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<br />Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan
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<br />Housina Needs of Community-Defined Homeless Families
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<br />The Alameda Countywide Shelter and Services Survey published in 2004 and updated in 2005 found
<br />that 41 percent of the community-defined homeless were members of a family with children. The
<br />total includes 684 households comprising 2,119 persons in homeless families with children at a
<br />point in time; an estimated 25 youth or young adults with dependent children are in this group.95
<br />This count includes people staying in emergency shelters or transitional housing, living on the street
<br />or in a car, and people who will lose their housing within a month.
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<br />In order to estimate the total number of individuals in families experiencing homelessness over the
<br />course of a year, these point-in-time numbers was multiplied by a factor of three for a total of 6,357
<br />individuals in 2,052 households annually.
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<br />Housina Needs of Extremely Low-Income Sinale Adults and Families Living with HIVlAIDS
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<br />According to the Alameda County Public Health Department, 7,089 adults are estimated to be
<br />living with HIV/AIDS in Alameda County.96 Approximately 72 percent (5,104) have low incomes,
<br />i.e. less than 50 percent of area median and are, therefore, included as a target population of this
<br />plan.97
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<br />An estimated 75 percent (3,656) are single or in couples without children, and 25 percent (1,234)
<br />are parents in a household that includes one or more children. Another 214 people living with
<br />HIV / AIDS are included in the estimates of chronically and community-defined homeless above.
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<br />Housing Needs of Extremely Low-Income Sinale Adults and Families Living with Serious and
<br />Persistent Mental Illness
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<br />Approximately 20,000 adults living with serious and persistent mental illness in Alameda County
<br />are extremely low income, i.e. with incomes ofless than 200 percent of poverty rate.98 Of this total,
<br />1,538 are included in the estimates of chronic and community-defined homeless above. An
<br />additional 644 are included in the HIV/AIDS estimates above. This leaves approximately 17,818
<br />people with serious mental illness who are at risk ofhomelessness.
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<br />95 Richard Spciglman and Jean Norris, Alameda Countywide Shelter and Services Survey: County Report, prepared for the Alameda
<br />Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care Council, May 2004, p. 3-9.
<br />96 Alameda County Public Health Department, CAPE Unit, telephone communication with AIDS Housing of Washington staff, July
<br />12,2005. Data is for year.end 2003 estimated living with HlV and AIDS.
<br />97 Samuel Bozzette, Sandra Berry, Naihua Duan, Martin Frankel, Arleen Leibowitz, Doris Lefkowitz, Carol-Ann Emmons, Walton
<br />Senterfitt, Marc Berk, Sally Morton, Martin Shapiro, "The Care ofHlV-1nfected Adults in the United States," New England Journal
<br />of Medicine, Vol. 339, No. 26, December 24, 1998, pp. 1897.1904. Bozzette et al analyzed data from the 1996 baseline HCSUS
<br />survey and estimated that 72% of persons with AIDS had incomes below $25,000 in the previous year. Estimate confirmed by MPR
<br />analysis ofHCSUS data. Estimate was adjusted for inflation to 2002 dollars, approximately $29,510 in 2002. Inflation estimate from
<br />the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Available online: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm.
<br />98 DMH advises using 200% of poverty as the upper income limit for planning for publicly funded mental health services. State of
<br />California Department of Mental Health (DMH), "Statistics & Data Analysis: Prevalence Rates of Mental Disorders, Updated
<br />October 2004," Prevalcnce Table 2: "Prevalence Estimates for Persons in Households <200% of Poverty For 2000 Census and
<br />Updated to July 2004, Estimates of Prevalence of Persons with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) and Serious Mental Illness
<br />(SMI) in Alameda County." Available online: www.dmh.cahwnet.gov/SADA/docs/Prevalence%20Rates/Alameda/Table2.pdf
<br />(Accessed: December 2,2004).
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