The 2016 Homeless Count in Hillsborough County was conducted on Thursday, February 25, 2016, between the hours of 5:30 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Approximately 330 volunteers canvassed the streets, alleys, wooded areas and places where homeless people are known to gather for meals, services and housings. Data was also obtained from the UNITY Information Network, our CoC’s HMIS system, for persons residing in emergency shelters, safe havens and transitional housing for homeless persons.
Below are some key data points from the 2016 PIT Homeless Count. Please note that all increase/decrease references are for changes between the 2015 and 2016 data.
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Total Overall Homelessness
Overall Homeless Individuals (households without children)
Overall Homeless Families (households with at least one adult and one child)
Veterans
Chronically Homeless (individuals and families)***
Unaccompanied youth, aged 16 to 24
Unless otherwise noted, the data reports are generated from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Homelessness Data Exchange (HDX). The HDX is an on-line tool designed to allow homeless continuums of care to submit required data to HUD.
2016 PIT Sub-Population Summary
Comparision – 2013 – 2016 PIT data (utilizing HDX submitted data for each of the PIT Count years)
***For the purposes of the Point in Time Homeless Count, HUD defines chronically homeless individuals and families as follows (HUD’s HIC/PIT Data Collection Notice, November 2013, page 27):
Chronically Homeless Individual – an individual who:
A. Is homeless and lives in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or in an emergency shelter; AND
B. Has been homeless and living or residing in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or in an emergency shelter continuously for at least 1 year or on at least four separate occasions in the last three years; AND
C. Can be diagnosed with one or more of the following conditions: substance abuse disorder, serious mental illness, development disability, post-traumatic stress disorder, cognitive impairments resulting from brain injury, or chronic physical illness or disability (that is expected to be long-continuing or indefinite duration)
Chronically Homeless Family – a family with an adult head of household (or if there is not adult in the family, a minor head of household) who meets all of the criteria for a chronically homeless individual, including a family whose composition has fluctuated while the head of household has been homeless.