1. Lake County Homeless Needs Assessment
Presented to the Lake County Coalition for the Homeless Strategic Planning and System Performance Measure Committee
April 3, 2017

2. Sources of Data Report Type of Information Limitations
Point in Time Count
Homeless numbers and demographics
Snapshot in time is not necessarily representative
Draft data pending minor updates
Housing Inventory Chart
Full list of housing inventory
Not yet finalized for 2017
System Performance Measures
Homeless numbers and demographics; System outputs and outcomes
Does not include domestic violence providers
Coordinated Entry/By-Name List
Vulnerabilities and numbers for those who enter CE
Focuses on a subset of the overall homeless populations-

3. Overall Homelessness

4. Number of Homeless People (SPM #3)
10/1/14 – 9/30/15
10/1/15 – 9/30/16
Difference
Unduplicated Total Sheltered Homeless Persons and Persons Receiving Day Shelter Services
1,167
1,060
-107
Emergency Shelter (PADS +Haven)
945
839
-106
Transitional Housing
297
273
-24
9%
9% reduction in homelessness
Loss of TH capacity (COOL)
Better housing placements
Recovering economy and housing market

5. Where are people coming from?
1060 people experienced homelessness in Lake County last year
40% from housing
11% from the streets
15% from institutions
34% from shelter

6. Point in Time Counts of Homelessness
20%
UPDATED WITH 2017: Using the SP data for unsheltered population
Explanations: Missing SSVF information, increase in unsheltered,

7. Length of Time Homeless/Nights of Shelter (SPM #1)
ES+TH
2015
2016 ES
25th Percentile 9 6 5 4
Median
50th Percentile 29 30 17
75th Percentile
98.5
102.5 50
48.25
Maximum
LOTH
774
740
416
412
Mean 84 86 41 37

8. Number New Homeless (SPM #5)
Number of persons entering ES, SH, and TH projects with no prior enrollments in HMIS in the last 24 months
10/1/14– 9/30/15
10/1/15 – 9/30/16
Difference
Number of persons experiencing homelessness for the first time
719
620
-99
% of Homeless who are New
65%
NEW report coming.

9. Returns to Homelessness (SPM #2)
 FY2015
Total Persons Exited to Permanent Housing
% Returns within 6 Months after Exit
% Returns Between 6 & 12 Months after Exit
% Returned Between 13 & 24 Months after Exit
TOTAL
CUMULATIVE
Percentage of Returns 2 Years after Exit
From Shelter
332
18%
11% 3%
31%
From Transitional Housing
116 4% 7% 1%
12%
From All Permanent Housing 18 5% 6% 0%
TOTAL Returns
466
14% 9% 2%
26%
FY2016
348
16%
28%
118 76
17%
24%
542
22%
Impact of housing the most vulnerable through coordinated entry

10. PIT Count of Unsheltered Homeless

11. Increased Income (SPM #4)
For Adult System Stayers
10/1/14 – 9/30/15
10/1/15 – 9/30/16
Difference
Number of adults (system stayers) 86 98 12
Number of adults with increased total income 26 22 -4
Percentage of adults who increased total income
30%
22%
For Adult System Leavers
10/1/13 – 9/30/14
Number of adults who exited (system leavers) 80 94 14
Number of adults who exited with increased total income 32 30 -2
40%
32%
I don’t like this

12. Exits to Permanent Destinations/Retention (SPM #7)
10/1/14 – 9/30/15
10/1/15 – 9/30/16
ES, SH, TH, and RRH
54%
58%
PSH
93%
96%

13. Homelessness by Program Type in the PIT
Updated with 2017 data:
Note: Safe Haven, an intensive response to chronic homelessness, transitioned to different program structure after 2014

14. What is the current system capacity?
Program Type
PIT Utilization
Description
Emergency Shelter
85%
67 beds at 3 fixed facilities
Two motel voucher programs with limited, flexible capacity
Rotating site seasonal beds: 95 on PIT night
Transitional Housing
6 projects with 148 beds
8 beds targeted to HIV
16 beds targeted to substance use disorders
Rapid Rehousing
100%
3 projects with 128 beds
13 beds targeted to veterans
Permanent Supportive Housing
8 projects with 389 beds
194 beds targeted to veterans
76 beds targeted to survivors of domestic violence
Need to update PIT utilization numbers
Beds available from DV on PIT night?
65 Beds on PIT night? 30 Site 1; 35 Site 2; Including Overflow???

