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WHAT IS THE POINT-IN-TIME COUNT? The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January. These counts reveal the number of homeless persons in our shelters and on our streets


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  • The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is

a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons

  • n a single night in January.
  • These counts reveal the number
  • f homeless persons in our

shelters and on our streets at a single point-in-time. Each count is planned, coordinated, and carried out locally.

WHAT IS THE POINT-IN-TIME COUNT?

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  • The PIT Count greatly affects

funding, both private and public, for homeless services and affects the methodology of those services.

  • A thorough count is crucial in

identifying and understanding both the progress we’ve made and the gaps within our services.

WHY CONDUCT A PIT COUNT?

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  • PRE-PIT
  • Meeting Of The Pit Count Committee
  • Awareness & Buy-In
  • Training Preparation
  • COUNT DAY
  • Regional Coalitions
  • Counting Strategies
  • POST-PIT
  • Reporting & Analysis
  • Adapting Homeless Systems/

Processes

OUR STRATEGY

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Continuum-wide Emails - MailChimp Website(s)

  • muteh.org
  • muteh.wordpress.com

Social Media

  • Facebook (mutehinc)
  • Twitter (@mutehinc)
  • Google+ (mutehinc)

Videos (youtube.com/mutehinc)

  • PIT Strategy Video
  • “How-To” Videos (including screen

tips)

  • Success Stories

PRE-PIT PROMOTION

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  • Schools of Social Work
  • Snail Mail Campaigns
  • DVD of PIT Videos
  • Point-In-Time Cheat Sheets

PRE-PIT PROMOTION

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  • PIT TRAINING VIDEOS
  • SURVEY/QUIZ

CERTIFICATION

TRAINING PREPARATION

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VOLUNTEER EFFORTS

359

VOLUNTEERS

&

700+

COMBINED MAN-HOURS CONDUCTING THE PIT COUNT

100 200 300 400 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

32 83 106 200 400 359

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  • REGIONAL COALITION AREA

COUNTS

  • Homeless Connect-esque

Events

  • Survey Teams
  • Guided by Coalition

Coordinators

  • Have experience working

with the population

  • Give out Care Packs

DAYS OF THE COUNT

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SHELTERED COUNT

  • HMIS
  • Interviews w/ sheltered

homeless people during the PIT Count

  • Distribution/collection of PIT

forms to provider staff

UNSHELTERED COUNT

  • HMIS
  • Interviews w/ unsheltered

homeless people during the PIT Count

  • Interviews with service provider

staff

  • Distribution/collection of PIT

forms to provider staff

METHODOLOGY

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DELTA

  • Focus volunteers on major

municipalities

  • Send local case managers to

smaller townships to survey homeless

SOUTHWEST

  • Collaboration with Copiah-

Lincoln Community College

  • Post volunteers at local

concentration points in the city.

  • Part with local law

enforcement to canvass homeless-concentrated areas

REGIONAL STRATEGIES

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CENTRAL

  • Count all local shelters
  • Connect with local homeless

ministries, soup kitchens

  • Provide refreshments (TSA

Meridian) to homeless concentrations

  • Survey intakes at local

supportive service agencies

PINE BELT

  • Collaboration with local

advocates

  • Enlisted help of USM School
  • f Social Work Dept.
  • Count shelters, Outreach,

and Conduct surveys

REGIONAL STRATEGIES

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NORTHEAST

  • Concentrate on most

populated areas (for homeless)

  • Tupelo, Columbus, West

Point & Corinth

  • Count shelters, Outreach, and

conduct unsheltered surveys

NORTH CENTRAL

  • Collaboration with local

advocates

  • Count shelters, Outreach,

and Conduct surveys

REGIONAL STRATEGIES

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POINT-IN-TIME COUNT

RESULTS & DATA

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MISSISSIPPI POPULATION RACE BREAKDOWN

450,000 900,000 1,350,000 1,800,000

WHITE BLACK

  • AMER. INDIAN
  • NAT. HAWAIAN

MULTIPLE RACES HISPANIC OTHER

38,162 81,481 36,364 1,439 15,030 1,098,385 1,754,684 (59%) (37%) (<1%) (<1%) (2%) (<1%) (1%) via suburbanstats.org TOTAL = 2,967,297 in MS

