The 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT The 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress PART 1: POINT-IN-TIME ESTIMATES OF HOMELESSNESS JANUARY 2020 Acknowledgements AUTHORS: Meghan Henry, Rian Watt, Anna Mahathey, Jillian Ouellette, and Aubrey Sitler, Abt Associates PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Dr. Jill Khadduri, Abt Associates, and Dr. Dennis Culhane, Professor of Social Policy, University of Pennsylvania DATA COLLECTION MANAGERS: Azim Shivji and Rian Watt, Abt Associates DATA COLLECTORS AND REVIEWERS: Thomas Baker, Danielle Bartolanzo, Korrin Bishop, Kyla Brown, Matthew Harmon, Marissa Hashizume, Thuan Huynh, Rachel Jollie, Emily Kyte, Annie Leiter, Anna Mahathey, Tori Morris, Jillian Ouellette, Whitney Patterson, Cara Sierks, Aubrey Sitler, Rian Watt, and Will Yetvin, Abt Associates PROGRAMMERS/ANALYSTS: Azim Shivji, Rian Watt, and Danielle Bartolanzo, Abt Associates, and Jon-Paul Oliva, GIS and Data Quality Consultant REVIEWERS: Brooke Spellman, Abt Associates Karen DeBlasio, William Snow, and Harper Sutherland, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development DESIGN AND PRODUCTION: David Dupree, Malcolm Jones, and Puneet Kaur, Abt Associates Contents Message from the Secretary . ii Key Findings . 1 Definition of Terms . .2 Progress on Preventing and Ending Homelessness . 4 About this Report . .6 SECTION 1 Homelessness in the United States . .8 National Estimates . 8 State Estimates . 12 Estimates by CoC . 16 SECTION 2 Homeless Individuals . 20 National Estimates . 20 State Estimates . 24 Estimates by CoC . 28 SECTION 3 Homeless Families with Children . .32 National Estimates . 32 State Estimates . 36 Estimates by CoC . 40 SECTION 4 Unaccompanied Homeless Youth . .44 National Estimates . 44 State Estimates . 48 Estimates by CoC .
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