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2015 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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(Reports dues 10th of January, April, July, October) |
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X |
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Individuals Served this Quarter |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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New Individuals this Quarter |
52 |
151 |
104 |
91 |
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New Families w/Children this Quarter |
3 |
15 |
17 |
10 |
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Individuals Carried Over |
85 |
79 |
78 |
77 |
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Families Carried Over |
4 |
11 |
10 |
12 |
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Total Clients seen this Quarter |
144 |
256 |
209 |
190 |
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Demographics this Quarter |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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Mental Illness |
50 |
56 |
58 |
112 |
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Substance Abuse |
20 |
38 |
15 |
56 |
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Dual MI/SA |
54 |
32 |
48 |
48 |
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Veteran |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
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Housing Status this Quarter |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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Unsheltered |
20 |
45 |
29 |
16 |
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Emergency Shelter |
32 |
44 |
38 |
33 |
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Precariously Housed |
22 |
25 |
32 |
25 |
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Housed |
38 |
53 |
59 |
70 |
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Unknown |
30 |
43 |
73 |
47 |
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Evictions this Quarter Despite Efforts |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Additional Information |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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Approved for Disability this Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
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Employed this Quarter |
3 |
17 |
20 |
11 |
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Chronically Homeless |
81 |
80 |
93 |
78 |
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Individuals Housed this Quarter |
9 |
30 |
28 |
30 |
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Families Housed this Quarter |
0 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
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Households Avoiding Eviction |
0 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
Completing the year of 2015, the Homeless Outreach team helped house an annual total of 97 individuals and 12 families, and provided outreach services to a total of 799 individuals and families. New individuals and families continue to outnumber repeat clients as they constituted 55% of the total population served for the year. Roughly 25% of those served have unknown outcomes due to not retaining contact with the Outreach Team. 32% of the population served were literally homeless, while 40% served were precariously or otherwise housed. This suggests a continued, large need for homeless outreach to those who are literally homeless, but also a secondary need of ongoing supportive services for those who obtain housing and/or are precariously housed.
Bert Nash continues to collaborate with the Lawrence Community shelter through the Homeless Outreach program, as one of the Outreach Team staff is now providing onsite, initial intakes to initiate Bert Nash services to residents at the shelter.
Areas of unmet or insufficient need include acute, permanent supportive low and no income housing for the chronically homeless and mentally ill as the majority of those literally unsheltered are chronically homeless with mental health issues who have proven to be hard to house over time. Homelessness in The City of Lawrence and community of Douglas County, KS persists with no marked reductions in general numbers as the number of newly homeless individuals and families continues to outpace the number of people carried over from previous periods of reporting. This suggests that ongoing and increased homeless services are necessary. It is therefore evident that a crucial need for Homeless Outreach services continues within The City of Lawrence and Douglas County community.