Competitive Grant Annual Reporting - Racial and Ethnic Data Collection

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On October 30, 1997, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) significantly revised standards for Federal agencies, including HUD and its program offices and partners, that collect, maintain, and report Federal data on race and ethnicity for statistical purposes, program administrative reporting, and civil rights compliance reporting. The new standards give Federal agencies enhanced ability to collect information that reflects the growing diversity of the U.S. population.

The new provisions changed OMB standards that had been operative for the Federal government for two decades (since 1977). OMB's most recent provisional guidance on these changes, which continues to evolve, was issued on December 15, 2000. Based upon OMB's December 2000 provisional guidance and appendices, HUD must offer individuals, who are responding to agency data requests for race, the option of selecting one or more of five racial categories. HUD must also treat ethnicity as a category separate from race, and change the terminology for certain racial and ethnic groups.

As such, CPD and the HOPWA program have requested that grantees select and report racial/ethnic data on activity beneficiaries from ten racial categories and a new Hispanic ethnic category.

Of the ten races that are part of the new classification system, five will be for a single race and are the same as those used in the 2000 Census:

	White
	Black/African American
	Asian
	American Indian/Alaskan Native
	Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

Five of the ten new race categories will be for multi-race beneficiaries:

	American Indian/Alaskan Native & White
	Asian & White
	Black/African American & White
	American Indian/Alaskan Native & Black/African American
	Other Multi-Racial

"Hispanic" will be an ethnicity category that cuts across all races. Those who are White, Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, or Other Multi-Racial may also be counted as being Hispanic.

Grantees are encouraged to begin following the new format for collecting racial/ethnic data now. This way, they will be able to begin to report to HUD later using the new categories.

We realize that grantees often have agreements with non-profits on how to collect racial/ethnic data and it may not be feasible to change that process for a few months. Therefore, grantees will not be required to convert any racial data they have already reported on utilizing the existing race categories. However, the last date that grantees will be able to report using the current race categories will be March 31, 2004.