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Nationwide (*): According to a HUD Report to Congress, on a single night in January 2008, there were 664,414 sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons nationwide. Nearly 6 in 10 people who were homeless at a single point-in-time were in emergency shelters or transitional housing programs, while 42 percent were unsheltered on the “street” or in other places not meant for human habitation.
More than half of all homeless people on a single night in January 2008 were found in just five states. California had 24% (157,277) of all homeless on that single night or 47% of the homeless within the five states having the highest homeless numbers.
Locally(*): The following shows number of homeless found in shelters in Santa Clarita within the past years, a breakdown of those numbers, and success rates of assistance:
Time period / Unduplicated clients served
2006-07 - 196
2007-08 - 239
2008-09 - 222
Unduplicated Clients:
1. Total (singles plus adults and children): 222
2. Single Adult Males: 107 / 49%
3. Single Adult Females: 39 / 18%
4. Families: 21
a. Adults: 33 / 15 %
b. Children: 43 / 19 %
Successes: (in 19 Participating Families)
1. Job Successes: 2/10.5%
2. Housing Successes: 2/10.5%
3. Job & Housing Successes: 11/57.8%
4. Total Successes: 15/78.9%
Successes: (in 65 Singles)
1. Job Successes only: 4/6%
2. Housing Successes only: 10/15.4%
3. Job & Housing Successes: 9/13.8%
4. Total Successes: 23/35.38%
Though, not all homeless are served by a shelter. According to the William S. Hart Union School District(**), they recently reported more than 850 homeless students in grades seven through 12 in the 2008-09 school year.
(* Statistics from: Tim Davis, Executive Director Santa Clarita Community Development Corporation (SCCDC). Santa Clarita Valley Emergency Winter Shelter, End of Year Statistics Report, For the Emergency Winter Shelter Season Of: 1 December 2008 to 15 March 2009)
(** Statistics from: William S. Hart Union School District website, Hart District Receives $45,750 To Serve Homeless Students. <http://www.hartdistrict.org/index.php/news/129-hart-district-receives-45750-to-serve-homeless-students>)
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