Group homes in Los Angeles: Determining spatial patterns and gaps in service location nursinghomesabuseblog.com By Susanna Curry November

Introduction to the problem Little recent analyses of spatial distribution/segregation of supportive housing Locations of supportive housing for mentally ill and others still tend to be located in high poverty areas and urban centers 2

“Supportive housing” in this presentation is represented by group home population ◦ Mentally ill ◦ “Mentally retarded” ◦ Physically handicapped ◦ Other disability 3

Question 1: Are group homes concentrated in the high poverty urban center and isolated areas of Los Angeles? 4

Density of Group Home Population Density map 5

Density of group home population and high poverty tracts: Overview 6

Density of group home population in high poverty urban center 7

Density of group home population in suburban areas 8

Question 2: Are disability and counseling services located near the group home population? 9

Location of services and group homes Services by SPA Invisible boundary of service locations 10

Setting up questions for the final: How isolated are people in group homes from services they need? How are people in group homes for mental illness distributed differently than people in other types of group homes? Why might that be? 11

Difference between overall group home population and population in group homes for mentally ill 12

-The End- Questions? 13

Skills and sources SKILLS Slide 1: inset map Slide 5: inset map, graduated symbol and colors, aggregating attribute fields (group home types), geoprocessing (clipping) Slide 6: graduated symbol and colors, index (poverty level= median income/area median income for Los Angeles in 2000) Slide 10: inset map, graduated symbol, geocoding Slide 12: graduated colors, geoprocessing (clipping) SOURCES Dear MJ, Wolch JR, eds Landscapes of Despair: From Deinstitutionalization to Homelessness. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press. ESRI Tiger Shapefiles. Los Angeles County Census Tracts. Census U.S. Census Bureau (2000). Group Quarters Population by Group Quarters Type [52]. Census 2000 Summary File 1. U.S. Census Bureau (2000). Median Household Income in 1999 (Dollars). Census Summary File 3. Rainbow Resource Directory. 14