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 RHY funds. 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.

RHY Data Standards Updates

The following RHY Data Elements have been updated: 

• Pregnancy Status

R10 Pregnancy Status

• Project Type Applicability: Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, Street Outreach, and Homeless Prevention
   

• Data Collected About: Adults and Head of Household (HoH)

  • The limitation on collecting this data solely on “female” participants is being removed to reflect that more than just people who identify as female can be pregnant.
     

• Collection Point: Project Start and Project Update
   

• Screens in HMIS: Project Enrollment, Status Update on the Assessment Screen under the Enrollment
   

• Responses for "Pregnancy Status"

  • No

  • Yes

  • Client doesn’t know

  • Client refused

  • Data not collected

If Yes for “Pregnancy Status”

• [Due Date]