Annual Report on the State Of Homelessness in the Erie-Niagara Metropolitan Area
2014 Niagara County
“Ending Homelessness does not mean that nobody will become homeless, but that effective systems will be in place to help people become housed again rapidly.” -Nan Roman President, National Alliance To End Homelessness Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents ______1
Key Findings ______3
Recommendations ______4
Introduction ______5
SECTION 1: Overall Homelessness in Erie Niagara Metro Area (combined statistics) ______8
SECTION 2: Niagara County Poverty Brief ______15
SECTION 3: Overview of Homelessness in Niagara County ______17 3.1 Emergency Shelter______25 3.2 Homeless Veterans______32 3.3 Homeless or At Risk Homeless Children in School______33 3.4 Need for More Comprehensive Data Collection______34
Appendix One: HMIS ______35
Appendix Two: Estimated Homeless Count Methodology ______37
Appendix Three: List of Providers ______38
Appendix Four: Maps ______40
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 1 Table of Contents
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Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 2 Key Findings
Key Findings
This is our first report featuring combined statistics since we merged with Niagara County two years ago. 7,948 people experienced homelessness in the Erie-Niagara region from October 1 2013 to September 30, 2014 (federal fiscal year). This will serve as a baseline for future reports. 6126 people in Erie County and 1888 people in Niagara County experienced homelessness (66 were served in both counties). An estimated 1,115 people in the Erie-Niagara Region are homeless on any given night, 940 people in Erie County and 175 people in Niagara County. The average length of stay in shelters is 26 days. 36% of people experienced homelessness lived with family or friends prior to becoming homeless. A total of 96 youth under 18 experienced homelessness, including unaccompanied youth and teen mother with her child. A total of 65 young adult age 18-24 experienced homelessness. Together they consist with 35% of the overall homeless population recorded in HMIS. 37% of people who experienced homelessness are African American, and 54% were white. Comparing to people living in poverty, African American is over-represented in the homeless population. Limited HMIS participation makes it very challenging to estimate the overall homeless population and the needs. HAWNY will continually work with providers to get on HMIS in order to have a better picture of homelessness in Niagara County. As a Continuum of Care, all of the providers are making substantial progress towards ending Veterans homelessness and chronic homelessness. Ending homelessness does not mean that no one will ever experience homelessness again but that effective systems will be put in place to house people again rapidly.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 3 Recommendations
Recommendations
There is tremendous need for safe affordable rental housing in the community. In addition to overall affordable housing, Erie-Niagara region can use 500 single room occupancy units for individuals. With the freeze on new HUD funding for homeless programs efforts need to be increased to identify new resources through local or state funding if we intend to have a positive impact on those experiencing homelessness. Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds and CoC funds could be used for Rapid-Rehousing. National research has indicated this model is successful in working with homeless families as most people need only modest and short-term assistance. The Coordinated Entry system needs to target this population for increased services and/or transitional housing in order to reduce homelessness. As more Rapid Re-housing funds become available, the funds need to be made available to individuals as well as families. The HAWNY staff will continue to research cost effective prevention strategies. Expand the HMIS coverage rate and improve data quality to obtain a more comprehensive and reliable data system. The trend in decision making and planning is to base funding decisions on data. The more accurate and complete our data becomes the better planning and decision – making this community will have. Continue to refine the Coordinated Entry/Assessment process to ensure it adequately addresses the needs of those experiencing homelessness. As funding is reduced, we need to better coordinate available resources from federal, state, local and the private sector to end homelessness. CDBG, HOME, general funds and tax credits must be utilized for homeless populations. More Living Wage jobs are needed in order to stem the rise of poverty and, as a result, homelessness. Now that the Continuum of Care includes Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties we need to develop partnerships to effectively assist those experiencing homelessness and address the unique needs of those living in rural communities.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 4 Introduction
Introduction The Homeless Alliance of Western New York is the designated Continuum of Care (CoC) agency for Erie County. As such, it is responsible for compiling the annual Continuum of Care grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In July 2013, the Niagara County CoC merged with our CoC. By the end of 2013, most providers were officially entering data into HMIS. This report covers the time period from 10/1/13 to 9/30/14.
In 2014, this grant awarded $103,696 in funding for one permanent supportive housing project in Niagara County. All agencies awarded homeless funds from the Continuum of Care grant, or through the Emergency Solutions Grant fund awarded by the city of Niagara Falls are required to input client data into a centralized Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) that the Homeless Alliance of WNY maintains.
This report uses the 2014 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) year (10/1/2013-10/1/2014) as the time frame and is mostly reliant on data from the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), known in Buffalo as Buffalo Area Service Network (BAS-Net). This timeframe corresponds to the federal fiscal year. Many homelessness alleviation providers use funds from the federal government. This time period is also used because the annual Niagara County homelessness data is submitted to HUD to produce a national homelessness report for this time period.
Not all agencies in the community are required to use HMIS, though some choose to use it voluntarily, and others choose not to participate in the system. As a result, estimation is necessary to discern some of the figures in this report. Estimations are noted where they appear. Additional data was gathered from the annual Point-in-Time count, Housing Inventory Chart, the unsheltered street counts, non-HMIS participating providers and the Erie and Niagara Counties’ Departments of Social Services. HAWNY would like to thank agencies for their willingness to share information, and welcome those who are joining HMIS in the upcoming year.
