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of the at-risk Iow-income households with incomes below 30.0% of median income. An estimated 1,057 households fall into this category. On any given night, according to the gap analysis, there is an immediate unmet gap of 865 beds for homeless families. The need for continuing supportive housing programs is imperative to break the bottleneck that currently exists within the current emergency shelter system. The impediments caused by an inadequate inventory of transitional and permanent affordable housing units limit the ability to appropriately respond to homelessness in Lane County. Community planning groups identified the problems associated with this unmet need as relating directly to the lack of affordable housing and transitional housing available for emergency participants after stabilization. It is estimated that about 80.0% of homeless families needing transitional housing and services are chronically homeless. These families have experienced repeated episodes of homelessness. Homeless Teen Parents. Young parents are a particularly vulnerable group of homeless. While some young parents have family ties or other forms of support, many do not have any resources upon which to rely. They are essentially abandoned and rejected by family members in many cases and the wider community because of the stigma of destructive behaviors among this group (e.g., unwed parenting, dropping out of school, substance abuse, child abuse, and neglect). They are often evicted from housing and are frequently rejected from social service programs because of their inabilities to foflow through. Eventually, many in this group wind up living on the streets and in emergency shelters. Other Homeless Families. The current system can only provide approximately 21.0% of the need on any given night forthis group. During the past year, only 5.0% of the households requesting shelter got into housing within 30 days of contacting the Housing Resource Line and Centralized Waiting List. Most families must wait at least 60 days to be sheltered. Once in shelter, the average length of stay is 45 days. The unmet need for family emergency shelter in Lane County was established by the most recent inventory of homeless units in Lane County, compiled by the HSC staff in June 2004. The gap is further substantiated by the March 2004 Lane County Homeless Shelter Nightcount. This count revealed a total of 1,301 homeless individuals (217 families) seeking shelter that one night. With emergency shelters full, 26 families were turned away. There are currently 232 emergency beds available to homeless families. The gaps analysis data indicates that on a given night, there is an immediate need for an average minimum of 43 beds. These beds represent only 5.0% of the unmet need for shelter for families. The wait for transitional housing opportunities can be weft over a year. The inability to find more permanent housing solutions sets up a cycle of eviction, overcrowding, and reliance on camping and homelessness. Housing Activity Provider Name Target Populations Number of Beds Eugene Mission Families 304 LC Human Svcs Voucher Program Families 48 Looking Glass · Station 7 Youth 12 · New Roads Youth 107 ShelterCare · Family Housing Families 135 62