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Orange County Continuum of Care 2017 Homeless Count & Survey Tracy Bennett Megan Kurteff Schatz July 13, 2017 www.focusstrategies.net Todays Presentation Why do the Point-In-Time Count? Methodology in Orange County Findings

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Orange County Continuum of Care 2017 Homeless Count & Survey

Tracy Bennett Megan Kurteff Schatz July 13, 2017 www.focusstrategies.net

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Today’s Presentation

  • Why do the Point-In-Time Count?
  • Methodology in Orange County
  • Findings and Trends Over Time
  • Discussion/Questions
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Why Do a Point-In-Time Count?

  • Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

– Requires a count of sheltered and unsheltered people at least every two years during the last ten days in January – Methodology must comply with an approved HUD methodology to ensure reliability and validity

  • It is one data source to help the community

understand the dynamics of their homeless population

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Overview of Methodology

  • Sheltered Count – Night of January 27, 2017

– Data extracted from the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) for all people in a shelter or transitional housing bed

  • Unsheltered Count – Morning of January 28,

2017

– Used a “known Locations” with “random sample

  • f areas” approach to the count (the methodology

used in 2013 and 2015) – Count and survey used to collect required data

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Data Collected

  • Household type (Adult Only, Adult and Child,

Child Only; subpopulations of Veterans, Youth)

  • Characteristics or conditions among homeless

populations (chronic homelessness and disabilities, serious mental illness, chronic substance use)

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Number of People Experiencing Homelessness January 27, 2017

  • 4,792 people were homeless in Orange County
  • n January 27-28th

Total Population Homeless Population Percent of Total 2013 Count 3,090,132 4,251 0.14% 2015 Count 3,145,515 4,452 0.14% 2017 Count 3,194,024 4,792 0.15%

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Changes in Homeless Population, 2013 - 2017

2013 2015 2017 % Change 2015- 2017 Homeless households 3,189 3,354 3,826 14.1% Persons in homeless households 4,251 4,452 4,792 7.6%

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Regional Changes in Homeless Population, 2015 - 2017

CoC Population 2015 PIT 2017 PIT 2015-2017 % Change Los Angeles 9,416,024 41,174 55,188 34.00% San Diego 3,316,192 8,742 9,116 4.30% Orange 3,194,024 4,452 4,792 7.60% Riverside 2,384,783 2,372 2,406 1.40% San Bernardino 2,160,256 2,149 1,866

  • 13.20%
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Numbers of Unsheltered and Sheltered Homeless Persons, 2013 - 2017

2573 2251 2208 1678 2201 2584 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 2013 2015 2017 Sheltered Unsheltered

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Persons in Homeless Households: Where Did They Sleep?

  • 3,523 (74%) in households with only adults

– 2,518 (72%) unsheltered – 797 (23%) emergency shelter – 208 (6%) transitional housing

  • 1,269 (26%) in households with children

– 752 (59%) transitional housing – 451 (36%) emergency shelter – 66 (5.2%) unsheltered

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Living Situation by Household Type

22.6 35.5 26.0 5.9 59.3 20.0 71.5 5.2 53.9 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 % of Persons in Adult Only HHs % of Persons in Family HHs % of All HHs Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing Unsheltered

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Unsheltered and Sheltered People by Household Type

  • 2,584 unsheltered people

– 2,518 (97%) in adult only households – 66 (3%) in households with children

  • 1,248 people in emergency shelter

– 797 (64%) in adult only households – 447 (36%) in households with children

  • 960 people in transitional housing

– 208 (22%) in adult only households – 752 (78%) in households with children

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People in Households By Type Over Time

2698 3058 3523 1539 1379 1265 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 2013 2015 2017 Number of People by Household Type Adult Only Family

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Characteristics of Persons Experiencing Homelessness

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Chronic Homelessness Over Time

668 447 609 129 111 284 200 400 600 800 1000 2013 2015 2017 Number of People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness Unsheltered Sheltered

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Veterans by Current Living Situation

269 356 357 177 91 48 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 2013 2015 2017 Number of Veterans Unsheltered Sheltered

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Youth Households by Living Situation

105 75 110 112 50 100 150 200 250 2015 2017 Number of Homeless Youth (18-24) Unsheltered Sheltered

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Homeless People with Serious Mental Illness Over Time

376 308 312 104 167 162 100 200 300 400 500 600 2013 2015 2017 Adults with Serious Mental Illness Unsheltered Sheltered

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Homeless People with Chronic Substance Abuse

753 294 229 233 164 132 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 2013 2015 2017 Adults with Chronic Substance Abuse Unsheltered Sheltered

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Homeless People Released From Jail/Prison

  • Two new questions in 2017
  • 1. Were you released from jail or prison in the last 12

months?

  • 729 (28%) unsheltered adults reported they were
  • 2. Was your release from jail or prison a result of

resentencing (a downgraded charge under Proposition 47)?

  • 205 (8%) unsheltered adults reported it was
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Conclusions

  • Point-In-Time count showed increased numbers of

people experiencing homelessness

– Consistent with other regional findings – Incorporation of more data for defining map areas

  • Provided the number of people experiencing

homelessness in each Service Planning Area (SPA)

– 936 people in North – 1362 people in Central – 286 people in South

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Q & A