Definition of Key Terms 1. Homeless Management Information System (HMIS): HMIS is a software application designed to record and store client-level information on the characteristics and service needs of homeless persons. In Erie County, this system is also called Buffalo Area System Network (Bas-Net). 2. Point-in-Time (PIT) Counts: One-night counts of both sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations. The one- night counts are reported on CoC applications and reflect a single night during the last week in January. In addition, we conducted a second Point-in-Time count on July 22, 2014. 3. Children: All persons under the age of 18. 4. Unaccompanied Youth: Unaccompanied individuals under the age of 25. 5. Sheltered: A homeless person who is in an emergency shelter, transitional housing, or safe haven program for homeless persons. 6. Unsheltered: A homeless person who is living in a place not meant for human habitation, such as the streets, abandoned buildings, vehicles, parks, and train stations. 7. Emergency Shelter (ES) - Housing in which homeless persons can access shelter immediately and reside for up to 30 days. The primary function is to assist individuals in identifying causes of homelessness, accessing services and securing the next appropriate level of housing.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 5 Introduction
8. Code Blue: Seasonal shelter beds for days that are below 20 degree Fahrenheit. 9. Transitional Housing (TH) - Housing in which homeless persons can live for up to 24 months and receive supportive services that will enable them to move to permanent housing and to live independently. The program must include housing placement assistance. 10. Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) - Housing in which homeless persons with a disability live without a limit on the length of stay. Supportive services are provided and rent cannot exceed 30% of a person’s monthly income. Programs may be a single site, scattered sites, or clustered units and includes rental assistance programs (formerly known as Shelter Plus Care). 11. Safe Haven (SH) –Safe Havens are specialized housing programs for the very hard to serve homeless and chronically homeless who are seriously and persistently mentally ill. A SH can be either transitional or permanent housing. It serves persons who may or may not be willing to engage in treatment. 12. Chronic Homelessness: A chronically homeless person is defined as a homeless adult (single or with family) with a disabling condition who has either been continually homeless for a year or more or who has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past 3 years. To be considered chronically homeless, a person must have been on the streets or in emergency shelter (e.g. not in transitional or permanent housing) during these episodes. 13. Adult Only Household: Single adult persons or adults with adult companions that do not have a child in their household. 14. Household with Children and Adults: A person in any household with at least one adult and one child present regardless of whether the child(ren) is present for the full program stay. 15. Household with only Children: A person in any household in which all persons are younger than age 18. 16. Unknown Household Type: Households that cannot be classified in cases when one or more persons are missing dates of birth. Note that in instances when the household already contains at least one known adult and one known child, the household type can be determined and categorized as a Household with Children and Adults.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 6 Erie Niagara Metro Area
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 7 Niagara County
SECTION 1: Overall Homelessness in Erie Niagara Metro Area (combined statistics)
Total Estimates 2014 2014 Estimated HMIS Total Count There were a total of 7,948 people who experienced homelessness in Total 4,432 7,948 the Erie Niagara Metro area. This includes Erie and Niagara Counties Erie County 4,046 6,126 in a de-duplicated count imputing. 66 people received services in both Niagara County 452 1,888 counties.
Both 66 66
Table 1: Total Estimated Count of Homeless
Current Bed HMIS coverage Dedicated Chronically Inventory Rate* Homeless Beds Emergency Shelter 592 67% N/A Rapid Rehousing 105 100% N/A Transitional Housing 504 87% N/A Permanent Supportive Housing 993 78%** 103 Safe Haven 16 100% N/A TOTAL 2,210 87% 103 Table 2: Homeless Provider Coverage
*Denominator does not include statutory exclusions from HMIS, such as domestic violence shelters.
**The only provider that is not participating in HMIS is the HUD-VASH (Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing), which has 223 beds.
Point in Time
Unsheltered Homeless Sheltered Homeless Total Count Count January 30, 2013 98 886 984 January 29, 2014 64 936 1,000 Table 3: Point in Time Counts 2013 and 2014
HUD requires each CoC across the nation to conduct an annual point in time count of both the sheltered and unsheltered homeless during the last ten days of January. Homeless outreach workers and community volunteers went to soup kitchens, homeless encampments, under bridges and other places where the homeless are known to congregate to conduct the counts. The data collected was entered into HMIS to ensure an unduplicated count.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 8 Niagara County Point in time numbers are a one day snapshot of the homeless population. Due to the severity of the weather conditions in the winter in Western New York, January is probably not the best time of the year to do a count. The number of unsheltered homeless in January is most likely to be lower than during other times of the year. We estimated on any given night, about 1,115 people experience homelessness, 940 in Erie County and 175 in Niagara County.
HMIS Data Individuals who experienced Homelessness Total recorded in HMIS Adults 3,081 Children 1,187 Missing Information 164 TOTAL 4,432 Table 4: Homeless Client Coverage
Of those who experienced homelessness in the Erie Niagara Metro area, we recorded a total of 4,432 clients, 3,474 households (both with and without children) which included 3,081 adults and 1,187 children in our HMIS system, including 356 people under the age of 18 who were unaccompanied. 430 families, defined as a household with both a child and a custodial adult, experienced homelessness in 2014. Not all shelter and service providers input data into HMIS, so we consider this the minimum of people who experienced homelessness.
Gender
Adults experiencing Total % Without % With Children % homelessness Children and Adults Male 1,937 63% 1,847 71.7% 90 18% Female 1,138 37% 722 28% 416 82% Transgendered 6 0.2% 6 0.2% 0 0% Total 3,081 2,575 506 Table 5: Adults Experiencing Homelessness
Gender is not evenly distributed among those experiencing homelessness, except for children with adult caregivers (52% male and 48% female). A homeless adult with children is significantly more likely to be female. A homeless adult without children is significantly more likely to be male.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 9 Niagara County Age 900
800 733 767 700 648 600 501 500 402 447 400 337 300 297 200 135 100
0 Under 5 5 - 12 13 - 17 18 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 61 62+
Figure 1: Age Distribution of all Homeless Persons
450 390, 47% 400 350 319, 39% 300 250 200 150 100 118, 14% 50 0 Under 5 5 - 12 13 - 17
Figure 2: Age Distribution of Children
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250 25 - 34 208 200
18 - 24 150 168 35 - 44 126 100
45 - 54 39 50 55 - 61 4 62+ 0 0 18 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 61 62+
Figure 3: Age Distribution of Adults in Households with Children
45.00% 25 to 34 years , 40.00% 40.90% 35.00%
30.00% < 24 years , 29.50% 25.00%
20.00%
15.00% 35 to 44 years , 10.00% 10.80% 55-62 years, 0.00% 5.00% 45-54 years, 62+, 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% < 24 years 25 to 34 35 to 44 45-54 years 55-62 years 62+ years years
Figure 4: Women of all Races and Marital Statuses who Became Pregnant (by age)
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 11 Niagara County
We notice two peaks in the homeless population: 25-34 and 45-54. This population distribution has been consistent in Erie County since 2012.
