Linn County Continuum of Care Planning & Policy Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness in Linn County Homeless Point-In-Time July, 215 Executive Summary Background: On July 29, 215, homeless service providers completed data entry on the persons served on that pointin-time via HMIS/ Service Point. Point-in-time count forms were distributed to non HMIS/ Service Point users to capture this data as well. This report provides a snapshot of homeless persons* served at a single point-in-time. This report is not intended to reflect the overall trend in the number of homeless served throughout the year. *A Homeless Person is defined as, a person sleeping in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation; or a person in a transitional housing program for homeless persons who originally came from the street or an emergency shelter. Overall, on July 29, 215, a total of 446 individuals were served by local emergency shelters, transitional housing facilities, or were found living on the street. The following illustrates the breakdown of men, women and children served. Total Served 42% (185) 29% (131) 29% (13) Point-in-Time Count Trend: Total Individuals Served from 345 346 347 362 367 416 448 49 461 446
Emergency Shelter Emergency Housing is defined by HUD as any facility with overnight sleeping accommodations, the primary purpose of which is to provide temporary shelter for the homeless in general, or special populations of homeless persons. The length of stay can range from one night up to as much as three months. 18 people (41 men, 29 women and 38 children) were served by emergency shelters on July 29, 215. The chart below illustrates the bed capacity of each Emergency Shelter and the number of people that stayed in the Emergency Shelter on July 29, 215. Emergency Shelter # Beds Total Cedar Valley Friends of the Family 2 2 2 Family Promise 9 1 1 3 5 Foundation 2 Youth Shelter 4 4 4 Mission of Hope Shelter** 12 14 14 Safe Place Emergency Shelter 6 6 6 The Salvation Army Emergency Lodging** St. John of the Cross CWH 18 2 1 7 19 Waypoint Madge Phillips Center 4 12 14 26 Willis Dady Emergency Shelter 45 18 4 1 32 Total 136 41 29 38 18 ** No vouchers were issued on July 29, 215 The graph below shows a 4-year trend of homeless individuals served by emergency shelters on point-intime counts. Emergency Shelter Point in Time Count Trends 82 95 93 15 99 99 132 13 17 18 Total 2
Transitional Housing Transitional Housing is defined by HUD as a project that is designed to provide housing and appropriate support services to homeless persons to facilitate movement to independent living. 277 people (49 men, 86 women and 142 children) were served by transitional housing programs on July 29, 215. The chart below illustrates the bed capacity of each transitional housing provider and the number of people that stayed in transitional housing on July 29, 215. # of Transitional Housing Total Beds ASAC Adult Residential Halfway House 1 5 5 1 ASAC Heart of Iowa Halfway House 36 9 15 24 Catherine McAuley Center 15 1 1 CrossRoads Mission* 4 HACAP Transitional Housing 22 1 47 86 143 The Safe Place Foundation 33 34 34 Waypoint DVP 28 15 41 56 Total 328 49 86 142 277 *All four CrossRoads Mission units were unavailable for use during the Point-in-Time count due to renovations. The Abbe Transitional Living Program also served 23 individuals with serious mental illness on the Point-In-Time date, including many who were homeless. Because this program does not exclusively serve homeless individuals, these numbers are not included in the Point-in-Time count, but are provided for informational purposes. The graph below shows a 4-year trend of homeless individuals served by transitional housing providers on point-in-time counts. and children continue to be the most common residents of transitional housing. and children represent 82% of all individuals served in transitional housing on July 29, 215. Transitional Housing Point in Time Trends 24 222 228 217 232 224 221 29 288 277 total 3
