What is the Point-In- Time Count? The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

What is the Point-In- Time Count? • The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January. � • These counts reveal the number of homeless persons in our shelters and on our streets at a single point-in- time. Each count is planned, coordinated, and carried out locally. Point-In-Time Count Southwest Coalition Why Conduct a PIT Count? Our Strategy • The PIT Count greatly a ff ects Pre-PIT Post-PIT funding, both private and public, for homeless services • Awareness & Buy-In • Reporting and Analysis and a ff ects the methodology of those services. � • Training Preparation • Adapt homeless • A thorough count is crucial in systems/processes identifying and understanding both the progress we’ve made Count Day and the gaps within our services. • Regional Coalitions • Counting Strategies

Pre-PIT Promotion Pre-PIT Promotion • Schools of Social Work Continuum-wide Emails - Videos (youtube.com/mutehinc) MailChimp PIT Strategy Video • • Snail Mail Campaigns Website(s) • muteh.org “How-To” Videos (including • • DVD of PIT Videos screen tips) • muteh.wordpress.com Social Media • Point-In-Time Cheat Sheets Success Stories • • Facebook (mutehinc) • Twitter (@mutehinc) • Google+ (mutehinc) Training Preparation Volunteer Efforts • PIT Training Videos • Survey/Quiz Certification

Days of the Count Methodology Regional Coalition Area Counts Sheltered Count Unsheltered Count • Homeless Connect- esque • HMIS • HMIS Events • Survey Teams • Interviews w/ sheltered • Interviews w/ sheltered homeless people during • Guided by Coalition homeless people during Coordinators the PIT Count the PIT Count • Have experience • Interviews w/ provider staff • Distribution/collection of working w/ population PIT forms to provider staff • Give out Care Packs • Distribution/collection of PIT forms to provider staff Southwest Regional Strategy • Collaboration with Copiah-Lincoln Community College • Post volunteers at local concentration points in the city • Count shelters, outreach and conduct unsheltered surveys • Connect with local homeless ministries, soup kitchens, etc. • Send local case managers to smaller communities to survey homeless Point-In-Time Count Results & Data

Mississippi Balance of State Mississippi Population (By Race) 2013-2014 Homeless Population (By Race) (via suburanstats.org) White White Black or African-American Black or African-American Hispanic or Latino Other (including Amer. Indian, Pacific Islander, etc.) Other (including Hispanic, American Indian, Pacific Islander, etc.) Source: http://suburbanstats.org/population/how-many-people-live-in-mississippi Regional Coalition Total Homeless Persons Breakdown 2013 � TOTAL � 1053

Homeless Individuals VS. Homeless Members of Families - Overall Sheltered VS Unsheltered Families - Overall Homeless Individuals Homeless Members of Families Sheltered (73%) Unsheltered (27%) Unaccompanied Children Individuals & Families (Sheltered and Unsheltered) Individuals & Families (Sheltered and Unsheltered) Southwest-Specific INDIVIDUALS (69.6%) INDIVIDUALS Sheltered Unsheltered Total Sheltered Unsheltered Total 449 215 664 27 26 53 FAMILIES (28.3%) FAMILIES Sheltered Unsheltered Total Sheltered Unsheltered Total 230 40 270 14 8 22 UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN (2%) UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN Sheltered Unsheltered Total Sheltered Unsheltered Total 20 0 20 0 0 0 TOTAL FAMILY MEMBERS TOTAL FAMILY MEMBERS Sheltered Unsheltered Total Sheltered Unsheltered Total 699 255 954 41 34 75

Gender Breakdown - Overall Age Breakdown - Overall Male Female Transgender Note: Youngest Person Counted: < 1 year old Oldest Person Counted: 83 years old Living Situations - Southwest Region Living Situations - Overall Transitional Housing Place Not Meant For Habitation Transitional Housing Place Not Meant For Habitation Emergency Shelter Emergency Shelter Staying or Living w/ Family Member

Persons in Households Total Homeless Persons (w/ at least 1 Adult & 1 Child) 3-Year PIT Comparison TH - Sheltered ES - Sheltered Unsheltered TH - Sheltered ES - Sheltered Unsheltered Persons in Households Persons in Households (w/ ONLY Children) (without Children) TH - Sheltered ES - Sheltered Unsheltered TH - Sheltered ES - Sheltered Unsheltered

