Housing

• Data Collected About:   Head of Household

• Collection Point:   Occurrence (as provided)

• Screen in HMIS: Services Provided screen under the Enrollment

• Responses for "Moving On Assistance"
  • Subsidized housing application assistance
  • Financial assistance for Moving On (e.g., security deposit, moving expenses)
  • Non-financial assistance for Moving On (e.g., housing navigation, transition support)
  • Housing referral/placement
  • Other (please specify)