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Homeless Services Unit: 2019 Annual Report

Case Manager: Julie Turner

Total Number of Persons Requesting Assistance 307
  Female 145
  Male 162
Number of Persons Seen for the first time in 2019 260
Number of Clients Receiving Case Management Services 61
Number of Homeless Veterens 20

I. Information and Referral
  Basic (food, clothing, shelter, laundry, showers)      148
  Immigration Assistance (legal referrals, passport, residency, green card replacement) 14
  Transportation Assistance (direct assistance for transportation costs associated with case management appointments and care coordination) 95
  Replacement Identification (birth certificates, DC non-drivers identification, social security card) 45
  Legal Aid 42
  Emergency Assistance (coordination of funds for emergency rental assistance, security deposits, and utility assistance) 21

II. Case Management Services
  Type of Service Clients Referred Resolutions
  Health Care 67 55
  SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) 44 41
  Department of Human Services (TANF, Medicaid, Health Care Exchange, Interim Disability Assistance, and all recertification) 49 49
  Social Security Benefits (SSDI, SSI, SSA, Medicare includes initial claims, preparation of claims, and appeals) 41 12
  Behavioral Health (includes care coordination for substance abuse and/or mental health, linkage, evaluation, immediate referral, placement) 71 62
  Psychiatric Treatment 93 55
  Employment Training 14 11
  Employment Placement 7 5
  Housing (includes ViSPDAT, Full SPDAT, navigation to PSH and RRH. D Level of Care for CRF, Long Term Care) 41 21
  Educational Placement (GED, technical school, college re-entry) 3 2
  Intimate Partner Violence/Sexual Assault Network 18 13
  Prevention/Displacement 14 13

Primary Cause of Homelessness

Case Manager: Julie Turner
Year: 2019

  Men Women Total
Mental Illness 36 29 65
Substance Abuse 9 2 11
Immigration 9 2 11
Intimate Partner Violence Sexual Assault 0 19 19
Underemployment 12 5 17
Unemployment 6 2 8
Family Breakdown 0 0 0
Physical Disability 10 3 13
Physical Illness 65 25 90
Returning Citizen 10 2 12
TOTAL: 92 64 156

Number of Homeless Families: 6

  Men Women Total
Number of Homeless Veterans 17 1 18
Average Age of Homeless Veterans 62.9 53 57.9
Number of Employed Persons 12 5 17
Median Age of Persons Served 63 68.1 65.5
Average (Mean) Age of Persons Served 54.2 62.3 58.2

Length of Homelessness & Residency

Case Manager: Julie Turner
Year: 2019

Number of Homeless Persons Served: 156
Number of Persons Served in Danger of Homelessness: 151
Number of Low-Income Served Not in Danger of Homelessness: 0
Total Number of Persons Served: 307

Length of Time Homeless
More than 5 years: 109
More than 1 year: 43
Less than 1 year: 4
TOTAL: 156

Length of Time Living in the District of Columbia
More than 5 years: 293
More than 1 year: 11
Less that 1 year: 3
TOTAL: 307

Number of DC Residents: 307
Number of Maryland Residents Served: 0
Number of Virginia Residents Served: 0
Number of Residents of Other States: 0
TOTAL: 307

Place of Origin
Washington, D.C. 254
US - outside DC 42
Foreign Born 11
TOTAL: 307

Annual Report Demographic Information

Case Manager: Julie Turner
Year: 2019

Total Number of Clients Served: 307

GENDER

Men 162
Women 145
TOTAL: 307

Race/Ethnicity Based on Self Identification

Asian 3
African American 245
Caucasian 29
Latino 23
African 5
Pacific Islander 0
Native American 1
Other 1
TOTAL: 307

AGE

0-5 6
6-17 7
18-29 14
30-65 232
65+ 48
TOTAL: 307

   

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