PATH Annual Report Manual Justification Statement

Notification of Intent to update the language in the PATH Annual Report Manual to align with the FY2024 HUD Data Standards

Non-substantive Change Justification

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is requesting a non-substantive change approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for (OMB No. 0930-0205). The Notification of Intent (NOI) is to update the language in the PATH Annual Report Manual to align it with the FY2024 HUD Data Standards.

In September 2023, HUD released updated HMIS programming specifications (Version 1.1 aligning with FY2024 HMIS Data Standards) for the PATH Annual Report. HMIS vendors received these programming updates and HUD encouraged them to implement the changes by October 1, 2023. When providers run their PATH Annual Report in HMIS, it should reflect Version 1.1 in alignment with the FY2024 HMIS Data Standards, including these most recent programming changes.

SAMHSA is requesting to make the changes below to reflect the 2024 HMIS Data Standards. There are no changes in the questions. The original OMB package for the PATH Annual Report was approved in June 2023. This data collection expires on April 30, 2026.

Outcomes	Current Response	New Response
19d1	Client refused	Client prefers not to answer
21d1	Client refused	Client prefers not to answer
22d1	Client refused	Client prefers not to answer

25. Destination at Exit

25a Homeless Situations	Current Response	New Response
25a1	Emergency shelter, including hotel or motel paid for with emergency shelter, voucher, or RHY funded Host Home shelter	Place not meant for habitation (e.g., a vehicle, an abandoned building, bus/train/subway station/airport or anywhere outside).
25a2	Moved from one HOPWA funded project to another HOPWA TH	Emergency shelter, including hotel or motel paid for with emergency shelter voucher, Host home Shelter
25a3	Transitional housing for homeless persons (including homeless youth)	Safe haven
25a5	Staying or living with family, temporary tenure (e.g., room, apartment or house)	Foster care home or foster care group home
25a6	Staying or living with friends, temporary tenure (e.g., room apartment or house)	Hospital or other residential non-psychiatric medical facility

Explanatory Notes

For each category, record the number of PATH-enrolled individuals who exited the PATH program to each response category. The total of all Destinations 25a36 must match the total number of active, PATH-enrolled individuals (Q#15).

26a Gender	Current Response	New Response
26a.1	Female	Woman (Girl, if child)
26a.2	Male	Man (Boy, if child)
26a.3	Trans Female (MTF or Male to Female)	Culturally Specific Identity (e.g., Two-Spirit)
26a.4	Trans Male (FTM or Female to Male)	Transgender
26a.5	Gender Non-Conforming (i.e., not exclusively male or female	Non-Binary
26a.6	Client doesn’t know	Questioning
26a.7	Client refused	Different Identity
26a.8	Data not Collected	Client doesn’t know
26a.9	N/A	Client prefers not to answer
26a.10	N/A	Data not collected

26b- Age	Current Response	New Response
26b.9	Client refused	Client prefers not to answer

26c. Race and Ethnicity	Current Response	New Response
26c4	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	Hispanic/Latina/e/o
26c5	White	Middle Eastern or North African
26c6	N/A	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
26c7	N/A	White
26c9	Client refused	Client prefers not to answer

26e. Veteran status (Adult Only)	Current Response	New Response
26e4	Client refused	Client prefers not to answer

26g. SOAR connection	Current Response	New Response
26e4	Client refused	Client prefers not to answer

26h. Homeless Situation	Current Response	New Response
26h	Literally Homeless	Homeless Situations
26h2	Emergency shelter, including hotel or motel paid for with emergency shelter voucher, or RHY funded Host Home shelter	Emergency shelter, including hotel or motel paid for with emergency shelter voucher, Host Home shelter

26h. Transitional Housing Situations	Current Response	New Response
26h10	Hotel or motel paid for without emergency shelter voucher	Transitional housing for homeless persons (including homeless youth)
26h11-	Owned by client, no ongoing housing subsidy	Residential project or halfway house with no homeless criteria
26h12-	Owned by client, with ongoing housing subsidy	Hotel or motel paid for without emergency shelter voucher
26h13-	Permanent housing (other than RRH) for formerly homeless persons	Host Home (non-crisis)
26h14-	Rental by client, no ongoing housing subsidy	Staying or living in a friend’s room, apartment, or house
26h15-	Rental by client, with VASH subsidy	Staying or living in a family member’s room, apartment, or house

26h. Permanent Housing Situations	Current Response	New Response
26h16	Rental by client, with GPD TIP subsidy	Rental by client, no ongoing housing subsidy
26h17	Rental by client, with RRH or equivalent subsidy	Rental by client, with ongoing housing subsidy
23h18	Rental by client, with other ongoing housing subsidy	Owned by client, with ongoing housing subsidy
26h19	Rental by client, with Housing Choice Vucher (HCV) (tenant or project-based)	Owned by client, no ongoing housing subsidy

26h. Other	Current Response	New Response
26h20	Rental by client in a public housing unit	Client doesn’t know
26h21	Residential project or halfway house with no homeless criteria	Client prefers not to answer
26h22	Staying or living in a family member’s room, apartment, or house	Data not collected

26i. Length of stay in prior living situation (Emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation ONLY)	Current Response	New Response
26i8	Client refused	Client prefers not to answer

26k. Survivor of Domestic Violence (adults only)	Current Response	New Response
26k4	Client refused	Client prefers not to answer

This is a request to make non-substantive changes to the PATH Report Manual in an expedited manner, which allows SAMHSA to avoid the normal Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) process. This data collection is essential to the implementation of SAMHSA’s mission to reduce the impact of mental illness and substance use disorders on America's communities.