It’s not our imaginations. Twice a year service providers are required to do a “Point in Time” study to see how many homeless persons we can count. From 2010 to 2013 the numbers have increased from 567 to 831 for the January 31 count. And not everyone was counted.
Please note, the number of people who are severely mentally ill and who have chronic substance abuse issues are a very limited number of these folks. And the low numbers of veterans. Some of the numbers jump around, but the one thing that is clear, the numbers go, up, up, up.
And, when I say that everyone is not counted, it is because some of the people who do outreach did not feel comfortable giving the information about the people they come in contact with to the city. So the most remote campers were not counted. I don’t know what that number would have been, but its over 100 for sure. I did count the Occupy folks – 28 people, but I missed 2.
Here’s the various numbers that were counted.
Families with children
Number of households
Sheltered
2013 – 107
2012 – 100
2011 – 101
2010 – 70
Unsheltered
2013 – 3
2012 – 1
2011 – 0
2010 – 9
Total
2013 – 110
2012 – 101
2011 – 101
2010 – 79
Numbers of People/Individuals
Sheltered
2013 – 358
2012 – 311
2011 – 305
2010 – 216
Unsheltered
2013 – 9
2012 – 5
2011 – 0
2010 – 32
Total
2013 – 367
2012 – 316
2011 – 305
2010 – 248
Households – families with only children
Numbers of Households
Sheltered
2013 – 0
2012 – 0
2011 – 1
2010 – n/a
Unsheltered
2013 – 3
2012 – 4
2011 – 6
2010 – n/a
Total
2013 – 3
2012 – 4
2011 – 7
2010 – n/a
Numbers of People
Sheltered
2013 – 0
2012 – 0
2011 – 1
2010 – n/a
Unsheltered
2013 – 3
2012 – 4
2011 – 6
2010 – n/a
Total
2013 – 3
2012 – 4
2011 – 7
2010 – n/a
Adults without Dependent Children
Sheltered
2013 – 374
2012 – 348
2011 – 215
2010 – 283
Unsheltered
2013 – 87
2012 – 77
2011 – 37
2010 – 36
Total
2013 – 461
2012 – 416
2011 – 252
2010 – 319
Totals (People not households)
Sheltered
2013 – 732
2012 – 659
2011 – 531
2010 – 283
Unsheltered
2013 – 99
2012 – 77
2011 – 42
2010 – 68
Total
2013 – 831
2012 – 736
2011 – 573
2010 – 567
Special Population Counts
Chronically Homeless
Sheltered
2013 – 91
2012 – 57
2011 – 127
2010 – 70
Unsheltered
2013 – 55
2012 – 38
2011 – 14
2010 – 28
Total
2013 – 146
2012 – 95
2011 – 141
2010 – 79
Severely Mentally Ill
Sheltered
2013 – 160
2012 – 153
2011 – 178
2010 – 89
Unsheltered
2013 – 14
2012 – 38
2011 – 9
2010 – 23
Total
2013 – 174
2012 – 191
2011 – 187
2010 – 112
Chronic Substance Abuse
Sheltered
2013 – 82
2012 – 92
2011 – 137
2010 – 85
Unsheltered
2013 – 3
2012 – 41
2011 – 5
2010 – 17
Total
2013 – 85
2012 – 133
2011 – 142
2010 – 102
Veterans
Sheltered
2013 – 55
2012 – 21
2011 – 64
2010 – 59
Unsheltered
2013 – 3
2012 – 4
2011 – 2
2010 – 1
Total
2013 – 58
2012 – 25
2011 – 66
2010 – 60
HIV/AIDS
Sheltered
2013 – 0
2012 – 1
2011 – 13
2010 – 2
Unsheltered
2013 – 0
2012 – 0
2011 – n/a
2010 – 0
Total
2013 – 0
2012 – 1
2011 – 13
2010 – 2
Victims of Domestic Violence
Sheltered
2013 – 116
2012 – 83
2011 – 131
2010 – 60
Unsheltered
2013 – 2
2012 – 10
2011 – n/a
2010 – 13
Total
2013 – 118
2012 – 93
2011 – 131
2010 – 73
