8% of our homeless had a substance abuse disorder, 6% had a serious mental illness, and 5% were victims of domestic violence.
246 (18.5%) of people qualified as chronically homeless. There were 21 chronically homeless families.
218 (~16%) people were staying in an emergency shelter, 332 (25%) were living in transitional housing, and 777 (~58%) were considered “unsheltered”. When asked, “where did you stay last night?” the most reported response (44%) was “a place not meant for habitation”.
The most reported cause of homelessness was “employment/financial reasons”, which was cited twice as often as the next most reported cause: “family problems”. “Housing issues” and “medical reasons” were the third and fourth most reported causes of homelessness, respectively.
(1) Data collected as part if the McKinney-Vento Homelessness Act. This data is public domain and can be found here: http://www.fldoe.org/schools/family-community/activities-programs/homeless-edu-program.stml
(2) Community-wide prevention of LBGTQ Youth Homeless. (2015, March 1). Retrieved June 11, 2015, from
https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/LGBTQ-Youth-Homelessness-Prevention-Initiative-Overview.pdf
(3) Gates, G. (2011, April 1). How many people are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender? Retrieved June 11, 2015, from
http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-How-Many-People-LGBT-Apr-2011.pdf
(4) Browne, A. & Bassuk, S., “Intimate Violence in the Lives of Homelessand Poor Housed Women: Prevalence and Patterns in Ethnically Diverse Sample,” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 67(2), 261-278, April 1997
(5) Slavin, P. (2001). Runaways: Life on the Run, Life on the Streets. Children's Voice, 10(4), 8-13, to 14. Retrieved June 11, 2015, from JustInfo.
(6) Burt, M., Aron, L., Douglas, T., Valente, J., Lee, E., & Iwen, B. (1999, September 1). Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve: Findings of the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients. Retrieved June 12, 2015, from http://www.huduser.org/portal/publications/homeless/homeless_tech.html
We documented 110 total veterans, making up about 8.5% of our homeless population.
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