family homelessness in richland county - 2016-05-10.pptx

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The Scale and Scope ofFamily Homelessness in RichlandCounty: 2004-2015

Bret Kloos, Ph.D., Nyssa Snow-Hill, MA, Douglas Archie III, MA

Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina


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4113 people used Family Homeless Servicesin Richland County from 2004 to October 2015


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Family Homeless

on a Single Night- Point in Time Count Data for Richland County


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Homeless Students in Richland County-McKinney Vento Data for Richland 1 and 2


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Types of Famil

y Homelessness- Cluster Analysis of 12 Years of Service Use


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ESTIMATED NEED HOUSING CAPACITY

Emergency Housing(2014-15 estimates)Family Shelter

1800 60 households

Transitional Housing(2014-15 count)St. Lawrence Place

1025 53 households in2014

CHA Apartments (2013applications)Columbia HousingAuthority

5500 2200

Housing Subsidies/Section 8(2014 applications)Columbia HousingAuthority

31,266 3100

Estimating Need for Housing and Deficits in Capacity to Provide Housing Assistance in Richland County 2014


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Bedrooms HUDFair MarketRent 2015

Needed for 30% of

Income =Housing

Wage perHour

Needed for 30% of

Income =Housing

Wage perYear

Number of hours

needed for federal

minimumwage

1 $656 $12.62 $26,240 70

2 $778 $14.96 $31,120 83

3 $1026 $19.73 $41,040 109

Source: http://nlihc.org/library/wagecalc

Affordable Housing Out of Reach for Many


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Do Homeless People Deserved to be Helped?

- Random Call Survey of 899 Richland County Residents


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Participated in Volunteer Work with the Homeless

- Random Call Survey of 899 Richland County Residents


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“Our Homeless” Columbia, SC 1989

• Community Committee for the Homeless produced a report about the scaleand scope of homelessness in Columbia.

• This committee was organized by Patton Adams as Mayor of Columbiaand chaired by Fred Zeigler.

• Among several concerns, the committee noted that Columbia had no

capacity to provide transitional housing.

• Trinity Housing Corporation was founded in 1989


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“Our Homeless Families” Columbia SC, 2016

• Different types of family homelessness would best be served with different interventionstailored to family needs. The report reviews best practices.

• Analyses of requests for housing services document that need for services clearly out pacesRichland County’s current capacity.

• Need for much more affordable housing.

• Develop rapid re-housing for large majority of families who have one crisis.

• Expand emergency housing capacity with rapid re-housing.

• Target transitional housing for families most in need of extended support.

• Family homelessness services need coordination across a continuum of care.

• Greater coordination and support from the broader community has been critical for success in other municipalities.

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