2024 Data Standards Updates: All Projects
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 …
Housing Move-In Date
Background: The purpose of Data Element 3.20 Housing Move-In Date is to record the date a client or household physically moves into a unit after being enrolled in a Permanent Housing (PSH, OPH, or RRH) project. This data is critical to point-in time and housing inventory counts as it differentiates households whic…
Destination
Background When clients are exited from a project, their Destination (where they plan to stay immediately upon exiting the project) must be recorded upon their exit. Please review pages 76 -80 of the HMIS Data Standards Manual . Data Collection Instructions Select the response category that best describes where …
Project Start Date
Background The project start date indicates a client is now being assisted by the project. This field is required whenever a client is enrolled in a project. For each client's enrollment in a project, there must only be one Project Start Date. Any errors in entering the date should be corrected as soon as they are …
HMIS/HUD Data Standards
Background The HMIS Data Standards are set by HUD and determine what data we collect from clients and store in HMIS. HUD determines the questions and response options for each data element, so as a CoC we are not able to change any HUD-required question or response option in HMIS. HMIS/HUD Standards HUD publishe…
