State of Homelessness 2006

Dec. 2004

Change over year

Dec. 2005

Source

Subsidized Housing Units/Vouchers

~35,700

Decrease

12%

~31,356

CTO

Total Jobs in Cuyahoga Co. Second Quarter of the year

740,959

Decrease

1%

736,601

Center for Community Solutions

Unemployment Claims

74,010

decrease

70,540

Ohio Workforce Website

Housing Wage

$13.52

increase

$14.00

www.nlihc.org

Health Care Medical Beds

8

no change

8

NEOCH

Homeless Served by Care Alliance (free health care)

4,754

increase

5,364

Care Alliance

Number of people identified who died having experienced homelessness in that year.

39

increase

44

NEOCH

Number of Homeless People

~ over 26,000

No real change

~ over 26,000

NEOCH

Requests for Shelter Increase from Previous Year

8,583

decrease

8,273

First Call for Help

Cleve. Homeless School Children served

1,317

increase

1,375

Cleveland Public Schools Project Act

Public Housing Waiting List

9,287

decrease

8,290

CMHA

Public Housing Vacancy Rate

3.2%

decrease

2.2%

CMHA

Evictions Filed

11,437

decrease

11,285

Cleveland Housing Crt

Eviction (move outs)

1,824

decrease

Lost info.

Cleveland Housing Crt

Shelter beds overflow+ emergency+transitional spaces

2,033

decrease

1,889

NEOCH

Public Dollars to Homelessness

including all levels of government.

~$24.2 million

increase

~$25 million

ODOD/OHS/County/City

Families Time Limited off of Welfare (TANF)

8,389  FY 2000-2004

increase

9,171 FY 2000-2005

Cuyahoga County Oct 2002/2003

Housing Foreclosures-County

8,686

increase

9,751

County Courts

Poverty Rate in Cleveland

23.2%

--

Not released yet

U.S. Census

Hate Crimes against homeless (Ohio)

1

increase

4

National Coalition for the Homeless

Individuals Receiving Food Stamps

72,291

increase

82,785

Cuyahoga County Oct 2004/2005

Families receiving cash assistance

13,425

decrease

12,527

Cuyahoga County Oct 2004/2005