HOPWA Racial and Ethnic Data Collection

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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. Racial and Ethnic Data is to be reported using HUD-27061 form (10/2003). The new form gives Federal agencies enhanced ability to collect information that reflects the growing diversity of the U.S. population.

This form is intended to be used by two categories of respondents:

1. applicants requesting funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and
2. organizations who received HUD Federal financial assistance that are required to report race and ethnic information.

In compliance with OMB direction to revise the standards for collection of racial data, HUD has revised its standards as depicted on this form. As such, grantees are required to select and report racial/ethnic data on activity beneficiaries from ten racial categories and a new Hispanic/Latino 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 Multiracial may also be counted as being Hispanic.

Grantees are required to begin following the new format for collecting and reporting racial/ethnic data to HUD.