How to document a PATH Status

Author: Betty Notto | Date Created: 06/05/2025 | Date Updated: 06/25/2025

What this is

It is important for you to document a client's PATH Status as soon as it is determined. If not, services your client receives cannot be recorded and your client will not be included on PATH reports.

What you need to know

In HMIS, PATH Status is determined when your client:

Meets the criteria for PATH Program eligibility (Homelessness + Serious Mental Illness)
Has agreed to receive PATH Program services

Follow These Steps

To record a PATH Status for your client, follow these steps.

Select the Action Button next to the active PATH project.
Select Edit Enrollment
From the Household  section - locate the PATH Status columns by using the horizonal scroll bar

Household section and the three PATH columns: Status Determined, PATH enrollment, and reason not enrolled
Answer the question, Date PATH Status Determined
1. As applicable, answer the Client became enrolled in PATH and Reason not enrolled in PATH
  
  Focus on data fields for Status Determined and enrolled YES/NO
Click Save

Helpful Tips

If the client leaves the project without enrolling, you still need to:

Fill out the PATH Status section to show they were not enrolled. Explain why.
If you were working with the client on the date their PATH status was determined, you must also record a Current Living Situation (CLS) for that date. If you couldn’t find the client, you can use “Unable to Locate Client” as the reason they weren’t enrolled.