Appendix O: Nonprofit Homeless and Veteran Service Providers in Texas Nonprofit Homeless and Veteran Service Providers in Texas As part of this study, information was gathered on nonprofits in Texas that serve Veterans experiencing homelessness. Two organizations that had state or national database access provided information about available programs and services, as described in the Data Sources section below. The Health and Human Services Commission (“HHSC”) Strategic Decision Support Division worked with the raw data to de-duplicate and identify locations for each provider. Table 1 shows the number of organizations/programs available by county. Table 2 shows the un-duplicated names of service providers that were listed in the databases described below. Data Sources TexVet.org In the summer of 2015, TexVet.org provided information from their directory of services listing programs available to Veterans experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness from. TexVet.org is a website that provides a variety of information to Veterans, such as Peer Advocates, a Directory of Program, and events. Per TexVet.org’s website, their “partners include Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC), Mental Health America-Texas (MHA-T), National Alliance on Mental Illness-Texas (NAMI-Texas), the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Veterans County Service Officers Association, Bring Everyone in the Zone (BEITZ), Texas 2-1-1 and other Veterans Service Organizations who share the mission of serving our Veterans and their Families.”1 Note that this data included a list of nonprofit and government providers, though mostly nonprofit providers. 2-1-1 and GuideStar In the summer of 2015, TDHCA purchased information from OneStar Foundation for detailed GuideStar and 2-1-1 data relating to Veterans. GuideStar is derived from the Internal Revenue Service Business Master File list for nonprofit organizations. The 2-1-1 data is from the Alliance for Information and Referral Systems. TDHCA requested information on organizations that provide services to homeless populations and Veteran populations. The Veteran service providers were identified as providing specific service types relating to veterans and other military-related keywords such as: military, arm, marine, navy, air, force, guard, Tricare, defense, base and trauma. Note that this data included some government providers, but consisted mainly of nonprofit providers. Many organizations that are funded through the Continuum of Care or Emergency Solutions Grants Programs (two of the largest homelessness programs in Texas) were already included in the GuideStar or 2-1-1 data. Unfortunately, information directly from the federal or state awards for the Continuum of Care Programs and Emergency Solutions Grants Programs were unable to be included in the data analysis below because of data matching difficulties. 