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Understanding Homelessness in Our Community

On average, households experienced homelessness in 2023 in El Dorado County for about 540 before finding permanent housing. This represents a decrease from 566 days in 2022. 

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The chart to the left displays the change in average amount of days homeless between the years 2022 and 2023 based on project type. The change in average days homeless for households served by Emergency Shelter/Safe Haven (ES/SH) decreased significantly between year 2022 and 2023.

The total number of people experiencing homelessness decreased from 2022 to 2023 (814 in 2022 compared to 801 in 2023). 

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The chart to the left displays change in the number of households experiencing homelessness from 2022 to 2023 as presented by the point-in-time counts for those years. The decrease in the sheltered homeless population may reflect changes in shelter availability, eligibility criteria, or access to shelter services. The lack of change in the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness highlights ongoing barriers in serving this population. 

A total of 221 exited homelessness in Year 2023.  

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The chart above displays the comparison of exits from HMIS projects by destination. In this graph the term “exits” refers to a households, not and individual, exiting homelessness to a type of housing. This increase is accompanied by consistency in exits across the other 3 programs Emergency Shelter/Safe Haven (ES/SH), Transitional Housing (TH), and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH).​​

The increase in transitional and permanent supportive housing, coupled with a decline in emergency shelters and rapid re-housing beds, reflects changing priorities and resource availability. The chart below displays the trends in the number of beds for transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, emergency shelters, and rapid re-housing from 2019 through 2023.

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For Transitional Housing (TH) there was an initial increase from 2019 to 2020, followed by a decline in 2021 and 2022 and lastly, a notable increase in 2023. For Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) there is a significant increase noted from 2021 through 2023 which would suggest a large expansion or an increase in access. Though there is a possibility there was a change in how PSH services are counted.

 

For Emergency Shelter (ES) there was a steady increase as other services decreased in years 2019 through 2021 and the opposite in 2022 through 2023. This would suggest that there is a shift towards other types of housing solutions. For Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) there was a huge decrease from 2019 to 2022 and slight rebound in 2023. This could be the result of COVID-19 barriers that are currently improving.

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