2024 Data Standards

2024 HMIS Data Standards Updates

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released an update to the FY 2024 Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Data Standards in June of 2024.

Release Schedule: 

  • All Training Sites: Tuesday, September 17, 2024
  • All Production Sites: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

System Administrators should update applicable custom screens and make them available for data collection on October 1, 2024. 

This article lists all of the June 2024 updates to the FY 2024 HUD Data Standards. We have also included:

  • A summary of relevant changes within Clarity Human Services.
  • Any actions System Administrators will need to complete by October 1, 2024.

Additional resources for the 2024 Data Standards updates include:


Notes:  

  • Review all local/community documentation and update as needed to reflect the changes described below.

2024 HUD HMIS Data Standard Updates

Here are the updates to the FY 2024 HMIS Data Standards:

  • 4.20 Coordinated Entry Event 
    • Corrected “dependent to Field 2 & responses 10-15 and 17-18” to “dependent to Field 2 responses 10-15 or 18” in dependency logic for Dependent D to account for removal of response 17 in Field 2.
  • 2.02 Project Information 
    • Added clarity for which Project Type to use for projects funded by HUD: Pay for Success that do not provide permanent housing
  • 3.20 Housing Move-In Date 
    • Added requirement to collect Housing Move-In Date for all Pay for Success project components
  • 3.917B Prior Living Situation 
    • Clarified dependencies for “Homeless Situations” 

As you can see, the updates are minimal, and the changes to Clarity Human Services screens only impact data collection for Pay for Success funded projects with a project type of ‘Other.’

3.20 Housing Move-In Date

We have added display constraints to the 3.20 Housing Move-In Date on 2024 system enrollment screens to ensure it is available for data collection for all Pay for Success funded programs.

  • If using Clarity Human Services system screens, no action is needed.
  • If using custom screens, update the display constraints for Housing Move-In Date to account for Pay for Success funded projects with a project type of ‘Other.’ We have created a tool that provides detailed instructions for updating custom screens. To access the System Administrator Screen Update guide, please click here.
  • For complete and accurate reporting, remind relevant Pay for Success funded program end-users to fill in the Housing Move-In Date for applicable Heads of Household who are active in the program on October 1, 2024. 



 

Published: September 10, 2024