1 TexVet.org, 2015. Homelessness Among Veterans in Texas Page | O1 10/26/2016 Appendix O: Nonprofit Homeless and Veteran Service Providers in Texas Methodology HHSC’s Strategic Decision Support Division analyzed the information from TexVet.org, GuideStar, and 2-1-1. The Strategic Decision Support Division sorted by the number of organizations/programs provided per county; the service area of an organization or program was often larger than the office location city. It must be noted that there were often multiple programs provided by the same organizations; each program is counted independently in the table below. Table: Number of Homeless or Veteran Services by county for 2015 US Census Number of Homeless Number of Veteran Bureau County Name Organizations/Programs Organizations/Programs County Code 1 Anderson 2 9 3 Andrews 0 1 5 Angelina 4 4 7 Aransas 0 1 9 Archer 1 1 11 Armstrong 0 0 13 Atascosa 3 6 15 Austin 0 1 17 Bailey 1 0 19 Bandera 1 11 21 Bastrop 16 2 23 Baylor 1 1 25 Bee 1 2 27 Bell 21 29 29 Bexar 97 233 31 Blanco 3 0 33 Borden 0 0 35 Bosque 2 0 37 Bowie 9 4 39 Brazoria 15 8 41 Brazos 14 3 43 Brewster 6 0 45 Briscoe 0 0 47 Brooks 2 0 49 Brown 4 3 51 Burleson 2 1 53 Burnet 5 3 55 Caldwell 2 3 57 Calhoun 1 1 59 Callahan 0 4 61 Cameron 18 22 63 Camp 1 8 65 Carson 0 0 67 Cass 3 0 69 Castro 0 0 Homelessness Among Veterans in Texas Page | O2 10/26/2016 Appendix O: Nonprofit Homeless and Veteran Service Providers in Texas US Census Number of Homeless Number of Veteran Bureau County Name Organizations/Programs Organizations/Programs County Code 71 Chambers 0 0 73 Cherokee 3 8 75 Childress 2 2 77 Clay 1 1 79 Cochran 0 0 81 Coke 0 0 83 Coleman 0 0 85 Collin 21 10 87 Collingsworth 0 0 89 Colorado 1 0 91 Comal 10 17 93 Comanche 0 2 95 Concho 0 0 97 Cooke 1 1 99 Coryell 2 11 101 Cottle 1 0 103 Crane 0 0 105 Crockett 0 0 107 Crosby 0 0 109 Culberson 1 0 111 Dallam 2 0 113 Dallas 117 97 115 Dawson 1 1 117 Deaf Smith 1 0 119 Delta 1 0 121 Denton 16 16 123 DeWitt 1 1 125 Dickens 0 0 127 Dimmit 1 0 129 Donley 1 0 131 Duval 0 0 133 Eastland 0 3 135 Ector 14 3 137 Edwards 0 0 139 Ellis 6 0 141 El Paso 88 86 143 Erath 1 2 145 Falls 3 0 147 Fannin 1 10 149 Fayette 6 5 151 Fisher 0 2 153 Floyd 0 0 155 Foard 1 1 157 Fort Bend 10 9 Homelessness Among Veterans in Texas Page | O3 10/26/2016 Appendix O: Nonprofit Homeless and Veteran Service Providers in Texas US Census Number of Homeless Number of Veteran Bureau County Name Organizations/Programs Organizations/Programs County Code 159 Franklin 1 0 161 Freestone 3 0 163 Frio 0 5 165 Gaines 0 2 167 Galveston 14 6 169 Garza 0 0 171 Gillespie 1 11 173 Glasscock 0 0 175 Goliad 2 1 177 Gonzales 1 1 179 Gray 2 2 181 Grayson 10 13 183 Gregg 7 5 185 Grimes 1 0 187 Guadalupe 4 12 189 Hale 2 0 191 Hall 0 0 193 Hamilton 3 0 195 Hansford 1 0 197 Hardeman 1 0 199 Hardin 2 1 201 Harris 155 122 203 Harrison 1 17 205 Hartley 0 0 207 Haskell 0 0 209 Hays 10 11 211 Hemphill 0 0 213 Henderson 3 9 215 Hidalgo 10 22 217 Hill 2 1 219 Hockley 0 0 221 Hood 3 8 223 Hopkins 5 0 225 Houston 2 1 227 Howard 1 4 229 Hudspeth 0 0 231 Hunt 6 4 233 Hutchinson 3 1 235 Irion 0 0 237 Jack 1 1 239 Jackson 2 0 241 Jasper 0 1 243 Jeff Davis 0 0 245 Jefferson 24 13 Homelessness Among Veterans in Texas Page | O4 10/26/2016 Appendix O: Nonprofit Homeless and Veteran Service Providers in Texas US Census Number