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.
WHY CONDUCT A PIT COUNT? • The PIT Count greatly affects funding, both private and public, for homeless services and affects the methodology of those services. • A thorough count is crucial in identifying and understanding both the progress we’ve made and the gaps within our services.
OUR STRATEGY • PRE-PIT • Meeting Of The Pit Count Committee • Awareness & Buy-In • Training Preparation • COUNT DAY • Regional Coalitions • Counting Strategies • POST-PIT • Reporting & Analysis • Adapting Homeless Systems/ Processes
PRE-PIT PROMOTION Videos (youtube.com/mutehinc) Continuum-wide Emails - MailChimp Website(s) • PIT Strategy Video • muteh.org • “How-To” Videos (including screen tips) • muteh.wordpress.com • Success Stories Social Media • Facebook (mutehinc) • Twitter (@mutehinc) • Google+ (mutehinc)
PRE-PIT PROMOTION • Schools of Social Work • Snail Mail Campaigns • DVD of PIT Videos • Point-In-Time Cheat Sheets
TRAINING PREPARATION • PIT TRAINING VIDEOS • SURVEY/QUIZ CERTIFICATION
VOLUNTEER EFFORTS 359 400 359 400 VOLUNTEERS & 300 200 700+ 200 106 83 100 32 COMBINED 0 MAN-HOURS 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 CONDUCTING THE PIT COUNT
DAYS OF THE COUNT • REGIONAL COALITION AREA COUNTS • Homeless Connect- esque Events • Survey Teams • Guided by Coalition Coordinators • Have experience working with the population • Give out Care Packs
METHODOLOGY UNSHELTERED COUNT SHELTERED COUNT • HMIS • HMIS • Interviews w/ unsheltered • Interviews w/ sheltered homeless people during the PIT homeless people during the Count PIT Count • Interviews with service provider • Distribution/collection of PIT staff forms to provider staff • Distribution/collection of PIT forms to provider staff
REGIONAL STRATEGIES SOUTHWEST DELTA • Collaboration with Copiah- • Focus volunteers on major Lincoln Community College municipalities • Post volunteers at local • Send local case managers to concentration points in the smaller townships to survey city. homeless • Part with local law enforcement to canvass homeless-concentrated areas
REGIONAL STRATEGIES CENTRAL PINE BELT • Count all local shelters • Collaboration with local • Connect with local homeless advocates ministries, soup kitchens • Enlisted help of USM School • Provide refreshments (TSA of Social Work Dept. Meridian) to homeless concentrations • Count shelters, Outreach, • Survey intakes at local and Conduct surveys supportive service agencies
REGIONAL STRATEGIES NORTHEAST NORTH CENTRAL • Concentrate on most • Collaboration with local populated areas (for advocates homeless) • Count shelters, Outreach, • Tupelo, Columbus, West and Conduct surveys Point & Corinth • Count shelters, Outreach, and conduct unsheltered surveys
POINT-IN-TIME COUNT RESULTS & DATA
MISSISSIPPI POPULATION via suburbanstats.org RACE BREAKDOWN 1,800,000 1,754,684 (59%) TOTAL = 2,967,297 in MS 1,350,000 1,098,385 900,000 (37%) 450,000 (<1%) (<1%) (<1%) (2%) (1%) 15,030 36,364 81,481 1,439 38,162 0 WHITE BLACK AMER. INDIAN NAT. HAWAIAN MULTIPLE RACES HISPANIC OTHER
HOMELESS POPULATION RACE BREAKDOWN 600 549 (68%) 450 300 248 (31%) 150 (0.3%) (0.6%) (0.4%) 3 5 4 0 WHITE BLACK AMER. INDIAN NAT. HAWAIAN MULTIPLE RACES
HOMELESS TYPES SHELTERED PERSONS - 566 UNSHELTERED PERSONS - 243
LIVING SITUATIONS 243 244 EMERGENCY SHELTER 30% 30% TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNSHELTERED 322 40%
LIVING ES SITUATIONS TH UNS 3-YEAR COMPARISON 360 360 357 347 345 343 322 270 NO. OF PERSONS 254 244 243 180 90 0 2013 2014 2015 YEARS
TOP 5 HOMELESS- POPULATED CITIES (IN THE BoS)* 1. MERIDIAN 2. HATTIESBURG 3. GREENVILLE 4. TUPELO 5. CLEVELAND *Number based on the 2015 PIT Count for MS Balance of State CoC.
