HUD has released updates to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Data Standards, which includes the updates to the Coordinated Entry (CE) data collection requirements announced on July 10, 2023. Please note that all documents include a revision history detailing the specific changes made in the documents and most changes are minor.

The following resources have been updated:

• FY 2024 HMIS Data Dictionary
• FY 2024 HMIS Data Standards Manual
• FY 2024 CSV Specifications
• FY 2024 HMIS Mapping Instructions
• Data Collection Requirements for Transition to FY 24 Data Standards
• Federal Partner Manuals on the Federal Partner Participation page

As a reminder, the FY 2024 HMIS Data Standards provide the requirements for the programming and use of all HMIS and comparable database systems and goes into effect October 1, 2023. HMIS software must be able to collect all the data elements defined within these HMIS Data Standards, support the system logic, including dependencies identified in the document, and ensure that the data collection and the visibility of data elements is appropriate to the project type and funding source for any given project by October 1, 2023. These changes may cause some vendors to take longer to have test versions available for customers but it is expected that most will have a sandbox available for user testing on September 1, 2023.