In order to gain as comprehensive a picture of homelessness as possible, many other agencies are strongly encouraged to use HMIS but are not required to do so. These include agencies that provide housing services (transitional housing, supportive housing, emergency shelters, for instance), as well as auxiliary services (such as food shelves and outreach programs). The system has the potential of being a powerful tool to track what is happening with individuals who are experiencing homelessness, as well as tracking people who are in danger of losing their housing.

Agencies required to participate in HMIS

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is requiring its grantees under the following programs to participate in HMIS:

McKinney-Vento Funds received through the Continuum of Care process

• Supportive Housing Program (SHP)
• Shelter Plus Care (S+C)
• Section 8 Moderate Rehab for Single Room Occupancy (SRO)

Other HUD funds

• Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG)
• Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA; grantees that specifically target homelessness are required; others are encouraged to participate)

In addition, service providers that receive funding under the following programs are required to participate in HMIS:

Minnesota Department of Human Services

• Office of Economic Opportunity Programs
• Transitional Housing Program (THP)
• Emergency Services Program (ESP)
• Emergency Shelter Grant Program (ESGP)
• Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA)

Other DHS programs

• Supportive Services funding for the state initiative to end long-term homelessness
• Healthy Transitions to Adulthood (youth aging out of foster care)

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

• Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance (FHPAP)
• Ending Long-Term Homelessness Initiative Fund (ELHIF) and other program funds designated for long-term homelessness

Participating agencies

American Indian Cmmty Housing Organization
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation- Redeemers Arms
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation-Roof Program
Anishinabe Wakiagun
Annamarie's Alliance (new name-was CMTFBW)
Anoka County Community Action Program
Anoka County Human Services
Ascension Place
Bi-County Community Action Program Inc.
Breaking Free, Incorporated
Cabrini Partnership
Care and Share Center
Carver County CDA
Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities - Domus T H
Catholic Charities - SHY Program
Catholic Charities-St. Joseph's Home for Children
Center City Housing Corporation
Center of Human Environment
Central Mn Housing Partnership
Advocates for Family Peace
AEOA
Ain Dah Yung
Church of St. Stephen's
Churches United for the Homeless
Churches United in Ministry (CHUM)
Clare Housing
Clay County HRA
Community Action Center of Northfield
Community Action Partnership for Suburban Hennepin
Community Action of Minneapolis
Community Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP)
Community Involvement Programs
Community Stabilization Project
Complementary Support Services
Dakota County CDA
Dakota County Community Services
Dakota Woodlands
Division of Indian Work/Greater Minnepaolis Counci
Dorothy Day (West Central)
Duluth HRA
East Metro Women's Council
East Side Neighborhood Development Company
Elim Transitional Housing
Emma Norton Residence
Evergreen House
Face to Face-Safe Zone
Families Moving Forward
Freeport West (Hennepin) Project Solo
Freeport West, Inc. Streetworks
Genesis II for Families
Grace House of Itasca County
Grant County Social Services
Hastings Veterans Home
Hearthstone of Minnesota
Heartland Community Action Agency
Hennepin County - Project Connect
Hennepin County FHPAP
Home of the Good Shepherd
Housing Access Center
Housing Coalition of the St. Cloud Area
Houston County Women's Resources
Hubbard County HRA
Human Development Center
Human Services, Incorporated
Indigenous Peoples Task Force
Inter-County Community Council Inc.
Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN)-Rochester
Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners
Jeremiah Program
KOOTASCA Community Action
Lakeland Mental Health Center
Lakes and Pines Community Action Council
Lakes and Prairies CAP
Leech Lake Human Services
Legal Aid Services of NE MN
Life House
Listening Ear Crisis Center
Listening House of St. Paul, Incorporated
Lutheran Social Services (Anoka and Hennepin)
Lutheran Social Services (ONE)
Lutheran Social Services (Owatonna)
Lutheran Social Services (St. Paul-Youth)
Lutheran Social Services (Willmar)
Lutheran Social Services Hope (Brainerd-Baxter)
Mahube Community Council (West Central)
Mental Health Resources, Inc. (Ramsey)
Metro HRA (Hennepin)/ Met Council (Anoka/Ramsey)
Minnesota AIDS Project
Minnesota Assistance Council for Vets
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Minnesota Valley Action Council, Inc.
Minnesota Veterans Homes
Model Cities of St. Paul
Moorhead Public Housing
Motivation, Education and Training MET (W Central)
New Foundations
New Pathways, Inc.
Northwest Community Action Inc.
Northwestern Mental Health Center, Inc.
Northwoods Coalition For Battered Women
Olmsted Community Action
Otter Tail-Wadena CAC
Our Saviour's Housing
Ours to Serve House of Hospitality
Parents in Community Action, Inc. Head Start
Partners for Affordable Hsg.
People Serving People
People, Inc
Perspectives Inc.
Peta Wakan Tipi
Pillsbury United Communities
Prairie Community Waivered Services
Prairie Five Community Action Council
Project for Pride in Living
Project Foundation/Avenues for Homeless Youth
Ramsey County, Community Services Department
Range Mental Health Center
Range Transitional Housing
Red Lake Homeless Shelter
Red Wing Area Trans Housing Coalition
Resource, Incorporated (Spectrum)
Restart, Inc.
RISE Housing Services
Rochester Family Y (YWCA)
RS Eden
RS Eden -Alliance Housing
Rum River Health Services-Belle Haven
Ruth's House
Safe Haven for Youth
Safe Haven Shelter - Duluth
Saint Paul Area Council of Churches, Project Home
Salvation Army (Brainerd)
Salvation Army (Duluth)
Salvation Army (Grand Rapids)
Salvation Army (Rochester)
Salvation Army (St. Cloud)
Scott County Human Services
Scott-Carver-Dakota CAP Agency
Semcac
Simpson Housing Services
South Metro Human Services
South St. Paul HRA
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services
Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council, Inc.
Southwestern Mental Health Center
Southwestern Minnesota Opportunity Council (SMOC)
St. Cloud HRA
St. Louis County
Steele County Transitional Housing
Stepping Stone Emergency H (Ferry Street Shelter)
Summit Academy OIC
The Bridge for Runaway Youth
The Family Place
The Link-Lindquist Apartments (RS Eden)
The Wayside House
The Zoom House (Zion Orginated Outreach Ministry)
Theresa House
Theresa Living Center
Three Rivers Community Action
Tri-Cap
Tri-Valley Opportunity Council
Tubman Family Alliance
Union Gospel Mission of Duluth
Urban League
Vail Place
Violence Intervention Project
VoA (2100 Bloomington)
Volunteers of America
Washington County Community Services
West Central Minnesota Communities Action, Inc.
West Side Community Health Services
Western Community Action
White Earth Reservation Tribal Council
Willmar HRA
Women's Advocates
Women's Transitional Housing Coalition
Worthington HRA
Wright County Community Action
YouthLink
YWCA of Duluth
YWCA of Fargo-Moorhead
YWCA of St. Paul
Zumbro Valley Mental Health Center

Database administrators

Wilder Research, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Bowman Systems, Shreveport, Louisiana