2017 Homeless Count & Survey Tracy Bennett Megan Kurteff Schatz - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Orange County Continuum of Care 2017 Homeless Count & Survey Tracy Bennett Megan Kurteff Schatz July 13, 2017 www.focusstrategies.net

Today’s Presentation • Why do the Point-In-Time Count? • Methodology in Orange County • Findings and Trends Over Time • Discussion/Questions FocusStrategies.net

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 FocusStrategies.net

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 of areas” approach to the count (the methodology used in 2013 and 2015) – Count and survey used to collect required data FocusStrategies.net

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) FocusStrategies.net

Number of People Experiencing Homelessness January 27, 2017 • 4,792 people were homeless in Orange County on January 27-28 th Total Homeless Percent of Population Population 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% FocusStrategies.net

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

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% FocusStrategies.net

Numbers of Unsheltered and Sheltered Homeless Persons, 2013 - 2017 6000 5000 4000 2584 1678 2201 3000 2000 2573 2251 2208 1000 0 2013 2015 2017 Sheltered Unsheltered FocusStrategies.net

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 FocusStrategies.net

Living Situation by Household Type 100 5.2 90 80 53.9 70 59.3 71.5 60 50 40 20.0 30 5.9 20 35.5 26.0 22.6 10 0 % of Persons in Adult Only HHs % of Persons in Family HHs % of All HHs Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing Unsheltered FocusStrategies.net

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 FocusStrategies.net

People in Households By Type Over Time 6000 Number of People by Household 5000 1265 4000 1379 1539 Type 3000 2000 3523 3058 2698 1000 0 2013 2015 2017 Adult Only Family FocusStrategies.net

Characteristics of Persons Experiencing Homelessness

Chronic Homelessness Over Time 1000 Number of People Experiencing 800 Chronic Homelessness 284 129 600 111 400 668 609 447 200 0 2013 2015 2017 Unsheltered Sheltered FocusStrategies.net

Veterans by Current Living Situation 500 450 400 91 Number of Veterans 48 177 350 300 250 200 356 357 150 269 100 50 0 2013 2015 2017 Unsheltered Sheltered FocusStrategies.net

Youth Households by Living Situation 250 Number of Homeless Youth 200 110 150 (18-24) 112 100 105 50 75 0 2015 2017 Unsheltered Sheltered FocusStrategies.net

Homeless People with Serious Mental Illness Over Time 600 Adults with Serious Mental 500 104 400 167 162 Illness 300 200 376 312 308 100 0 2013 2015 2017 Unsheltered Sheltered FocusStrategies.net

Homeless People with Chronic Substance Abuse 1200 Adults with Chronic Substance 1000 233 800 Abuse 600 400 753 164 132 200 294 229 0 2013 2015 2017 Unsheltered Sheltered FocusStrategies.net

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 FocusStrategies.net

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 FocusStrategies.net

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