Street Count Methodology: A street count was conducted in conjunction with the Homeless Point-In-Time survey on July 29, 215. A homeless outreach worker coordinated an outreach strategy to conduct a count of homeless persons in locations known to workers or other homeless individuals. Total Count 56 people (41 men, and 15 women) were found living on the street on July 29, 215. made up 67% of the individuals identified as living on the street. 6 5 Living on the Street Point in Time Trends 53 43 56 4 3 2 1 3 6 3 11 7 5 Total NOTE: and women make up the vast majority of homeless individuals counted on the streets during the point-intime count. are less likely to be seen living on the street and therefore not included in this report. Permanent Supportive Housing Permanent Supportive Housing is long-term community-based housing and supportive services for homeless persons with specific needs. The intent of supportive housing is to enable this special needs population to live as independently as possible in a permanent setting. The supportive services may be provided by the organization managing the housing or by other public or private service agencies. There is no definite length of stay. 134 people (17 men, 48 women and 69 children) were served by permanent supportive housing programs on July 29, 215. 4
The chart below illustrates the bed capacity of each permanent supportive housing provider and the number of people that stayed in permanent supportive housing on July 29, 215. Permanent Supportive Housing # Beds Total Four Oaks PUSH 127* 1 48 69 127 HACAP Chronically Homeless Project 8 7 7 Total 135 17 48 69 134 *The number of beds varies, as they try to find individual units within the community NOTE: Home to Stay/Lundby Townhomes (96 beds) was removed from the Permanent Supportive Housing category, as it does not meet HUD s definition of Permanent Supportive Housing. The graph below shows a 2-year trend of homeless individuals served by Permanent Supportive Housing providers on point-in-time counts. 16 Permanent Housing Point in Time Trends January 214- July 215 14 12 1 8 6 4 2 25 1 11 134 total Jan 14 Jul 14 Jan 15 Jul 15 Rapid Rehousing As defined by HUD, rapid rehousing involves providing financial assistance and services to those individuals and families on the edge of becoming homeless. It allows these individuals and families to be quickly re-housed and stabilized by providing services including: short-term or medium-term rental assistance, housing relocation and stabilization services such as mediation, credit counseling, security or utility deposits, utility payments, moving cost assistance, and case management. The goal of rapid rehousing is to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless. 1 people (37 men, 31 women, and 32 children) were assisted by rapid rehousing services on July 29, 215. and children represent the majority of those served by rapid rehousing at 63%. 5
The chart below illustrates the number of people that utilized rapid rehousing on July 29,215 Rapid Rehousing Total Cedar Valley Friends of the Family 5 9 14 HACAP SSVF 24 3 1 28 Waypoint Rapid Rehousing 13 23 22 58 Total 37 31 32 1 The graph below shows a 2-year trend of homeless individuals served by Rapid Rehousing providers on point-in-time counts. 12 1 8 6 4 2 Rapid Rehousing Point in Time Trends January 214- July 215 14 23 Jan 14 Jul 14 Jan 15 Jul 15 52 1 Total Homeless Subpopulations Chronically Homeless is defined by HUD as an unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition, or a family with at least one adult member who has a disabling condition, that has either been continuously homeless for a year or more OR has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years. The term homeless in this case means a person sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (e.g., living on the streets), in an emergency homeless shelter or in a Save Haven as defined by HUD. 34, or 7.6% of homeless individuals served on July 29, 215, were found to be chronically homeless. Other homeless subpopulations documented were persons with severe mental illness, individuals with chronic substance abuse, veterans, persons with HIV/AIDS, victims of domestic violence and unaccompanied youth. Homeless individuals may fall in more than one subpopulation. The leading accompanying issue faced by the homeless individuals served on July 28, 215, was chronic substance abuse: 85 or 19.1% of all homeless counted on that date documented this as an issue. A close second leading issue documented was domestic violence with 79 people, or 17.7%. 6
The third leading issue documented was severe mental illness at 43 people, or 9.6%. Chronic Substance Abuse Victims of Domestic Violence Severely tally Ill Chronically Homeless Veterans Persons in Chronically Chronically Homeless Families Unaccompanied Youths Persons with HIV/AIDS Homeless Subpopulations.7%.9%.4%.% 2.9% 7.6% 9.6% 19.1% 17.7%.% 5.% 1.% 15.% 2.% 25.% 7