16. Veteran Homelessness

17. Veteran Homeless Data
53 (5%) of the homeless in Lake County were veterans
4 homeless veterans on average (based on Coordinated Entry data)
3 unsheltered veterans in PIT count
194 VASH vouchers
SSVF can be used for Homeless Prevention or Rapid Rehousing
13 beds on 2016 HIC

18. Veteran Homelessness in Lake County (PIT)
Primary driver of the decrease:
60-bed facility at Lovell VA was reclassified from a shelter to an institution

20. Chronic Homelessness

21. Of the 1060 who experienced homelessness over the course of a year . . .
201 (19%) were chronically homeless
446 (44%) had a disabling condition

22. Chronic Homelessness in the PIT
56%

23. Chronic as Percentage of Homelessness in the PIT
Needs to be updated with 2017
Contributing factors to the decrease:
In 2014, 100% of PSH beds prioritized for chronic
In 2015 coordinated entry went live with PSH placements of the most vulnerable chronically homeless.

24. Chronic Homeless Data from Coordinated Entry
10.2
3.3
Chronic Homelessness
Average monthly inflow (over 6-months)
Average monthly housing placements
(over 6-months)
Average monthly inflow = 10.2
Average monthly housing placements = 3.3

25. Vulnerabilities of People Experiencing Homelessness
35% have spoken with a mental health professional in the last six months
18% threatened to or tried to harm themselves or others in the last year
29% have gone to the emergency room because you weren't feeling 100% well emotionally or because of your nerves
49% have experienced emotional, physical, psychological, sexual or other trauma
Brenda
VI-SPDAT is self-report
44. Spoken with a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health professional in the last six months because of your mental health - whether that was voluntary or because someone insisted that you do so?(1976) 35%
9. Threatened to or tried to harm yourself or anyone else in the last year?(1933) 18%
43. Gone to the emergency room because you weren't feeling 100% well emotionally or because of your nerves?(1975) 29%
50. Yes or No - Have you experienced any emotional, physical, psychological, sexual or other type of abuse or trauma in your life which you have not sought help for, and/or which has caused your homelessness?(1983) 49%
5. In the past six months, how many times have you been taken to the hospital in an ambulance?(1929) 28%
42. Ever been taken to a hospital against your will for a mental health reason?(1974) 20%
6. In the past six months, how many times have you used a crisis service, including distress centers and suicide prevention hotlines?(1930) 14%
7. In the past six months, how many times have you been hospitalized as an in-patient, including hospitalizations in a mental health hospital?(1931) 25%
12. Ever do things that may be considered risky like exchange sex for money, run drugs for someone, have unprotected sex with someone you don't really know, share a needle, or anything like that?(1936) 15%

26. Permanent Supportive Housing Inventory
155
Jodi. Housing First Statistics
Both LCCH and County are funders of PSH
Describe reasons for successful increase in PSH
Mention Cost Savings on their handout

28. Homeless Youth (18-24)

29. Homeless Youth 106 youth experienced homelessness last year
10% of total homeless population
When Staben transitions, there will be 16 beds for parenting youth
Do we have CE data to add here?

30. Homeless Youth (up to age 24)
Point in Time Count Data
2016
2017
Total Number of Youth 18 10
Number of Unaccompanied Youth 7
Number of Parenting Youth 8 3
Number of people in parenting youth households 25 9
Need to update with 2017 PIT
Maybe add a chart?

32. Homeless Families

33. Homeless Families based on SPM #3
42% of people experiencing homeless were in families

34. Homeless Families (in the PIT data)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Families 65 96 78 74 53 67 62 47 36
Total
370
474
464
450
497
404
386
299
239
% of Total
18%
20%
17%
16%
11%
15%

35. Capacity to serve families based on the HIC
Limited family shelter beds
Limited family PSH (limited need)
On average, 4 chronic families on the By-Name List
Increased RRH capacity offsets decreased transitional housing beds