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HOMELESS POPULATION RACE BREAKDOWN

150 300 450 600 WHITE BLACK

  • AMER. INDIAN
  • NAT. HAWAIAN

MULTIPLE RACES

4 5 3 549 248 (31%) (68%) (0.3%) (0.6%) (0.4%)

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SHELTERED PERSONS - 566 UNSHELTERED PERSONS - 243 HOMELESS TYPES

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LIVING SITUATIONS 243 322 244

EMERGENCY SHELTER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNSHELTERED

30% 30% 40%

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LIVING SITUATIONS

3-YEAR COMPARISON

  • NO. OF PERSONS

90 180 270 360 YEARS 2013 2014 2015

243 254 360 322 357 347 244 343 345 ES TH UNS

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TOP 5 HOMELESS- POPULATED CITIES

(IN THE BoS)*

  • 1. MERIDIAN

*Number based on the 2015 PIT Count for MS Balance of State CoC.

  • 2. HATTIESBURG
  • 3. GREENVILLE
  • 4. TUPELO
  • 5. CLEVELAND
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HOUSEHOLDS & PERSONS

SHELTERED UNSHELTERED TOTAL EMERGENCY SHELTER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TOTAL NO. OF HOUSEHOLDS 186 204 205 595 TOTAL NO. OF PERSONS 244 322 243 809

  • NO. OF CHILDREN

(AGE <18) 59 99 30 188

  • NO. OF PERSONS

(AGES 18 TO 24) 8 31 20 59

  • NO. OF PERSONS

(AGE OVER 24) 177 192 193 562

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CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS

CAUSES PERSONS CAUSES PERSONS ASKED TO LEAVE SHARED RESIDENCE 47 JOB INCOME/LOSS REDUCTION 94 BENEFITS LOSS/ REDUCTION 4 MENTAL ILLNESS 6 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 5 NATURAL DISASTER 7 DRUG/ALCOHOL ABUSE 51 OTHER CAUSE 62 EVICTION 54 RELEASE FROM JAIL 5 ILLNESS 28 RELOCATION 8 INJURY 1

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HOUSEHOLDS WITH @ LEAST 1 ADULT & 1 CHILD

SHELTERED UNSHELTERED TOTAL EMERGENCY SHELTER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TOTAL NO. OF HOUSEHOLDS 30 48 12 90 TOTAL NO. OF PERSONS (A + C) 86 166 49 301 NO OF PERSONS (AGE <18) 54 99 30 183

  • NO. OF PERSONS

(AGE 18-24) 4 16 7 27

  • NO. OF PERSONS

( AGE > 24) 28 51 12 91

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HOUSEHOLDS WITH ONLY CHILDREN

SHELTERED UNSHELTERED TOTAL EMERGENCY SHELTER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TOTAL NO. OF HOUSEHOLDS 5 5

  • NO. OF CHILDREN

(AGE <18) 5 5

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HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT CHILDREN

SHELTERED UNSHELTERED TOTAL EMERGENCY SHELTER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TOTAL NO. OF HOUSEHOLDS 151 156 193 500 TOTAL NO. OF PERSONS (ADULTS) 153 156 194 503

  • NO. OF PERSONS

(AGES 18-24) 4 15 13 32

  • NO. OF PERSONS

(AGE >24) 149 141 181 471

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AGE BREAKDOWN

AGE < 18 AGES 18-24 AGES > 24 TOTAL SHELTERED 158 39 369 566 UNSHELTERED 30 20 193 243 TOTAL 188 59 562 809 OLDEST UNSHELTERED AGE: 69 OLDEST SHELTERED AGE: 72

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HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS

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OTHER HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS: SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS

SHELTERED (ES & TH) - 41 UNSHELTERED - 48 TOTAL - 89 ADULTS

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OTHER HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER

SHELTERED (ES & TH) - 68 UNSHELTERED - 43 TOTAL - 111 ADULTS

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OTHER HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS: HIV/AIDS

SHELTERED (ES & TH) - 9 UNSHELTERED - 3 TOTAL - 12 ADULTS

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OTHER HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS

