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Point-in-Time Count/Survey Homeless Needs
Assessment
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Point in Time Survey

•  Regarding this Point In Time Summary
  Information
• The methodology employed in Orange Countys
  2007 Point In Time County used a conservative
  approach and utilized HUDs restrictive
  definition of homelessness. As such, the
  characteristics of those that because they have
  no other choice are forced to live doubled and
  tripled up and those that use motels as de facto
  shelters are not represented here.   Those
  unsheltered homeless that chose not, could not or
  were not identified to participate in the count
  and survey are underrepresented as well.  This
  information is being provided as a snapshot of a
  subset of Orange Countys homeless population and
  while it may not represent the actual findings of
  the broader homeless community, it does provide
  insight into the challenges faced by those
  residents with the greatest needs in our
  community.

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Point in Time Survey

• What is it?
• Point in Time Count Survey is a one night count
  of unsheltered homeless as directed by HUD
• A simultaneous count of sheltered homeless
• Survey conducted the next day
• A point-in-time snapshot of homeless on the
  street and in shelters within one 24-hour period
• Meant to show bare minimum- does not include
  precariously housed (RV parks, hotel/motel,
  doubled up, etc)

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Point in Time Survey

• Why do we count?
• Mandated by HUD to be conducted every other year
  in January
• Provides information to HUD and Congress ensuring
  that much needed programs continue to receive
  adequate funding
• Results are reported in the HUD Continuum of Care
  application
• Provides information to our community regarding
  gaps and needs

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Methodology

• Sheltered Homeless
• HUD defines sheltered homeless as adults,
  children and unaccompanied youth who, on the
  night of the count, are living in shelters for
  the homeless, including
• Emergency Shelters
• Transitional Housing
• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Residential programs for runaway/homeless youth
• Any hotel, motel or apartment voucher
  arrangements paid for by a public or private
  agency because the person or family is homeless
  (note not captured due to limited resources)

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Point-in-Time Count Results

• Only captured homeless in shelters and in
  previously identified outdoor locations at one
  point-in-time
• Identified 3,649 unduplicated persons identified
  as homeless in shelters and on the streets in
  Orange County on January 25, 2007
• Average incidents per homeless client as reported
  by shelters was 7.6
• Extrapolation of count resulted in 27,732
  incidents of homelessness estimated over a twelve
  month period

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2007 Homeless Needs Assessment

• Summarizes total homeless persons served and
• turned away in Orange County shelters over a
• twelve month period
• Total homeless episodes over a twelve
• month period 35,065
• Total homeless episodes for persons in
• families with children over a twelve
• month period 24,545 (10,227 family units)
• Total homeless episodes for unaccompanied
• individuals over a twelve month period
  10,520

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Weaknesses in Count Methodologies

• The federally mandated Point-in-Time Count only
  captures people in shelters and on the streets in
  a single 24-hour period
• It under-represents families and children because
  people using homeless services over time is
  different than the population at a single point
  in time
• Point-in-time estimates capture a higher share of
  chronically homeless who use shelters for long
  periods of time and under-represent persons and
  families whose homelessness is episodic and who
  often use motels as de facto shelter
• The Homeless Needs Assessment primary data only
  captured persons and families seeking shelter and
  receiving shelter
• Orange County MUST develop a methodology that
  quantifies the thousands of homeless families and
  individuals living in motels, cars, and other
  places not captured in the annual needs
  assessment or bi-annual count
• Resources are needed to accomplish this goal

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Households by Shelter Type
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Subpopulation Demographics(Sheltered and
Unsheltered)
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Survey Respondents

• Unsheltered Respondents (24 of survey
  respondents)
• 270 surveys completed
• 79 (32.2) female
• 166 (67.8) male
• 25 did not report gender

• Sheltered Respondents
• (76 of survey respondents)
• 855 surveys completed
• 477 (56.3) female
• 370 (43.7) male
• 8 did not report gender

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Respondent Age
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Unsheltered Respondents by Age and Gender
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Sheltered Respondents by Age and Gender
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Last Known Permanent Address(Sheltered Homeless)

• 814 respondents
• 642 (78.9) Orange County
• 63 (7.7) Los Angeles County
• 9 (1.1) San Diego County
• 100 (12.3) identified a county
• other than OC, LA or SD
• San Bernadino-14
• Riverside-24
• Kern-2
• Kings-1
• Monterey-1
• San Joaquin-1
• San Jose-1
• Santa Barbara-1
• Santa Clara-2
• Shasta-2
• Sutter-1
• Ventura-1

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Usual Sleeping Places
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Length of Homelessness

• 269 (78.2) unsheltered survey respondents
• 794 (92.9) sheltered respondents
• Unsheltered respondents homeless longer than
  sheltered respondents
• Mean length of time
• Unsheltered-2.97 years
• Sheltered-1.38 years

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Reasons for Homelessness
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Current Monthly Income by Survey Location
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Sources of Income
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Reasons for Not Receiving Assistance
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Services Needed but Not Received