of Homeless Number of Veteran Bureau County Name Organizations/Programs Organizations/Programs County Code 247 Jim Hogg 0 1 249 Jim Wells 3 0 251 Johnson 7 2 253 Jones 1 10 255 Karnes 0 2 257 Kaufman 6 2 259 Kendall 1 7 261 Kenedy 1 0 263 Kent 0 0 265 Kerr 6 8 267 Kimble 1 0 269 King 0 0 271 Kinney 0 0 273 Kleberg 4 3 275 Knox 0 7 277 Lamar 10 10 279 Lamb 0 0 281 Lampasas 0 0 283 La Salle 0 0 285 Lavaca 1 3 287 Lee 5 2 289 Leon 1 1 291 Liberty 0 1 293 Limestone 2 0 295 Lipscomb 0 0 297 Live Oak 2 0 299 Llano 2 3 301 Loving 0 0 303 Lubbock 12 14 305 Lynn 0 0 307 McCulloch 1 0 309 McLennan 22 25 311 McMullen 0 1 313 Madison 1 0 315 Marion 1 8 317 Martin 0 0 319 Mason 0 0 321 Matagorda 3 1 323 Maverick 2 1 325 Medina 3 5 327 Menard 0 0 329 Midland 11 7 331 Milam 1 1 333 Mills 2 0 Homelessness Among Veterans in Texas Page | O5 10/26/2016 Appendix O: Nonprofit Homeless and Veteran Service Providers in Texas US Census Number of Homeless Number of Veteran Bureau County Name Organizations/Programs Organizations/Programs County Code 335 Mitchell 2 0 337 Montague 1 1 339 Montgomery 15 7 341 Moore 2 1 343 Morris 1 0 345 Motley 0 0 347 Nacogdoches 4 1 349 Navarro 6 0 351 Newton 0 2 353 Nolan 0 3 355 Nueces 33 30 357 Ochiltree 2 0 359 Oldham 1 0 361 Orange 5 3 363 Palo Pinto 3 1 365 Panola 1 8 367 Parker 6 4 369 Parmer 0 0 371 Pecos 1 1 373 Polk 4 1 375 Potter 15 12 377 Presidio 1 1 379 Rains 1 8 381 Randall 2 0 383 Reagan 2 0 385 Real 0 0 387 Red River 1 0 389 Reeves 1 0 391 Refugio 0 0 393 Roberts 0 0 395 Robertson 1 0 397 Rockwall 0 0 399 Runnels 1 2 401 Rusk 1 9 403 Sabine 2 1 405 San Augustine 2 0 407 San Jacinto 1 1 409 San Patricio 6 4 411 San Saba 2 0 413 Schleicher 0 0 415 Scurry 2 0 417 Shackelford 0 2 419 Shelby 1 2 421 Sherman 0 0 Homelessness Among Veterans in Texas Page | O6 10/26/2016 Appendix O: Nonprofit Homeless and Veteran Service Providers in Texas US Census Number of Homeless Number of Veteran Bureau County Name Organizations/Programs Organizations/Programs County Code 423 Smith 5 15 425 Somervell 0 1 427 Starr 2 5 429 Stephens 1 2 431 Sterling 0 0 433 Stonewall 0 0 435 Sutton 0 0 437 Swisher 0 0 439 Tarrant 107 81 441 Taylor 22 27 443 Terrell 0 1 445 Terry 0 0 447 Throckmorton 2 2 449 Titus 6 0 451 Tom Green 6 6 453 Travis 170 105 455 Trinity 1 1 457 Tyler 0 3 459 Upshur 1 0 461 Upton 0 0 463 Uvalde 0 1 465 Val Verde 1 1 467 Van Zandt 2 8 469 Victoria 10 9 471 Walker 3 1 473 Waller 3 2 475 Ward 0 1 477 Washington 1 0 479 Webb 11 17 481 Wharton 1 1 483 Wheeler 0 0 485 Wichita 10 18 487 Wilbarger 1 2 489 Willacy 3 4 491 Williamson 19 27 493 Wilson 0 5 495 Winkler 0 1 497 Wise 3 5 499 Wood 3 10 501 Yoakum 0 0 503 Young 2 3 505 Zapata 0 1 507 Zavala 0 0 999 Not Known 11 13 Homelessness Among Veterans in Texas Page | O7 10/26/2016 Appendix O: Nonprofit Homeless and Veteran Service Providers in Texas US Census Number of Homeless Number of Veteran Bureau County Name Organizations/Programs Organizations/Programs County Code Total 1,480 1,532 The GuideStar and 2-1-1 data frequently listed “parent organizations,” which are larger organizations that have branches or satellite offices.