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2017 Annual Homeless Point in Time Count <br />HIGHLIGHTS <br />1,529 people were counted during Lane County‘s 2017 Annual Point in Time Count <br />This number includes homeless community members who were counted in a myriad of locations including the streets, <br />under bridges, in parks, at food pantries, day access centers, schools, churches, emergency shelters, and transitional <br />housing programs for homeless persons on January 25, 2017. 146 staff and volunteers from 32 organizations assisted. <br />Of the 1,529 people counted: <br />442 individuals were staying in Emergency Shelter <br />84 individuals were living in Transitional Housing (up to 24 months) designated for people who are homeless <br />1,003 men, women, and children were without shelter <br />Total 1,529 individuals <br />Highlights of the count: <br />269 family members in homeless households with children; 153 sheltered; 116 unsheltered <br />164 homeless veterans: 44 sheltered; 120 unsheltered: <br />640 chronically homeless people: 143 sheltered; 497 unsheltered <br />435 people have a mental illness <br />254 people have chronic alcohol/substance abuse issues <br />9 unaccompanied homeless youth (under 18) <br /> Other Factors <br />12,998 individuals who were homeless sought social services through Lane County Human Services Division <br />funded programs during Calendar Year (CY) 2016. <br />1,616 unduplicated individuals were served at the St. Vincent de Paul Egan Warming Center during 24 nights of <br />the winter season at 14 faith-based sites, the Lane Events Center’s Wheeler Pavilion, and Lane Community College <br />during the 2016-17 winter season. <br />2,388 homeless and precariously housed students attended public school in Lane County during the 2015-16 <br />school year (Oregon Dept. of Education). <br />253 homeless youth were served at the Looking Glass New Roads Access Center, (ages 16-21) during CY 2016. <br />199 youth stayed at Station 7 (under age18): 131 runaway and 68 homeless youth during CY 2016. <br />2,470 people stayed at the Eugene Mission during CY 2016. <br />Unique to This Year’s Count <br />5% increase of overall count between the 2016 and 2017 Counts (a 32% decrease from 2011 to 2017). <br />741 formerly homeless people live in permanent housing designated for homeless people on the night of the <br />count. <br />Cost of Homelessness (updated October 2016, Lane County Human Services Division) <br />Homelessness affects all Lane County residents because people without shelter may require costly support services: <br />$237-$1,900 cost of a visit to the Sacred Heart Hospital Emergency Room –Riverbend and University District <br />$2,613-$3,045 daily cost of care at Sacred Heart’s In-Patient Behavioral Health Unit, acute psychiatric care <br />$800-$1,500 cost of visit to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital Emergency Room <br />$650 daily cost of in-patient detoxification services at Willamette Family Treatment‘s Buckley Center <br />$171 daily cost per inmate at the Lane County Jail <br />$87 daily cost per inmate at the Springfield Jail <br />Report Owner: Lane County Human Services, Contact Pearl Wolfe <br />