Contributing Factors of Homelessness - Overall Income Source *Only 157 people answered this question. (Homeless Cause) No. of No. of Cause % Cause % Source No. of Persons Cause No. of Persons Persons Persons Asked to Leave 30 7% 18 4.24% Shared Alimony or Other Spousal Mental Illness 91 14 SSDI Residence Support Benefits Loss/ Natural 7 1.65% 12 2.82% Reduction Diasaster 15 37 Child Support SSI � Domestic Release from 27 6.35% 2 0.47% Violence Hospital 62 3 Earned Income TANF Drug/Alcohol Release from 144 33.8% 12 2.82% Abuse Prison/Jail 1 2 General Public Assistance Unemployment Benefits Release from 46 10.82% 7 1.65% Eviction Psych. Facility Veteran’s Disability 7 9 Other 12 2.82% 22 5.18% Illness Relocation Payment 3 0.71% Pension from a Former Injury 2 2 Veteran’s Pension Job Job Income 83 19.53% Loss/Reduction Retirement Income from 2 SSA Note: Total Persons Answered = 425 Benefits (Cash & Non-Cash) Persons with Disabilities (Self-Reported) Disability No. of Persons Benefits No. of Persons Cause No. of Persons State Children’s Health Mental Health 14 66 11 MEDICAID Insurance Program 6 1 MEDICARE TANF Childcare Services Physical 7 TANF Transportation 2 1 Other Source Service Veterans’s Administration 122 23 SNAP (Food Stamps) (VA) Medical Services Substance Abuse 309 *Only 232 volunteered information for this analysis. HIV/AIDS 10 Chronic Health 46

Subpopulation: Veterans Subpopulation: Chronically Homeless 3-Year Comparison 3-Year Comparison Sheltered Unsheltered Sheltered Unsheltered Sheltered Unsheltered Subpopulation: Domestic Violence Victims & Persons w/ HIV/AIDS Subpopulation: Chronic Substance Abuse & Severely Mentally Ill 3-Year Comparison 3-Year Comparison Sheltered Unsheltered Sheltered Unsheltered Sheltered Unsheltered Sheltered Unsheltered

*Services Needed Housing Notes & Trends Childcare 3.0% 49.7% Services ID Dental 22.7% 10.9% From 2013 to 2014, Mississippi BoS homeless Assistance population has declined 10% • There are several programs doing housing services Domestic Job across our state (ESG, SSVF , TH, PSH, etc.) 3.1% 23.7% Violence Placement • Weather had a definite e ff ect on the Count. • 2,226 people were counted as homeless in Education 14.1% Legal 9.3% Mississippi • Partners to End Homelessness (PTEH) - 846 Emergency Medical 59.8% 15.1% • Open Doors Homeless Coalition (ODHC) - Meal (Disability) 426 Emergency Medical Nationally: 61.4% 26.5% • Between 2007 and 2013, unsheltered Shelter (Routine) homelessness has declined by 23 percent (or 65,143 people). Mental HIV/AIDS 1.7% 13.2% • Approx. 46,924 unaccompanied children and youth Health were homeless. Substance • Family homelessness decreased by 7 percent Veterans 3.5% 16.6% between 2012 and 2013. Overall, family Abuse homelessness has declined by 11 percent since 2007. * Note: 604 participants answered the Services Assessment. Transport 25.2% Acknowledgements • AIDS Services Coalition • Oak Arbor • Save Our Seed (SOS)/The Fieldhouse • Christian Services • South Mississippi Children’s Center • Domestic Abuse Family Shelter MUTEH Inc. • Southeast Mississippi Rural Health • Eve’s House Initiative 201 West Capitol Street • Hellfighters/Mission at the Cross Suite 800 • Safe Haven Outreach Ministries Jackson, MS 39201 • Hope House � • The Salvation Army of Hattiesburg (601) 960-0557 • Institute for Disability Studies • The Salvation Army of Laurel � www.muteh.org • Lighthouse Rescue Mission muteh.wordpress.com • University of Southern of Mississippi Social Work Department • Pearl River Valley Opportunity