There is nothing atypical about the age of homeless parents of small children relative to the general population. The peak in age for homeless parents corresponds with the peak in age for women in the United States who become parents. Policymakers seeking to end family homelessness should examine the role that having small children plays in contributing to housing instability. Possible contributors could include the intersection of childcare expenses, low wages, and being rent-burdened.
Just under half of all homeless children in adult-child households are not yet school age.
Ethnicity and Race
Don't Hispanic/Latino Know/Refused/ 13% missing 4%
Non- Hispanic/Non- Latino 83%
Figure 5: Ethnic Distribution of People Experiencing Homelessness
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 12 Niagara County Native Hawaiian or Multiple Races Don't Other Pacific 4% Know/Refused/mis Islander sing 0% 5% American Indian or Alaska Native 1% White 38% Asian 1%
Black or African- American 51%
Figure 6: Racial Composition of People Experiencing Homelessness
Racial and ethnic minority populations are overrepresented in the homeless population relative to both the general populations of the counties they come from and the populations of those in poverty. 54% of those in poverty in the combined counties are white, while only 38% of the homeless are. 31% of the impoverished population in the two county region are African American, but 51% of the homeless are. 10% of the impoverished population in the two county region are Hispanic, but 12% of the homeless are.1
1 Data from 2013 US Census estimates for Erie and Niagara Counties.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 13 Niagara County
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 14 SECTION 2: Niagara County Poverty Brief
SECTION 2: Niagara County Poverty Brief
Niagara Falls and Niagara County Basic Statistics
For the sake of comparison, this section will begin with general statistics on the demographics of the city of Niagara Falls and Niagara County, and then discuss some of the general facts of poverty in Niagara County.
The demographic composition of Niagara Falls is as follows2 There are 49,468 residents in Niagara Falls 52.3% of residents are female, 47.7% are male The racial composition is as follows: o White: 70.5% o Black or African American: 21.6% o Native American: 1.9% o Asian: 1.2% o Multiracial: 3.9% 3% of Niagara Falls residents identify as Latino or Hispanic 85.5% of residents over the age of 25 are high school graduates 14.8% of residents of Niagara Falls over the age of 25 are college graduates
The demographic composition of Niagara County is as follows3 There are 213,525 residents in Niagara County 51.3% of residents are female, 48.7% are male The racial composition is as follows: o White: 88.6% o Black or African American: 7.0% o Native American: 1.1% o Asian: 1% o Multiracial: 2.2% 2.5% of Niagara County residents identify as Latino or Hispanic 89.9% of residents over the age of 25 are high school graduates 22.2% of residents of Niagara County over the age of 25 are college graduates
2 Data is from the 2013 United States Census estimates 3 Data is from the 2014 United States Census estimates
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 15 SECTION 2: Niagara County Poverty Brief Niagara Falls and Niagara County Poverty Brief Below is a brief overview of general poverty in Niagara Falls and Niagara County.
Poverty is the Root Cause of Homelessness
24.9% of people in Niagara Falls and 13.7% of people in Niagara County live below the poverty line4. Of impoverished persons aged 25 or above: 31.9% did not graduate from high school 18.3% have a high school diploma/GED 17.9% have some college or associate’s degree 9.9% have a bachelor’s degree or higher 39.2% of female-headed households in Niagara Falls live below the poverty level, 31.5% in Niagara County. 19.7% of families live below the poverty level in Niagara Falls and 10% in Niagara County. 31.9% of the children who live in poverty in Niagara Falls are young children (age below 6), 30.3% in Niagara County. The racial breakdown of those in poverty is as follows: 75% are white (11.2% of whites are in poverty) 21% are Black or African American (37.7% of Blacks or African Americans are in poverty) 2% are Native American (25.3% of Native Americans are in poverty) 1% are Asian (22.1% of Asians are in poverty) <.01% are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (7.5% of Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders are in poverty) <.01% identify as a different race (6.8% of this category are in poverty) 3.9% identify as Hispanic or Latino (24.3% of all Niagara County’s Hispanics and Latinos are in poverty)
Table 6 illustrates the extent of poverty among women and children in the city of Niagara Falls:
NUMBER OF RELATED Number of Female Head of Percentage Below Poverty CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS Households No children 1,504 19% 1 or 2 children 2,065 43.4% 3 or 4 children 477 72.3% 5 or more children 138 81.2% Table 6: Female Households by Number of Children- ACS 2009-2013 5-year Estimates for Niagara Falls
4 Data shown in this section is from American Community Survey 2009-2013 5 years estimates except where stated
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 16 SECTION 3: Overview of Homelessness in Niagara County
SECTION 3: Overview of Homelessness in Niagara County This chapter presents the 2014 estimates of homelessness, as well as the capacity of homeless services for sheltering and housing those who experience homelessness in Niagara County. The latest point-in-time count was conducted on January 29th, 2014. The annual count is based on both HMIS data and count of homeless persons in non-participating programs. Niagara County merged with the Buffalo/Erie County Continuum of Care in summer 2013; this report represents the first time there was HMIS data for an entire federal fiscal year. As a result, there are no past comparison numbers.
Point in Time Count (PIT)
HUD requires each CoC across the nation to conduct an annual point in time count of both the sheltered and unsheltered homeless during the last ten days of January. Homeless outreach workers and community volunteers went to soup kitchens, homeless encampments, under bridges, and other places where the homeless are known to congregate to conduct the counts. The data collected was entered into HMIS to ensure an unduplicated count.
Niagara County Unsheltered Homeless ES TH Total Count January 30, 2013 0 68 68 136 January 29, 2014 0 78 74 152 Table 7: Point in Time Count of Homelessness
Point in Time numbers are a one day snapshot of the homeless population. Outreach teams, volunteers, and shelter staff interview every homeless person that they can find in an attempt to construct a one day count. No one found living on the street in either of the PIT count. However, Due to the severity of the weather conditions in the winter in Western New York, January is probably not the best time of the year to do a count in Erie County. The number of unsheltered homeless in January is most likely to be lower than during other times of the year. With that said, we estimate there to be 175 people homeless on any given night in Niagara County.
