2011 State of Hawaii Homeless Persons Point-In-Time County Report

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provided their name and /or unique identifying information (to un- duplicate persons). Additionally, unsheltered adults were cross corroborated with the sheltered count to make sure that persons were only counted once. County Households with Children Persons in Families Individuals Total Oahu 42 176 1,198 1,374 Maui 8 35 364 399 Kauai 18 63 150 213 Hawaii 21 80 233 313 Total 89 354 1,945 2,299 Persons congregating in places known to have a high concentration of homeless but who indicated that they were sheltered on January 25th or who refused to participate in the survey were not included in the count. If unsheltered persons were known to be homeless by outreach workers but refused to participate in the survey, outreach workers were instructed to complete the survey with names and unique identifying information. Outreach workers were also aware of persons residing in specific locations in mountains, caves, and bushes but determined based on experience, that it was unsafe to reach persons in these areas. Since these persons could not be surveyed, they were not included in the count. Regional Changes in Unsheltered Homeless A comparison between the 2010 and 2011 unsheltered PIT is comparable in theory because the two counts were performed using the same methodology. This doesn't preclude a disparity in numbers reported annually due to differences in execution. Exhibit four presents the data obtained from the 2010 and 2011 unsheltered counts. As indicated, three of the four are relatively similar, with Maui being drastically increased. Exhibit 4: Percent Change County in Statewide Unsheltered Homeless 2010 2011 Counts, 2010-2011 % Change 2010 -2011 Oahu 1,374 1,322 -3.8% Maui 399 658 +64.9% Kauai 213 239 +12.2% Hawaii 313 337 +7.7% Total 2,299 2,556 +11.2% Chronically Homeless Counts HUD has determined the definition of chronically homeless to be: An unaccompanied individual with a disabling condition, who has either been continuously homeless for at least one (1) year OR has had at least four (4) episodes of homelessness in the past three (3) years. A disabling condition as defined by HUD is a diagnosable substance use disorder, serious mental illness, developmental disability, or chronic physical illness or disability, including the co- occurrence of two or more of these conditions. In addition, a persons must be sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (e.g., living on the streets) or in an emergency shelter during the entire period(s) of homelessness. In 2011 HUD required CoC's to record the number of chronically homeless families during their sheltered and unsheltered counts. The definition is almost the same as the above; however, at least one of the adults in the family with at least one child must be disabled. The length of homelessness criteria remains the same. Chronically homeless families are presented in Exhibit six. 10