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Homeless Count Tables - City of Prince George

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<strong>Prince</strong> <strong>George</strong> <strong>Homeless</strong> <strong>Count</strong> Report 2010<br />

3.2 A Pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> <strong>Homeless</strong>ness in <strong>Prince</strong> <strong>George</strong><br />

3.2.1 Location <strong>of</strong> Data Collection<br />

A number <strong>of</strong> service facilities and agencies provided the locations for the administration <strong>of</strong> the homeless<br />

count survey. The majority <strong>of</strong> surveys were completed at Bridget Moran Place (20.2%). Table 1 provides<br />

a complete overview <strong>of</strong> how many respondents completed the survey at which location.<br />

Table 1 Locations <strong>of</strong> Data Collection in <strong>Prince</strong> <strong>George</strong><br />

Street Location or Agency<br />

# <strong>of</strong> respondents<br />

(n=361) %<br />

Bridget Moran Place (ASAP) 73 20.2<br />

Fire Pit 49 13.6<br />

Ketso Yoh 47 13.0<br />

PGNFC 44 12.2<br />

Salvation Army 37 10.2<br />

Various street locations 29 8.0<br />

St. Vincent de Paul 17 4.7<br />

AWAC 15 4.2<br />

PG New Hope Society 14 3.9<br />

Future Cents 13 3.6<br />

Elizabeth Fry 11 3.0<br />

Tse Koo Hub Yoh 7 1.9<br />

Christian Life Centre 3 0.8<br />

Phoenix Transition 1 0.3<br />

Positive Living North 1 0.3<br />

Total 361 100.0<br />

3.2.2 Previous <strong>Count</strong> Participation<br />

The majority <strong>of</strong> respondents to the 2010 <strong>Prince</strong> <strong>George</strong> <strong>Homeless</strong> <strong>Count</strong> (78.8%, 281 respondents)<br />

indicated that they did not participate in a previous count. A total <strong>of</strong> 67 participants, or 18.6%,<br />

responded that they did participate in a previous <strong>Prince</strong> <strong>George</strong> <strong>Homeless</strong> <strong>Count</strong>. The first <strong>Prince</strong> <strong>George</strong><br />

<strong>Homeless</strong> <strong>Count</strong> was conducted in 2008. Table 2 provides an overview <strong>of</strong> the responses to this question.<br />

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