Annual Homeless Count This chapter includes information entered into HMIS from Emergency Shelters and Transitional Housing programs. The total unduplicated count of homeless persons entered into HMIS during this time period was 452. As discussed in the introduction, there are programs that do not enter data into HMIS. In order to get a total number of homeless in a given time period, we have to estimate the numbers served by non-participating HMIS programs. The total estimated unduplicated homeless count is 1,888. (See appendix two for details of the estimation).
Total Unique persons includes those who received assistance from the Niagara County Department of Social Services5. Services these clients received included housing assistance, hotels, and other services. Numbers for each program type are de-duplicated within the program. Total number of homeless is de-duplicated for all the homeless programs. For example, if someone used the emergency shelter and later was admitted to transitional housing, he/she will be counted in both ES and TH categories. However, he/she will only be counted as one person in the total number and in that
5 The Niagara County Department of Social Services provided aggregate data to the Homeless Alliance on the number of clients served per month from 10/1/2013 to 10/1/2014. Community Missions of the Niagara Frontier keeps records in HMIS of which clients sought assistance from DSS. They also keep records of clients received services from Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission and Lockport Cares and shared them with HAWNY. This was subtracted from the overall total.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 17 SECTION 3: Overview of Homelessness in Niagara County particular category. For example if someone used one emergency shelter then went to another emergency shelter, it will only be counted as one person in the ES category.
Program Type 2014 2014 HMIS Estimated Count Count Total Unique Homeless 452 1,888 Persons Emergency Shelter 414 796 Transitional Housing 39 160 Table 8: Overall Homeless Population in HMIS and Estimated Total for 2014
Comparison of Bed Inventory6 There are four types of housing programs in the Continuum of Care. Of these, only three types serve Niagara County. There are 16 Safe Haven beds in Erie County.
Current Bed HMIS coverage Dedicated Chronically Inventory Rate* Homeless Beds ES 90 67% N/A TH 65 73% N/A PSH 19 100% 0 Safe Haven 0 N/A N/A TOTAL 174 73% 0 Table 9: Bed Inventory Comparison- HMIS Participation
*HMIS coverage rate includes non-DV beds covered by HMIS/Non-DV beds Total. Domestic violence shelters do not participate in HMIS by HUD or Violence Against Women Act regulations. The following characteristics are computed using HMIS data.
Household Composition (HMIS)
2014 Total Without % With % With % Unknown Children Children Only HH Type and Children Adults Households 408 292 71% 23 6% 92 23% 1 Persons 452 293 65% 61 13% 96 21% 1 Table 10: Homeless Persons Household Composition
The majority of households are single adults without children, regardless of whether the unit of analysis is a household or person. This is similar to the trend in Erie County. The relative percentage of unaccompanied youth is significantly higher than Erie County’s, though the absolute numbers are lower. This could be due to a measurement bias resulting
6 These are numbers of beds in the CoC by housing type; this is not a count of people. HMIS coverage is the percentage of beds that are entered into HMIS.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 18 SECTION 3: Overview of Homelessness in Niagara County from HMIS coverage rates across various demographics. All teen shelters are in HMIS, whereas only some of the shelters serving single adults and families are in HMIS. With greater participation in HMIS by homeless alleviation providers, demographic trends can be discerned with greater accurately.
Gender for Homeless Adults Total % Without Children % With Children % and Adults Male 207 64.4% 202 68.9% 5 18.5% Female 114 35.5% 91 31.1% 22 81.5% Transgendered 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% Don’t 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% Know/Refused Subtotal 321 100% 293 100% 27 100% Table 11: Homeless Adults- Gender
Females were likely to be undercounted because there are a significant number of beds that serve only women and/or female heads of households, such as domestic violence programs, that do not report into HMIS. The majority of homeless individual adults are males and the majority of homeless families have female heads of household. With that said, the number of females is too low to draw absolute conclusions, but they are on scale with what we see in Erie County.
Gender of Unaccompanied Minors
Total %
Male 35 36.5% Female 61 63.5% Transgendered 0 0% Don’t 0 0% Know/Refused Subtotal 96 Table 12: Homeless Unaccompanied Minors- Gender
We contacted the service providers who specialize in assisting unaccompanied youth. They felt that the gender disparity in youth reflected some structural differences in the circumstances that lead youth to become homeless. Nearly all cases of youth homelessness come down to family conflict, but the types of family conflict differ by sex. Females can become pregnant as teenagers. Males are less likely to seek help compared to females.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 19 SECTION 3: Overview of Homelessness in Niagara County Age Total Percent Without Percent With Percent With Percent Children Children Only and Adults Children Under 5 25 5.5% 20 32.8% 5 0.1 5 - 12 14 3.1% 11 18.0% 3 0.0 13 - 17 91 20.1% 3 4.9% 88 0.9 18 - 24 65 14.4% 49 16.7% 15 24.6% 25 - 34 87 19.2% 79 27.0% 8 13.1% 35 - 44 73 16.2% 69 23.5% 4 6.6% 45 - 54 58 12.8% 58 19.8% 0 0.0% 55 - 61 24 5.3% 24 8.2% 0 0.0% 62+ 14 3.1% 14 4.8% 0 0.0% Don't 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 Know/Refused Information 1 0.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 Missing Total 452 1 293 1 61 1 96 1 Table 13: Homeless Population- Age by Household Type
Age Distribution of All Homeless Persons 100 91 87 80 73 65 60 58 40 25 24 20 14 14 0 Under 5 5 - 12 13 - 17 18 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 61 62+
Figure 7: Homeless Population- Age
Note: There is a spike in the chart above for homeless teenagers. We believe this is due to the over representation of programs that serve youth in HMIS in Niagara County.
In Niagara County, the largest share of adult-only households had persons aged 25-34, though 35-44 was very close in size. This is different than what has been seen in Erie County the previous three years, where the peak is 45-54 years of age.
There are fewer families that are reporting into HMIS-participating providers in Niagara County. Consequently, we cannot plot an age distribution of adults in child-adult households. It is not surprising that most of the members of that
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 20 SECTION 3: Overview of Homelessness in Niagara County group were children. Families with children were most likely to be young single mothers aged 18-34, with children under 12.
