2018 PIT COUNT// COMMUNITY BRIEFING

MAY 3, 2018

W H O I S S A R A H ?The South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless is charged to create an improved service system that effectively provides support, coordination, and housing to all the homeless populations within San Antonio / Bexar County.

Our mission is to make homelessness rare, brief, & non-reoccurring.

W H A T D O E S S A R A H D O ?

Funding Opportunities

for Service Providers

Help Shape and Create Local

Policies

Provide Technical

Assistance for Federal Housing

Programs

Coordination with other

Systems of Care to Address

Homelessness

W H A T I S P I T ?The Point-In-Time (PIT) Count is an unduplicated count on a single night of the people in the community who are experiencing homelessness in shelters and on the streets.

Image: 2018 PIT Unsheltered Count Distribution

Total Count

2017 2018

Sheltered Count 1,641 1,713 +5%

Unsheltered Count 1,107 1,353 +23%

Total Count: 2,743 3,066 +12%

10 PM Downtown Count 197 +33% Courtyard Count 648 -2%

Veterans Chronic Homeless Families Unaccompanied Youth

2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

228 228 652 479 242 232 127 162

-26% -4% +28%

Transgendered & Gender Non-Conforming – 0.1%

35%

65%

-- Female

Male --

2 0 1 8 P I T C O U N T

UNSHELTERED COUNT //An unsheltered person experiencing homelessness is anyone who is sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation, such as cars, bus stations, parks, sidewalks, commercial establishments, or abandoned buildings.

2781 27433066

1137 1102 1353

2016 2017 2018

Total PIT Count Total Unsheltered Count8%

92%

Youth 18 - 24

M I G R A T I O N + D I S P L A C E M E N T / /14 % of respondents surveyed on the street reported living in

other cities when they became homeless.

Of the above 14%, only 7 respondents reported that a natural disaster affected their homelessness.

SHELTERED COUNT //A sheltered person experiencing homelessness is anyone who is living in an emergency shelter, including domestic violence shelters, any hotel or motel paid by a public or private agency using voucher arrangements, safe havens, and transitional housing facilities.

2781 27433066

982 1030 1311645 611 402

2016 2017 2018

Total Emergency Shelter Count Total Transitional Housing Count

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64%

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DEMOGRAPHICS // AGE

694890

341202

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66

56

33

64

102

295

355

214

167

2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing Unsheltered

Over 24 Youth 18 to 24 Children Under 18Total # of Unsheltered Youth 18 to 24

increased -- 59%Total # of Children Under 18 Residing in

Emergency Shelters increased -- 20%

DEMOGRAPHICS // RACE + ETHNICITY

1737

1241

1680

1386

Non-Hispanic / Non-Latino Hispanic / Latino

Total # of Hispanics / Latinos identified increased -- 12%

2017 20172018 2018

73%24%

3%*

*Included in Other:Asian (17)American Indian / Alaskan Native (34)Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander (10)Multiple Races (27)

White

Black or African

American

DEMOGRAPHICS // CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS

People who are chronically homeless have experienced homelessness for at least a year – or repeatedly –while struggling with a long lasting impairment such as a serious mental illness, substance use disorder, or physical disability.

Chronically Homeless

2017 2018

652 479

-26%

21% Of All Adults in the PIT Count Reported Serious Mental Issues and/or Substance Use Disorders

H O M E L E S S P E R C A P I T A

1 2 %

% C h a n g e i n B e x a r C o u n t y T o t a l P o p u l a t i o n

Since 2012

20.52

16.36 15.57 15.26 14.43 14.0115.42

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Homeless per 10k Residents Other Communities (2017)

Travis County– 16.59

Dallas County – 10.56

Arlington / Tarrant County – 8.87

El Paso County – 14.19

Waco / McLennan County – 8.79

Harris / Fort Bend / Montgomery County – 6.9

MAJOR ISSUES + FINDINGS //

Overall Increase in Count

• The PIT count represents a single night count, but the unsheltered homelessness uptick needs to be

addressed through programming.

Decrease in Chronic

• We’re moving in the right direction, but the community will need to increase the supportive housing stock substantially in order to reach effective zero.

Increase in Homeless Youth

• We’re seeing no progress on this benchmark. The community needs to work on finding a way to improve collection of youth data and develop the best way to measure progress on this population.

PROPOSED ACTIONS + RESPONSE

Increase Street Outreach Efforts

• Local government is working to better coordinate and extend community outreach efforts.

• City’s Faith-Based Initiative is working with local neighborhood congregations to engage the homeless population and provide services.

• SARAH, in partnership with several service providers, have applied for the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project (YHDP), sponsored by HUD, that could bring additional funding to the community for Youth outreach and engagement efforts.

Increase Long-Term Supportive Housing Inventory Available in

Community

• Mayor’s Housing Policy Task Force has a committee focusing on homelessness and subpopulations.

• The City of San Antonio, LISC, & SARAH are partnering on a housing gap analysis working with a national consultant group.

• The Alamo Regional Data Alliance is working to improve integrated data across the community.

EVERYONE COUNTS

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