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Important Update Regarding 2026 HMIS Data Standards
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- HMIS News - Quarterly Calendar of Events - Agency Technical Administrator (ATA) Meeting Presentation Materials - HMIS Data Standards - Bug List - Known Issues/ Release Notes - Technical Update - General Updates - ART Reports - Assessment Updates
Ongoing HMIS News and Events
This tracks all announcements and upcoming changes to HMIS. Check back here for news regarding anything HMIS related.
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- Assessments - Basic Information About HMIS - Editing Client Data and Entries/Exits - HMIS Data Entry - Shelters Module Data Entry - Service Transactions - Understanding HMIS Visibility - Understanding Data Elements
Data Entry and Best Practices
This category contains guides on how to do basic HMIS data entry and general guidelines.
(explore...) - - Provider Administration - HMIS Training - HMIS Lead Participation Agreement, End User Code of Ethics, and Standard Operating Procedures - HMIS Security
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- ART and Reporting - Data Quality - Department of Family and Support Services Quarterly Reporting - PIT and HIC Workflow - Running Reports - Scheduled Off-System Reports
Reporting
This category contains guides and and other documentations regarding significant reports.
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- CoC Program Joint Component Funding - Drop In Center - Employment and Income - ESG (Emergency Solutions Grant) - Flexible Housing Pool (FHP) - Homeless Prevention Call Center (HPCC) - HUD VASH - Outreach - PATH Programs - Rapid Re-housing (RRH) Workflows - RHY - Runaway Homeless Youth - SkanPoint - SSVF - State Homeless Prevention - Unsheltered Homelessness Initiative (UHI)
Program Guides
This category contains program-specific articles and guides, such as expectations, guidelines, and workflows.
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- Client Consent and Privacy Policy - Spanish Privacy Policy and Client Consent - Polish Client Consent - Locking Records, Client Consents in HMIS, and Reporting - Frequently Asked Questions About Client Consent and Data Sharing
Privacy Policy and Client Consent Form
Each client receiving services from an agency using HMIS must have access to the privacy policy and client consent fo...
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- Housing System Navigation - Housing Providers - General Coordinated Entry - Housing Resource Specialists & CE Assessment
Coordinated Entry
Find guides, workflows, and documents related to Chicago's Coordinated Entry System and Skilled Assessors Project.
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- PSH Data Workgroup - Coordinated Entry System Refinement Lab Status Report - Upcoming Committee and Workgroup Meeting Dates - HMIS Committee - Data Quality Workgroup
Committees, Workgroups, and Meetings
For any users of the system interested in our action agenda groups, you can find previous agendas, notes and minutes ...
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- Historical Assessments - General Historic Articles - Historic Data Standards - Historic Reporting
Archived
Historic Articles that have been archived not necessarily because it is irrelevant, but shows what previous data stan...
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