Race
Native Multiple Races Don't Hawaiian or 3% Know/Refused Other Pacific 2% American Islander Indian or 0% Alaska Native 3% Asian Black or 1% African- White American 54% 37% Race
Figure 8: Racial Composition of People Experiencing Homelessness in Niagara County
Ethnicity
Don't Know/Refused Hispanic/Latino 1% 7%
Non- Hispanic/Non- Ethnicity Latino 92%
Figure 9: Ethnicity Distribution of People Experiencing Homelessness in Niagara County
The population of African-Americans and Hispanics/Latino are overrepresented for both the general population and population in poverty of Niagara Falls and Niagara County.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 21 SECTION 3: Overview of Homelessness in Niagara County Niagara County All In Poverty Homeless (All residents) 13.70% 0.90% White 88.60% 75% 54% African American or Black 7% 21% 37% Native American 1.10% 2% 3% Asian 1% 1% 1% Multiracial 2.20% 0.01% 3% Hispanic Latino 2.50% 3.90% 7% Table 14: Racial Composition of People Experiencing Homelessness in Niagara County
Prior Living Situation
Prior Living Situation 2014 Percent Stay with family or friend 150 36% Emergency Shelter 7 1.7%
Rental by Client 79 19% Place not meant for habitation 4 15% Institutions 131 10%
Other* 40 7% Table 15: Prior Living situation
*Other includes: owned by client, permanent housing, transitional housing, don’t know, refused and missing data.
The largest share of assistance seekers in Niagara County stayed with family or friends prior to engaging with an emergency shelter or a transitional housing. This statistic asks what the previous night’s sleeping arrangements were – if one were with a family or friend as a result of an eviction, it would still come up as “family or friend”. This chart shows how important social networks can be for those coping with a housing crisis. Family and friends often cannot be permanent sources of housing due to clauses in leases preventing over-occupancy of dwellings.
Disabling Conditions Overall, 75 % of homeless persons do not have a disability and 16% have one or more disabling conditions (8% data errors/missing). The most common disability types were mental illness (29%) and substance abuse (30%). This is a lower rate of disability than is reported in Erie County (43%).
Disability Types Counts Percentage of Percent of all disabled Clients Mental Illness 46 62% 10.2%
Substance Abuse 9 12.3% 1.9%
Chronic Health Condition 5 6.8% 1.1%
HIV/AIDS and Related Diseases 1 1% 0.2%
Developmental Disability 4 5.4% 0.9%
Physical Disability 28 28% 6.2%
Table 16: Homeless Population- Disability Types
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Zip Code of Last Permanent Address This is a different measure from “Prior Living Situation,” the section discussed above. “Prior living situation” refers to the general circumstances of where the client slept the night before they entered the program. The zip code of their last permanent address refers to the last address where the client lived for more than 90 days. Maps reflect the homeless count based on Zip Codes can be found in Appendix Four-Map 1 and Map 2.
The below charts show the place of origin for homeless people who reported the zip code of their last permanent address.
Last Address of Assistant Seekers in Niagara County
Last Permanent Address Total %
Niagara County 209 88.9%
Erie County 19 8.1%
Elsewhere in New York State 4 1.7%
Out of New York State 3 1.3%
Total 235
Table 17: Distribution Based on Zip Code of Last Permanent Address
Overall, homeless people seeking assistance in Niagara County are from Niagara County. 88.9% of those seeking assistance at HMIS-reporting agencies originated in Niagara County.
Niagara County Residents Seeking Homelessness Assistance in Erie County Zip Code of Last Permanent Address City ad count 14092 Lewiston 3 14094 Lockport 17 14095 Lockport 1 14105 Middleport 1 14120 North Tonawanda 56 14132 Sanborn 4 14172 Wilson 1 14301 Niagara Falls 20 14302 Niagara Falls 2 14303 Niagara Falls 11 14304 Niagara Falls 9 14305 Niagara Falls 13 Total 138 Table 18: Niagara County Homeless Seeking Assistance in Erie County
By New York State law, any homeless person seeking assistance in a county is considered a resident of that county and is thus eligible for assistance in that county. Table 18 looks at service location related to clients’ last permanent address. 138 people sought assistance from HMIS-participating organizations in Erie County and provided a last permanent zip
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 23 SECTION 3: Overview of Homelessness in Niagara County code in Niagara County. It is a significant proportion of HMIS-recorded Niagara County residents who experienced homelessness (39.8%).
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 24 Section 3.1: Niagara County Emergency Shelters
3.1 Emergency Shelter 2014 Persons Households Total Client served in HMIS 414 299 Adult Only 284 283 With Children and Adults 41 14 With Children Only 87 87 Unknown Type 1 1 Total Estimated Clients Served 796 665 Estimated Adults 620 619 Estimated with Children and Adults 89 38 Estimated With Children Only 87 87 Table 19: Total Clients Served
Emergency Shelter (ES) – Emergency shelters are housing that homeless persons can access immediately and reside in for up to 30 days. The primary function is to assist individuals in identifying causes of homelessness, accessing services, and securing the next appropriate level of housing. Code Blue and Department of Social Services Hotel placements are included in this category.
All demographic data below is based on the shelters who participate in HMIS. Participation in HMIS from emergency shelters is lower than other categories of service providers. This is unfortunate because the homeless residing in emergency shelters are one of the most important populations to gather data from. Greater collaboration among emergency shelter providers is needed in the future.
Gender of Adults in ES Gender is disproportionately represented among household types in Emergency Shelters. The majority of adult individuals are male while the majority of adults in families are female. Specifically the head of households are disproportionately female. With that said, there are not enough people to draw large conclusions about this, though it’s worth noting that this pattern is also observed in Erie County.