SHELTERED (ES & TH) - 77 UNSHELTERED - 0 TOTAL - 77 PEOPLE

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HOMELESS VETERANS

SHELTERED - 58 UNSHELTERED - 21 TOTAL - 79 VETS

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HOMELESS VETERANS

SHELTERED - 58 UNSHELTERED - 21 TOTAL - 79 VETS RACE WHITE - 29 PEOPLE AFRICAN-AMER. - 50 PEOPLE

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HOMELESS VETERANS

SHELTERED - 58 UNSHELTERED - 21 TOTAL - 79 VETS RACE WHITE - 29 PEOPLE AFRICAN-AMER. - 50 PEOPLE GENDER FEMALE - 6 MALE - 73

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HOMELESS VETERANS

SHELTERED - 58 UNSHELTERED - 21 TOTAL - 79 VETS RACE WHITE - 29 PEOPLE AFRICAN-AMER. - 50 PEOPLE GENDER FEMALE - 6 MALE - 73

CHRONICALLY HOMELESS

12 VETS

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CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS

CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS

SHELTERED UNSHELTERED TOTAL

25 50 75 2 2

CHRONICALLY HOMELESS FAMILIES

DEFINITION: “An individual or family with a disabling condition who has been continuously homeless for a year or more or has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years.”

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VI-SPDATs

The VI-SPDAT is a "super-tool" that combines the strengths of two widely used existing assessments (developed by OrgCode Consulting’s Ian DeJong):

  • The Vulnerability Index (VI) is a street outreach tool currently in use in more than 100
  • communities. Rooted in leading medical research, the VI helps determine the chronicity and

medical vulnerability of homeless individuals.

  • The Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (SPDAT) is an evidence-informed approach

to assessing an individual's or family's acuity. The tool, across multiple components, prioritizes who to serve next and why, while concurrently identifying the areas in the person/family's life where support is most likely necessary in order to avoid housing instability. NOTES:

  • 301 VI-SPDATs were completed during 2015 PIT Count. Most of the completed VI-SPDATs

were from unsheltered count participants.

  • AVERAGE VI-SPDAT SCORE: 6 (QUALIFIES FOR RAPID REHOUSING (RRH))
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VI-SPDAT STATISTICS: RISKS

HOW MANY TIMES BEEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM? PERSONS 2 OR LESS 255 3 18 4 9 5 4 6 3 7 2 8 2 10+ 8 HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU INTERACTED W/ POLICE? PERSONS 2 OR LESS 275 3 6 4 4 5 8 6 1 7 1 8 1 10+ 5

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VI-SPDAT STATISTICS: SOCIALIZATION & DAILY FUNCTIONS

INCOME PERSONS YES 113 NO 169 REFUSED 19 DO RISKY THINGS…? PERSONS YES 28 NO 250 REFUSED 23

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VI-SPDAT STATISTICS: WELLNESS

AILMENT PERSONS AILMENT PERSONS KIDNEY DISEASE 5 ASTHMA 29 LIVER DISEASE 13 CANCER 8 HEAT STROKE 27 HEPATITIS C 10 HEART DISEASE 34 TUBERCULOSIS 7 EMPHYSEMA 14 PROBABLE DRUG USE 152 DIABETES 20 TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR MENTAL HEALTH 30 SPOKEN W/ PSYCHOLOGIST 77

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PIT IMPACT ON HOMELESSNESS 2014 to 2015

MOVED TO PERMANENT HOUSING (PSH, HP , OR RRH)

PERSONS PLACED

29 4 33

During the MS Balance of State 2015 Point in Time (PIT) Count, we collected data on both sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons in our 71-county coverage

  • area. The data is used to identify & serve clients who are

in need of homeless and housing services. The following represents people counted in 2014 that have been housed in 2015.

MOVED TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TOTAL PERSONS PLACED FROM 2014 COUNT

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PIT COUNT NOTES & TRENDS

STATE NOTES

  • MS Balance of State CoC count has declined for the 4th year in a row.
  • Weather Affects the Count:
  • 2014 - Historically COLD
  • 2015 - Unseasonably WARM
  • 1,963 people were counted as homeless in the state of Mississippi
  • Central MS CoC - 742
  • Gulf Coast MS CoC - 412
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