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

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Exhibit eight illustrates the chronic homeless rates for unaccompanied individuals during the 2011 PIT. The denominators for these calculations are taken to be unaccompanied individuals in emergency shelters for the rural counties and emergency shelters and the safe haven for Oahu. A table for sheltered chronically homeless families was not included due to the fact that there was one family on Oahu and four in the rural counties. Exhibit 8: County Statewide Sheltered Chronically Homeless Unaccompanied Individuals Unaccompanied Chronic Homeless Persons Percent Chronic Oahu 389 75 19.3% Maui 70 15 21.4% Kauai 12 4 33.3% Hawaii 37 17 45.9% Total 508 111 21.9% Exhibit nine itemizes the number of homeless veterans counted during the 2011 PIT. HUD requires that data on homeless Vets be included in the one day count. Oahu Maui Hawaii Kauai Total Unsheltered Homeless Vets 147 71 53 24 295 Sheltered Homeless Vets 185 10 14 1 210 Total 332 81 67 25 505 Change in Total Statewide Homelessness from 2010 to 2011 The results of the total statewide 2011 PIT count are shown in Exhibit ten. The data indicates that there was a 6.1% increase in total homelessness. The statewide number of sheltered homeless increased 2.7% reflecting increased shelter utilization. It should be noted that some shelters are still not at full capacity. The number of unsheltered homeless increased 11.2% which is mainly reflected in the rural county unsheltered increases. 2010 2011 Numerical Change Percent Change Unsheltered Homeless 2,299 2,556 +257 +11.2% Sheltered Homeless 3,535 3,632 +97 +2.7% Total 5,834 6,188 +354 +6.1% Recommendations for Future PIT Counts The methodology used in the 2011 Point -in -Time Count was effective for establishing accurate data for the sheltered homeless count; however, there is always room to improve. Improvements can be made to ensure that the most current agency contact information is available to communicate instructions and deadlines for exiting clients and updating the shelter data in the HMIS. Providing the agencies with a designated point -of- contact for questions and troubleshooting can also streamline the shelter count process. An area that could be improved is the ability of some providers to maintain HMIS intake records that match the actual census listing. Some providers 13