Females were overrepresented among unaccompanied youth. This pattern is also observed in Erie County. In discussions with providers, it was suggested that the family conflicts which lead to youth homelessness (family conflict is nearly always the cause of youth homelessness), may impact females disproportionately. For instance, females are more likely to find themselves in conflict due to unintended pregnancy, or pursuing a relationship with an older adult of whom the family does not approve. More research is needed to understand this completely.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 25 Section 3.1: Niagara County Emergency Shelters Gender of Adults in Emergency Shelters
Female 32% Male Female Male 68%
Figure 10: ES- Gender Distribution for Adults
Gender of Unaccompianed Youth Seeking Assistance at Shelters
Male 39% Male Female Female 61%
Figure 11: ES- Gender Distribution for Unaccompanied Youth
Total Without Children % With Children % and Adults Male 207 202 71% 5 28% Female 96 82 29% 13 72% Don’t 0 0 0 0 0 Know/Refused Subtotal 303 284 100% 18 100% Table 20: ES- Adult Gender Distribution
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 26 Section 3.1: Niagara County Emergency Shelters Age Total Without With With Unknown Children Children Only HH Type and Adults Children Under 5 13 0 13 0 0 5 - 12 11 0 8 3 0 13 - 17 86 0 2 84 0 18 - 24 54 44 9 0 1 25 - 34 84 78 6 0 0 35 - 44 71 68 3 0 0 45 - 54 57 57 0 0 0 55 - 61 23 23 0 0 0 62+ 14 14 0 0 0 Don't Know/Refused 0 0 0 0 0 Information Missing 1 0 0 0 1 Age Error (Negative Age or 100+) 0 0 0 0 0 Total 414 284 41 87 2 Table 21: ES- Age Distribution
Age Distribution of Emergency Shelter Clients 100
90 86 84 80 71 70
60 57 54 50
40
30 23 20 13 11 14 10
0 Under 5 5 - 12 13 - 17 18 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 61 62+
Figure 12: ES- Age Distribution
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 27 Section 3.1: Niagara County Emergency Shelters Age distribution of persons in adult- only households 90 25 - 34, 78 80 70 35 - 44, 68 60 45 - 54, 57 50 18 - 24, 44 40 30 55 - 61, 23 20 62+, 14 10 0 18 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 61 62+
Figure 13: ES- Age Distribution of Adult Only Households
Niagara County has a different age distribution than Erie County does. In Erie County, the largest share of homeless clients are 45-54 years old. In Niagara County, they are 25-34 years old.
Race American Indian Native Hawaiian or Multiple Races or Alaska Native Other Pacific 2% Don't Know/Refused 3% Islander 2% 0% Asian 1%
Black or African- White American 54% 38%
Race of all Shelter Clients
Figure 14: ES- Racial Composition of Shelter Clients
African Americans are disproportionately represented in the population of homeless clients relative to both the general population and the population that is in poverty.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 28 Section 3.1: Niagara County Emergency Shelters Ethnicity Don't Hispanic/Latino Know/Refused 6% 1%
Non- Hispanic/Non- Latino 93% Ethnicithy of all Shelter Clients
Figure 15: ES- Ethnicity Distribution of Shelter Clients
Disabilities 76% of the clients who stayed in emergency shelters did not have a disability, 17% have at least one long-term disability, and 7% was unknown or missing. For those who have a disability, 31% have two or more conditions. Mental illness is the most common disability at 52% of the disabled and 13.4% of the total.
Total Percent of those Percent of all experiencing a disability clients Mental Illness 46 65.7% 11.1% Alcohol Abuse 2 2.9% 0.4% Drug Abuse 6 8.5% 1.4% Chronic Health Condition 4 5.7% 1.0% HIV/AIDS and Related Diseases 1 1.4% 0.2% Developmental Disability 4 5.7% 1.0% Physical Disability 25 35.7% 6.0% Table 3: ES- Disability Types of Those who had a Disability. NOTE: Categories are not Mutually Exclusive.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 29 Section 3.1: Niagara County Emergency Shelters Last Prior living situations Total Percent Without Percent With Percent With Percent of Total Children of Children of Only of Adults and Family Children Family only Adults only only Staying or Living with 110 28.2% 35 12.3% 3 16.7% 72 82.8% Family Jail, prison , or juvenile 99 25.4% 97 34.2% 1 5.6% 1 1.1% detention facility Permanent Housing 82 21.0% 71 25.1% 10 55.6% 1 1.1% Staying or Living with 27 6.9% 14 4.9% 2 11.1% 10 11.5% Friend(s) Institution 27 6.9% 27 9.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Transitional housing for 13 3.3% 13 4.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% homeless persons Hotel/Motel, Paid by 7 1.8% 7 2.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Client Other 6 1.5% 5 1.8% 0 0.0% 1 1.1% Emergency Shelter 4 1.0% 4 1.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Place not meant for 4 1.0% 4 1.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% habitation Safe Haven 4 1.0% 4 1.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Don't Know/Refused 4 1.0% 3 1.1% 1 5.6% 0 0.0% Information Missing 3 0.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 3.4% Table 23: ES- Last Prior Living Situations
The largest share of clients came to homelessness from doubled-up situations (staying with family or friends).
Length of Stay The majority of clients who stayed in Emergency Shelters remained for less than 30 days (76%).
< 30 Days 30 – 60 Days 61 – 180 181 – 365 > 1 Year Total Days Days Clients Client Count 314 50 39 10 1 414 Total Percent 76% 12% 9.4% 2.4% <1% - Table 24: ES- Length of Stay
Clients who left the program at the end of the report period Average Median 2014 26 11
Table 25: ES- Average Length of Stay
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 30 Section 3.1: Niagara County Emergency Shelters Destinations
Total Percent Without Percent With Percent With Only Percent Children Children Children and Adults Permanent 147 37.5% 108 40.1% 38 92.7% 1 1.2% Housing PSH for Homeless 1 0.3% 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Persons Living with Family, 77 19.6% 18 6.7% 0 0.0% 59 71.1% Permanent Tenure Living with 5 1.3% 4 1.5% 0 0.0% 1 1.2% Friends, Permanent Tenure Emergency Shelter 1 0.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1.2% TH for Homeless 23 5.9% 17 6.3% 3 7.3% 3 3.6% Persons Staying with 4 1.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 4.8% Family, Temporary Tenure Staying with 5 1.3% 2 0.7% 0 0.0% 3 3.6% Friends, Temporary Tenure Hotel or Motel, Paid 2 0.5% 2 0.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% by Client Institutions 14 3.6% 11 4.1% 0 0.0% 3 3.6% Jail or Prison 10 2.5% 9 3.3% 0 0.0% 1 1.2% Other 19 4.8% 14 5.2% 0 0.0% 5 6.0% Don't 81 20.6% 81 30.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Know/Refused Information 4 1.0% 2 0.7% 0 0.0% 2 2.4% Missing Table 26: ES- Destinations
Income or Non-Cash Benefits Among adults that reported an income at entry into a shelter 47% (145) had no income, 13% (39) had some sort of income, and 40% (122) of the data was missing or reported as didn’t know.
