Homeless Management
Point-in-Time (PIT) Count1 Information System (HMIS) Count2
494 759
Homeless Management
Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Information System (HMIS) Count
UNSHELTERED UNSHELTERED 343 522
SHELTERED SHELTERED 104 369
Homeless Management
Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Information System (HMIS) Count
133 411
HOMELESS
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) identifies indi- viduals as HOMELESS across four categories of experience:
1. Literal homelessness;
2. At-risk of imminent homelessness;
3. Youth defined as experiencing homelessness under other federal statu- tory definitions including the definition used by school districts, 42 USC 11434a(2); OR
4. Survivors who are fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, have no other residence, and lack the resources or support networks to ob- tain other permanent housing.
UNSHELTERED VS SHELTERED HOMELESS
Among those in category 1, individuals experiencing homelessness are fur- ther identified as either unsheltered or sheltered:
• An UNSHELTERED individual is one whose primary nighttime residence is a public or private place not meant for human habitation. • A SHELTERED individual is one living in a designated publicly- or privately -operated emergency shelter providing temporary, safe living arrange- ments.
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
An individual experiencing homelessness is further identified as CHRONICAL- LY HOMELESS when:
• The individual has experienced unsheltered or sheltered homelessness for more than 12 of the previous 36 months, and has a disability.
RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
Definitions Data
AT-RISK OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS Homeless Management Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Information System (HMIS) Count NOT INCLUDED in PIT
Individuals who have sought help from Napa homeless service providers to avoid experiencing homelessness.
1 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count: February 2022 2 HMIS) Count: July 1, 2021—June 14, 2022 *County includes 1257 Housing is Key applications to the State of California 1370*
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tions category as their Prior Living Situation at
Project Entry.
Previous year report probably included IQ, Pre-
vention and ROC clients.
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DATA SOURCES FOR QUANTIFYING HOMELESSNESS
Point-in-Time (PIT) Count
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires each Continuum of Care (CoC) to conduct a census of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness. The count is conducted over the course of one day/night within the last ten days of January.
The collected data is a one-time count, called the Point-In-Time (PIT) Count, and therefore is not meant to represent the number of individuals who experience homelessness over the course of a year.
• With limited exceptions, HUD-funded housing programs do not serve individuals in categories 2 or 3 (above). The mandated PIT count spe- cifically excludes from the count individuals in categories 2 and 3 of its own definition of homeless.
Homeless Information Management System (HMIS)
Napa County homeless assistance providers use a shared, confidential database called the Homeless Information Management System (HMIS) to centralize information and create a more coordinated and effective housing and service delivery system. Work initiated in 2015 to expand the number of trained HMIS system users and improve the quality of data entry has led to significant improvements in data accuracy and reporting.
• The collected data is a cumulative count of unduplicated individuals.
California Department of Education (www.Kidsdata.org)
The California Department of Education collects data on students experiencing homelessness each school year. This data is publicly available online at www.Kidsdata.org. Kidsdata.org presents the number and percentage of public school students experiencing homelessness at any point during the school year, by grade level, and by nighttime residence. Data collected is based on McKinney-Vento Act definitions, and in- cludes students whose nighttime residence is (1) shared housing with others due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason, (2) a hotel or motel, (3) a temporary shelter, or (4) unsheltered.
• The data collected may include duplicate counts of students experiencing homelessness; as students move frequently, it is possible the same student will be recorded by several school districts. The data presented is a cumulative, final-year of school count (e.g. 2015-2016 is shown as 2016).
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