2016 Homeless Count Housing & Career Services Anne Lansing, Project Planner April 25, 2016

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count 2 ABOUT THE COUNT Conducted annually in late January JAN 27 Consistent methodology since 1992 so that comparison can be done over time 1-night count & survey of Pasadena’s homeless population

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count Unsheltered On the street Abandoned buildings Cars, vans, RVs Encampment areas 3 Does not include: Doubled up At-risk of homelessness 66% (n=352) 34% (n=178) Sheltered Emergency shelters Transitional housing Hotel/motel vouchers WHO IS COUNTED

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count PERSONS ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ON A GIVEN NIGHT CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count 5 14% INCREASE IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR 281 (No PH) CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count 6 56 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS HOUSED IN 2015 CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count 7 New approaches implemented in 2011 Linear forecast trend estimated 1,543 would be homeless by % fewer homeless were counted in 2016 than were predicted by business as usual projections DECREASING NUMBER OF HOMELESS

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count 8 51% DECREASE DUE TO Increased outreach Increased resources Prioritized housing HOMELESS VETERANS

SMALLER POPULATION, GROWING NEEDS 2016 Homeless Count 9

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count 10 29% CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS 28% MENTAL ILLNESS 12% SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS HOMELESS PEOPLE SUFFER FROM THE SAME ILLNESSES EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE WITH HOMES, BUT AT RATES 3 TO 6 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION. HEALTH

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count UNSHELTERED HOMELESS PERSONS WERE RECENTLY RELEASED FROM JAIL RECENTLY RELEASED FROM JAIL

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count SENIORS 12 FAMILIES (WITH CHILDREN) WOMENTRANSITIONAL AGED YOUTH (18-24) POPULATION COMPOSITION

LOCAL STRATEGY TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS Challenges & Progress 13

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count 14 Focused efforts on the hardest to reach population INCREASED OUTREACH STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS HOPE TEAM Veteran Providers Hospitals Businesses PERMANENT HOUSING 56 individuals placed in permanent housing through coordinated entry LANDLORD OUTREACH Partnership with UCLA’s Anderson School of Management to develop a campaign PROGRESS IN REDUCING HOMELESSNESS

INCREASE HOUSING SUPPLY By developing new permanent supportive housing units and strengthening landlord relationships. CONTINUED OUTREACH Build trust through continued outreach CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES 15 LIMITED HOUSING High rents & low vacancy rates mean very few units accept permanent supportive housing (PSH) vouchers. As a result there is a need for more PSH units. SERVICE RESISTANCE Individuals with highest needs continue to be the most service resistant. REGIONAL COLLABORATION Improve and deconcentrate homeless services and housing through regional collaboration. REGIONAL NEEDS Efforts to end homelessness in Pasadena are tempered by the large homeless population in LA County. To Ending Homelessness in Pasadena

EXTERNAL FACTORS Homeless Count 16

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count 17 EXTERNAL FACTORS ON THIS YEAR’S HOMELESS COUNT 2016 YEAR 01 Bad weather shelters in surrounding cities Closure of one transitional housing program One shelter no longer primarily serves a homeless population 2016 HOMELESS COUNT

2016 Pasadena Homeless Count 18 EXTERNAL FACTORS ON NEXT YEAR’S HOMELESS COUNT 2017 YEAR 01 Operation of bad weather shelters in surrounding cities Gold and Expo Line Expansions to Azusa and Santa Monica 02 Impact of City and County of LA’s Homeless Initiatives HOMELESS COUNT

Acknowledgements A special thanks to the 102 volunteers who made the count possible as well as our numerous partners including Union Station Homeless Services, Friends in Deed, Door of Hope, Housing Works, United Way, the HOPE Team, New Directions, the City of Pasadena Libraries, the Pasadena Department of Public Works, and the Pasadena Department of Public Health.

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