Most frequent Income Sources Count % SSI/SSDI 75 25% Earned Income 22 7% General Assistance 42 14% TANF 3 1% Table 27: ES- Frequent Income Sources
Adults that reported non-cash benefits at the initial intake, 15% were receiving non-cash benefits and 38% were not, with 46% of the data missing. The most common non-cash benefit was food stamps. However, with such a high missing data rate, we advise that interpreting income sources from Niagara County with caution.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 31 Section 3.2: Niagara County Homeless Veterans
3.2 Homeless Veterans Data regarding the homeless veteran population is limited because the agencies associated with the Veterans Administration (VA) use a database called HOMES (VA Homeless Operation Management Evaluation System) rather than HMIS.
Emergency Transitional Safe Unsheltered Total Shelter Housing Haven # of Veteran Households 4 0 0 0 4 with Children # of Persons in Veteran 13 0 0 0 0 Households with Children # of Veterans in Veteran 4 0 0 0 4 Households with Children # of Veteran Individuals 12 46 2 11 71
Total Veterans 12 50 2 11 75 Table 28: Homeless Veterans
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 32 Section 3.3: Niagara County Homeless or At Risk Homeless Children in School
3.3 Homeless or At Risk Homeless Children in School The Department of Education tracks both at risk of homeless and homeless students. Most statistics from the Department of Education did not separate these two populations. For this section, “homeless” includes “at risk”. School districts do not enter data into HMIS. Therefore, there may be some duplicate numbers if a child/parent has shared their homeless status with the school and is staying in a shelter that participates in HMIS.
Table 29 below shows homeless or at risk homeless students enrolled in Niagara County School Districts across the past 4 years. This data was collected by the New York State Education Department in the Student Information Repository System (SIRS). The Lockport City School District has the highest number of homeless children, 88, slightly higher than last year. This year charter schools are included in the SIRS report. The only charter school in Niagara County, Niagara Charter School, has no students identified as homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
School District 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-1410 BARKER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 5 5 <4 0 LEWISTON-PORTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 38 <4 <4 <4 LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 99 80 84 88 NEWFANE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 10 5 <4 0 NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 54 27 53 59 NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 36 38 34 62 NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 24 14 15 18 ROYALTON-HARTLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 5 8 5 11 STARPOINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 15 7 7 7 WILSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT <4 <4 <4 <4 Table 29: Homeless or At Risk Homeless Children by School Districts (Data Source: http://www.nysteachs.org/info-topic/statistics.html)
10 SIRS doesn’t present the specific data if a district has less than 4 homeless students. So we are labeling it as “<4” in our report.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 33 3.5 Need for More Comprehensive Data Collection
3.4 Need for More Comprehensive Data Collection
The Homeless Alliance of Western New York would like to thank all of the homelessness alleviation providers in Niagara County for their willingness and promptness in sharing aggregate data as needed to fulfill HUD requirements. This report would not be possible without their cooperation.
The only way that we can solve the problem of homelessness is to fully understand it: who it impacts, for how long, and the factors that drive people out of their homes. Housing interventions are increasingly targeting clients based on data- driven best practices. Our HMIS system is designed to keep track of such information, but our coverage rate, as measured by bed, is only 73% overall, and 67% in emergency shelters. Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission has decided to join HMIS, and this will increase our coverage rate for both emergency shelters and transitional housing. By having greater participation in our HMIS system, we would be better to track client needs and see how they align with federal best practices.
The largest homelessness alleviation provider in Niagara County is the Niagara County Department of Social Services. Measured by clients, our coverage rate is very poor and it appears that many people served by the DSS do not enter shelters. County departments of social services operate largely in a regulatory climate determined by New York State and do not tend to receive institutional support for using HMIS. Consequently, voluntarily entering clients in HMIS would represent a significant burden that the state is not currently supporting. Support from the state, especially in light of current data warehouse initiatives, would assist the broader community in understanding exactly how to best serve homeless clients in the county. Otherwise, we will continue to have a very large gap in our understanding of homelessness in Niagara County.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 34 Appendix One: HMIS
Appendix One: HMIS
What is HMIS? A Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is a software application designed to record and store client-level information on the characteristics and service needs of homeless persons. HMIS is typically a web-based software application that homeless assistance providers use to record client and program level data, coordinate client services, manage their operations, and better serve the homeless. In Buffalo and Erie County, HMIS is also referred to as BAS-Net (Buffalo Area Services Network). BAS-Net was launched in 2005 by the Homeless Alliance of WNY (HAWNY). HAWNY is tasked with managing the system, and is funded by a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Erie County chose to use a web-based solution, Service Point for HMIS. Any homeless service provider (except domestic violence shelters) receiving funding through HUD’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Programs, the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program, Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF), and Solutions to End Homelessness Program (STEHP) is required to enter information into BAS-Net. Further, HUD requires that certain data elements are collected (and entered) by all programs using HMIS. HAWNY, the lead agency for the CoC in Erie County, is mandated to submit reports to HUD using HMIS as the data source. All client information that is collected, only with the client’s permission, may be used for research purposes without releasing personal information.
A core value of BAS-Net is informed consent. Client-level data is only entered into HMIS when there is a signed release of information form in the client’s file that permits both data collection and use for research purposes as aggregate data. An unwillingness to sign the release of information form cannot be used as grounds to refuse housing or services to a person for whom they would otherwise be eligible.
