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Understanding homelessness in our community

The chart below depicts the number of people who experienced homelessness on a single night in El Dorado County over the years 2009–2022.

In 2022, on a given night, more than 500 people experienced homelessness in El Dorado County

The last complete PIT count occurred in 2022.

  • Every two years, during the last 10 days of January, communities across the country conduct comprehensive counts of the local homeless populations in order to measure the prevalence of homelessness in each local Continuum of Care. 

  • The 2022 counts were conducted during the early mornings of February 23rd and 24th, 2022, with the support of 77 volunteers.

  • The night of the count, February 23rd, the low was 23° on the Western Slope, and on February 24, the low in the Tahoe Basin reached –3°, which affected whether individuals were in sheltered environments or unsheltered.

  • It is estimated that there were 511 people experiencing homelessness in El Dorado County on that night with 86% unsheltered.

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El Dorado County will be performing another PIT count in 2023.
Dates will be announced soon.

  • PIT race and subpopulation data 2019 (sheltered and unsheltered)

    • 85% White, 5% African American, 4% Native American

    • 19% chronic homelessness, 8% vets, 5% unaccompanied youth, 14% transitional youth

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  • PIT sheltered race and subpop data 2021

    • 84% White, 5% Black, 4% Native American, 7% Multiple Races

    • 16% of sheltered pop are chronically homeless

    • 14% of sheltered pop are children, 5% are transition age youth, 81% are adults (over age 24)

    • 45% female, 53% male, 1% gender non-conforming
       

  • PIT race and subpopulation data 2022 

    • 89% White, 3.1% African American, 2.3% Asian/Asian American, 2.5% Native American, 1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 2% Multiple Races

    • 14% sheltered chronic homelessness

    • 16% Youth ages 18-24

    • 36.4% Disabling conditions 

Outcomes

Total exits from homelessness

  • Single adult households: 82 people in 2018 versus 167 in 2020 (100+% increase)

  • A total of 200 families exited homelessness between 2018 and 2020

  • In total, 541 households exited homelessness

  • Those households were made up of 917 people (576 individuals in families and 341 individuals in households without children)

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Exits include:

1) Permanent housing

2) Temporary housing (shelter, hotel, friends/family,
    temporary housing), and

3) Institutional settings (psychiatric facility, substance use
    treatment/detox, long-term care facility, or jail/prison)

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