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Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness

Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness. Annually, over 2,000 served by regional shelters. Annually, 248 people living on the streets. Over 70% of all adults are ex-offenders. One-third of those served by a shelter have been incarcerated at the Richmond City Jail within the same 12-months.

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Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness

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  1. Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness • Annually, over 2,000 served by regional shelters. • Annually, 248 people living on the streets. • Over 70% of all adults are ex-offenders. • One-third of those served by a shelter have been incarcerated at the Richmond City Jail within the same 12-months. • 21% are veterans. • Over 50% report a disability (physical, substance abuse, mental health.)

  2. What works to get people off the streets? • Increased collaboration between service providers improves access to services • Training for case managers • Shared information on needs and resources • Increased coordination between outreach workers • Targeted programs to meet needs The Healing Place for Men opened in 2005 & serves over 900 homeless addicts a year. Of the 570 graduates, 70% are clean & sober. In 4 years, A Place to Start has helped over 66 chronically homeless individuals with severe mental illness get off the streets.

  3. Underlying Causes of Homelessness: Unemployment & History of Incarceration People experiencing unemployment as a sole barrier, ex-offender status as a sole barrier, or the combination of these two barriers comprise 28% of individuals surveyed by Homeward.

  4. Background: Homeless Ex-offenders 72.9% of adults experiencing homelessness report that they have spent time in jail and/or prison (January, 2011). • Jail = 60.8%, prison = 3.4%, jail + prison = 35.9% • 33.3% homeless before incarceration, 50.3% homeless upon release. • Compared to other experiencing homelessness, ex-offenders are more likely to have a substance abuse problem.

  5. Overlap: Homelessness and Incarceration • Overlap: Richmond City Jail and Regional Homeless Shelters • One-third of adults served by regional homeless shelters were also incarcerated at the Jail within the same twelve-month period • Pattern of overlap holds for 5 years • Estimated cost of incarceration for the population bouncing between shelter and jail = $1.3 Million per year Photo: www.trutv.com; Stock

  6. Overlap Between Jail and Shelter Use: 5/09 – 4/10 • In September 2010, one year’s worth of data on adults from the Homeward Community Information System (HCIS) and the Richmond City Jail (RCJ) was matched to examine the overlap between people who use area shelters and the RCJ. 31.5% (828/2627) of adults who had stayed in area shelters had been in jail during the year. 7.4% (828/11,203) of RCJ inmates had been in an area shelter during the year.

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