HOUSEHOLDS & PERSONS SHELTERED UNSHELTERED TOTAL EMERGENCY TRANSITIONAL SHELTER HOUSING TOTAL NO. OF 186 204 205 595 HOUSEHOLDS TOTAL NO. OF 244 322 243 809 PERSONS NO. OF CHILDREN 59 99 30 188 (AGE <18) NO. OF PERSONS 8 31 20 59 (AGES 18 TO 24) NO. OF PERSONS 177 192 193 562 (AGE OVER 24)
CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS CAUSES PERSONS CAUSES PERSONS ASKED TO LEAVE JOB INCOME/LOSS 47 94 SHARED RESIDENCE REDUCTION BENEFITS LOSS/ 4 MENTAL ILLNESS 6 REDUCTION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 5 NATURAL DISASTER 7 DRUG/ALCOHOL 51 OTHER CAUSE 62 ABUSE EVICTION 54 RELEASE FROM JAIL 5 ILLNESS 28 RELOCATION 8 INJURY 1
HOUSEHOLDS WITH @ LEAST 1 ADULT & 1 CHILD SHELTERED UNSHELTERED TOTAL EMERGENCY TRANSITIONAL SHELTER HOUSING TOTAL NO. OF 30 48 12 90 HOUSEHOLDS TOTAL NO. OF 86 166 49 301 PERSONS (A + C) NO OF PERSONS 54 99 30 183 (AGE <18) NO. OF PERSONS 4 16 7 27 (AGE 18-24) NO. OF PERSONS 28 51 12 91 ( AGE > 24)
HOUSEHOLDS WITH ONLY CHILDREN SHELTERED UNSHELTERED TOTAL EMERGENCY TRANSITIONAL SHELTER HOUSING TOTAL NO. OF 5 0 0 5 HOUSEHOLDS NO. OF CHILDREN 5 0 0 5 (AGE <18)
HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT CHILDREN SHELTERED UNSHELTERED TOTAL EMERGENCY TRANSITIONAL SHELTER HOUSING TOTAL NO. OF 151 156 193 500 HOUSEHOLDS TOTAL NO. OF 153 156 194 503 PERSONS (ADULTS) NO. OF PERSONS 4 15 13 32 (AGES 18-24) NO. OF PERSONS 149 141 181 471 (AGE >24)
AGE BREAKDOWN AGE < 18 AGES 18-24 AGES > 24 TOTAL SHELTERED 158 39 369 566 UNSHELTERED 30 20 193 243 TOTAL 188 59 562 809 OLDEST UNSHELTERED AGE: 69 OLDEST SHELTERED AGE: 72
HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS
OTHER HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS: SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS SHELTERED (ES & TH) - 41 UNSHELTERED - 48 TOTAL - 89 ADULTS
OTHER HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SHELTERED (ES & TH) - 68 UNSHELTERED - 43 TOTAL - 111 ADULTS
OTHER HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS: HIV/AIDS SHELTERED (ES & TH) - 9 UNSHELTERED - 3 TOTAL - 12 ADULTS
OTHER HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS SHELTERED (ES & TH) - 77 UNSHELTERED - 0 TOTAL - 77 PEOPLE
HOMELESS VETERANS SHELTERED - 58 UNSHELTERED - 21 TOTAL - 79 VETS
HOMELESS VETERANS RACE SHELTERED - 58 UNSHELTERED - 21 WHITE - 29 PEOPLE TOTAL - 79 VETS AFRICAN-AMER. - 50 PEOPLE
HOMELESS VETERANS RACE SHELTERED - 58 UNSHELTERED - 21 WHITE - 29 PEOPLE TOTAL - 79 VETS AFRICAN-AMER. - 50 PEOPLE GENDER FEMALE - 6 MALE - 73
HOMELESS VETERANS RACE SHELTERED - 58 UNSHELTERED - 21 WHITE - 29 PEOPLE TOTAL - 79 VETS AFRICAN-AMER. - 50 PEOPLE GENDER FEMALE - 6 MALE - 73 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS 12 VETS
CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS SHELTERED UNSHELTERED TOTAL CHRONICALLY 25 50 75 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS CHRONICALLY 0 2 2 HOMELESS FAMILIES DEFINITION: “ An individual or family with a disabling condition who has been continuously homeless for a year or more or has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years. ”
VI-SPDATs The VI-SPDAT is a "super-tool" that combines the strengths of two widely used existing assessments (developed by OrgCode Consulting’s Ian DeJong): • The Vulnerability Index (VI) is a street outreach tool currently in use in more than 100 communities. Rooted in leading medical research, the VI helps determine the chronicity and medical vulnerability of homeless individuals. • The Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (SPDAT) is an evidence-informed approach to assessing an individual's or family's acuity. The tool, across multiple components, prioritizes who to serve next and why, while concurrently identifying the areas in the person/family's life where support is most likely necessary in order to avoid housing instability. NOTES: • 301 VI-SPDATs were completed during 2015 PIT Count. Most of the completed VI-SPDATs were from unsheltered count participants. • AVERAGE VI-SPDAT SCORE: 6 (QUALIFIES FOR RAPID REHOUSING (RRH))
VI-SPDAT STATISTICS: RISKS HOW MANY TIMES HOW MANY TIMES BEEN TO THE PERSONS HAVE YOU INTERACTED PERSONS EMERGENCY ROOM? W/ POLICE? 2 OR LESS 255 2 OR LESS 275 3 18 3 6 4 9 4 4 5 4 5 8 6 3 6 1 7 2 7 1 8 2 8 1 10+ 8 10+ 5
VI-SPDAT STATISTICS: SOCIALIZATION & DAILY FUNCTIONS DO RISKY THINGS…? PERSONS INCOME PERSONS YES 28 YES 113 NO 250 NO 169 REFUSED 23 REFUSED 19
VI-SPDAT STATISTICS: WELLNESS AILMENT PERSONS AILMENT PERSONS KIDNEY DISEASE 5 ASTHMA 29 LIVER DISEASE 13 CANCER 8 HEAT STROKE 27 HEPATITIS C 10 HEART DISEASE 34 TUBERCULOSIS 7 EMPHYSEMA 14 PROBABLE DRUG USE 152 TAKEN TO HOSPITAL DIABETES 20 30 FOR MENTAL HEALTH SPOKEN W/ 77 PSYCHOLOGIST
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