Can HMIS provide a number of homeless persons without duplication? How are clients counted? Yes, an unduplicated count is possible. The system automatically assigns a unique ID number for each new person that is created. The system allows users from different agencies to search for a client by their ID, name, or Social Security Number (SSN). If the client is already in the system, only the name, the last 4 digits of the SSN and the date of birth will appear on the screen; information will be updated, but a new unique ID number will not be created. In this report, all the client counts are based on the unique ID and only counted once unless otherwise noted. Each time a person enters a program or exits a program, case workers have the responsibility to record the entry and exit dates as well as other HUD required data elements needed to update the record.
A data quality report is run periodically to identify any records that appear to be duplicates. The de-duplication process is used when two unique ID numbers have been assigned to the same person. This usually means merging the two records into one record if in both records the client’s name, SSN and other demographic information are exactly the same. However, if the Social Security Numbers are slightly different but the name and other information are matched, the records won’t be merged until it is certain which one is the real SSN.
Data export methodology--De-duplicated count with exception Data exported for this report is mostly from the answers inputted when clients entered a program. If there are different answers in different entries, only the latest answer will be included in this report. For example, client A had a source of income when he first came into an emergency shelter, but six months later he was accepted to a transitional housing program and no longer had an income. Client A will then be counted twice in both categories and only information from the transitional housing program will be presented in the Overall Homeless section.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 35 Appendix One: HMIS What are the challenges of using HMIS data? As with any database, if good data is entered in, then good data will result for reporting purposes. Data entered into BAS-Net is physically entered by service providers and the information is usually self-reported by the client. Homelessness is often a disorienting experience and important dates and information may unintentionally be inaccurate or vague. We highlight this only to emphasize that HMIS is administrative data that is self-reported and subject to human error. HAWNY is continuously improving its data quality activities to ensure that HMIS data is as complete and error-free as possible. HAWNY expects HMIS users to meet the HUD benchmark for data quality – data for 95% of HUD required data elements is entered completely and accurately.
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 36 Appendix Two: Methodology
Appendix Two: Estimated Homeless Count Methodology
Erie Niagara Metro Area Aggregate ADJUSTED BY DATA SOURCE Source Total HMIS minus Poor Performers/RRH 4432 Haven House ES/TH de-duplicated* 504 Little Portion Friary* 431 Faith-Based Fellowship** 60 Altamont Program –ES** 129 Temple of Christ** 552 Back to Basics** 30 Hotels** 93 Red Cross** 17 St. Luke's Estimate*** 50 Altamont TH Estimate*** 34 Left NYS** 3 Unsheltered Count 177 Niagara DSS Assistance to Permanent 841 Housing PASSAGE (DV)*** 36 Lockport Cares* 256 Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission* 179 Carolyn House DV* 32 YWCA Niagara DV total De-duplicated* 79 Vanessa Scott* 13 TOTAL 7948 *Self-Report by Agency **Erie County Department of Social Services ***Estimate based on bed and average area utilization rates
Niagara County Aggregate Source Information Total DSS assistance to permanent housing* 841 HMIS floor 452 PASSAGE (DV)** 36 Lockport Cares* 256 Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission* 179 Carolyn House DV* 32 YWCA Niagara DV total deduplicated* 79 Vanessa Scott* 13 TOTAL 1,888 *Self-Report by Agency **Estimate based on bed capacity and utilization rates
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 37 Appendix Three: List of Providers
Appendix Three: List of Providers
Emergency Shelters Participating in HMIS Buffalo City Mission Buffalo City Mission Code Blue Child and Family Services- Casey House Code Blue Cornerstone Community Missions of Niagara Frontier Compass House Emergency Shelter Cornerstone-Emergency shelter Family Promise Lt. Colonel Matt Urban Human Service Center – Hope House Salvation Army - Emergency Family Shelter TSI Emergency Housing Service Not Participating in HMIS Altamont House Faith Based Fellowship Haven House – DV Emergency Shelter Little Portion Friary* Lockport Cares Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission* St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy/Code Blue Temple of Christ – My Place Home* Crisis Services after hour program *Now Participating in HMIS
Transitional Housing Programs Participating in HMIS American Red Cross Buffalo City Mission Discipleship Program Buffalo City Mission Journey Transitional Housing Program Cazenovia Visions Place Expanded MICA Cazenovia Visions Place Supportive Housing Program II Cornerstone-Transitional DePaul - HUD Transitional-Supportive Housing Program IV Gerard Place Hispanic United of Buffalo Teaching and Restoring Youth (TRY) The Crib United Church Home, Inc YWCA of WNY – Scattered Sites YWCA of WNY- Amherst
Not Participating in HMIS Altamont House – Veterans GPD Program Haven House
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 38 Appendix Three: List of Providers YWCA Niagara YWCA Niagara- Carolyn’s House
Safe Haven – Participate in HMIS Lake Shore Safe Haven
Outreach Homeless – Participate in HMIS Matt Urban Outreach Lake Shore McKinney (formerly PATH)
SSO –Participate in HMIS NLS Homeless Task Force Harbor house YWCA of Tonawanda
Permanent Supportive Housing Participate in HMIS Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers Shelter Plus Care II & III Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers Shelter Plus Care IV Cazenovia Chronic Homeless Program Cazenovia Supportive Housing Program VI Cazenovia Supportive Living II Cazenovia Supportive Housing Program VIII Cornerstone Permanent Supportive Housing Cornerstone PSH Housing Options Made Easy Shelter Plus Care I Housing Options Made Easy Shelter Plus Care V Housing Options Made Easy Supportive Housing Program I Lake Shore Shelter Plus Care I Lake Shore Shelter Plus Care II and III Lake Shore Supportive Housing Program VII DePaul McKinley Square Supportive Housing Program IX DePaul Shelter Plus Care I DePaul Shelter Plus Care II and III DePaul Shelter Plus Care IV Matt Urban Housing First Restoration Society Supportive Housing Program III Southern Tier Environments for Living Shelter Plus Care III Spectrum Supportive Housing Program V Spectrum Supportive Housing VI TSI Shelter Plus Care I TSI Supportive Housing Program I TSI Supportive Housing Program VIII WNY Veterans Housing Coalition S+C VI Do Not Participate in HMIS VA - Homeless Veterans – VASH
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 39 Appendix Four: Maps
Appendix Four: Maps
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 40 Appendix Four: Maps
Annual Report on the State of omelessness in Western New York 41