WWW.APPLIEDSURVEYRESEARCH.ORG

55 Brennan St.Watsonville, CA 95076

(831) 728-1356

991 W. Hedding St., Suite 102San Jose, CA 95126

(408) 247-8319

WWW.OCGOV.COM

1770 N. BroadwaySanta Ana, CA 92706

(714) 480-2744

WWW.OCPARTNERSHIP.NET

One Hope Dr.Tustin, CA 92782(714) 288-4007

The 2011 Orange County Homeless Census and SurveyThe 2011 Orange County Homeless Census and SurveyOrange County Community Services, Orange County Healthcare Agency , OC Partnership & Applied Survey ResearchNovember 15, 2010

AGENDAAGENDA

• Introduction to ASR• Purpose of this Research• Homeless Study Components• Project Methodology • What will be Measured• Critical Next Steps• Data Release and Report Production

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WHO WE AREWHO WE ARE

• Applied Survey Research– A 30-year-old non-profit

social research firm headquartered in Santa Cruz County

– ASR has conducted homeless research in Orange, Atlanta, San Bernardino, Riverside, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Sonoma, Mendocino, Clark (NV), and Los Angeles Counties

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PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCHPURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH

• Generate data to respond to the HUD NOFA application

• Generate valid, accurate, qualitative and quantitative data regarding homeless for better service planning and delivery

• Gain better understanding of issues and needs of the Orange homeless community

• Help retain or increase Orange County’s $13.2 million share of competitive federal funding for homeless services

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HOMELESS STUDY DATA COMPONENTS

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• Street Census• Shelter/Institution Census• Street Census + Shelter Census = PIT total

• Survey– Data from the survey will be projected to

the final population data

• Shelter Inventory List• Needs Assessment (GAP Analysis)

METHODOLOGY

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• Homeless Enumeration

– Teams of homeless individuals, service providers, and researchers canvas each jurisdiction to count homeless

– Street count conducted in the early morning hours to prevent co-mingling (duplication) of street and sheltered homeless – January 22, 2011

– Head counts taken at every homeless shelter, transitional housing facility, hospital, jail, etc.

METHODOLOGY

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• Participatory Approach– Homeless individuals and service providers

involved in every aspect of data collection

• Incentives Provided to all Homeless Workers– Interviewers receive $5 per survey– Census workers receive $10 for training and

$10 per hour– Survey respondents receive phone cards as

participation incentives

METHODOLOGY

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• Homeless Surveys

– ~750 interviews will be conducted by homeless individuals and service providers

– Survey will be stratified by shelter and street estimates AND by geographical area. Findings weighted to actual results.

– Duplication is prevented by obtaining respondents’ initials and date of birth and other data cleaning.

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• Focus on Prevention• Focus on Subpopulations– Families– Unaccompanied homeless youth (24 & under)– HIV/AIDS– Veterans– Chronically homeless– Precariously housed– Pending eviction– Vehicularly housed

IMPROVEMENTS IN 2011

• More experienced volunteers and guides

• Greater knowledge of hot spots

• Better recruitment of volunteers and guides

• Targeted efforts for sub-populations

• Improved Deployment Sites

• Pre-deployments for designated areas

• Use of a more accurate HIC data

• HMIS better and more widely used

• Greater knowledge of process and results by OC

• Better sampling of shelters thru greater participation

• Better weather!

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PIT COUNT LOGISTICS IMPROVEMENTS – 2011

2009 DEPLOYMENT SITES

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• OC Partnership, Orange

• Church of Christ, Anaheim

• MHA Drop-off, Santa Ana

• Boys and Girls Club, Cypress

• South County Outreach, Lake Forest

SAMPLE OF DATA COLLECTION FORMS

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Hot Spot Identification Form

REFERRAL AND TRAINING CARDS

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WHAT WILL BE MEASUREDWHAT WILL BE MEASURED

• Homeless Survey– Provides the necessary information for HUD– Quota sample – non-random– Peer interviewers on the street– Provider interviewers in shelter settings

• Survey Improvements– Align with HMIS data elements– Recession oriented questions– New areas of interest:

• Computer and cell phone usage• Precariously housed• Employment• ?

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2011 Orange County Homeless Survey

KEY NEXT STEPS

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Task Area•Hot Spot Identification

•Facility usage

•Homeless Worker Referral

•Homeless Surveying

Council Contribution•We need experts (homeless and provider) to identify homeless hot spots on a map for our sample selection in the next 4 weeks

•Use of facilities as deployment sites on 1.22.11(near shelters, strategic)

•150 workers need to be recruited. How many workers can you recruit and commit to quality participation?

•We need a number of coordinators willing to stock survey supplies and manage the distribution of surveyors to the homeless interviewers and review the returned surveys for quality assurance. 

DATA RELEASE AND REPORT PRODUCTION

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• Census and Survey data will be released ASAP for the NOFA application

• Report scheduled for release after the NOFA is completed

55 Brennan St.Watsonville, CA 95076

(831) 728-1356

www.appliedsurveyresearch.org

991 W. Hedding St., Suite 102San Jose, CA 95126

(408) 247-8319

WWW.APPLIEDSURVEYRESEARCH.ORG

55 Brennan St.Watsonville, CA 95076

(831) 728-1356

991 W. Hedding St., Suite 102San Jose, CA 95126

(408) 247-8319

WWW.OCGOV.COM

1770 N. BroadwaySanta Ana, CA 92706

(714) 480-2744

WWW.OCPARTNERSHIP.NET

One Hope Dr.Tustin, CA 92782(714) 288-4007

Email: info@pointintimeoc.org www.pointintimeoc.org

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EveryoneCounts.Help us keep over $13.2 million in homeless services funding here in Orange County.

Volunteer for the 2011 Point in Time Count and Survey.

January 22nd, 2011