Homeless Count Tables - City of Prince George

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Prince George Homeless Count Report 2010 Need more places to eat, more good breakfasts for homeless people. Excellent services in PG but could use more places to stay like ASAP More shelter beds. Something to do on Sundays. Everything needed, not enough shelter for men, need more places like AWAC esp. for those with mental health issues and in winter, elders need to have somewhere too. CINHS is a joke, people shouldn't be using in there, also the way they are running it. 7-10 days to get an appt. There's so much to say, but that's enough for now. 34
Section 4: Discussion and Conclusions Prince George Homeless Count Report 2010 4.1 Solutions and Next Steps The 2010 Prince George Homeless Count is the second ever homeless count that has been conducted in the City of Prince George. Based on the results, close to 30% of the homeless people in Prince George face ‘absolute homelessness’, where an individual or family has no housing at all, is staying in a temporary form of shelter, or in locations not fit for people to live in. The primary reasons for their homelessness named by the majority of respondents are a lack of affordable housing (40%) followed by too little or no pay or welfare (35%) and issues with alcohol and substance abuse (32%). Most indicated a combination of these and other reasons for their homelessness. Notably, while issues with alcohol and substance abuse were indicated as reasons for their homelessness by one-third of the surveyed population, just over half of all respondents (51%) indicated having drug and alcohol issues when reporting their health conditions. Related to health issues, and especially troublesome, is the finding that one-third (30%) of respondents suffered from three or more health conditions. The combination of a lack of affordable housing and the many health issues homeless people in Prince George struggle with is a clear indication of a lack of shelter and services available to the population which could facilitate and encourage their attempts to escape this vicious circle. This is a long-standing issue that has and continues to raise primary concern with the homeless service agencies and organizations in Prince George. A possible avenue to address this issue may be through a collaborative effort between CPAH, the City of Prince George, Northern Health and the various service providers and agencies in Prince George. Concerns are also raised by the large number of self-declared Aboriginal respondents. According to the demographic results of the Homeless Count, more than two-thirds of the homeless population in Prince George is of Aboriginal descent. Additionally, Aboriginal respondents tend to be younger than the non- Aboriginal homeless population. Likewise, female respondents tended to be younger than male respondents. Although some specialized services and programs are already being provided and are targeted at Aboriginal homeless individuals in particular, these findings may indicate that there is a need for the development of further, possibly more diversified and age-specific services and/or the improvement of current services and programs provided to Aboriginal and female homeless people in Prince George. The results of the 2010 Prince George Homeless Count demonstrate that homelessness continues to remain a significant problem in the City of Prince George. The count provides essential information to government, organizations, and agencies providing services and support to homeless individuals. It is CPAH’s hope that, as with the 2008 data, the results of the 2010 Count will inform future development strategies and action plans, and allow for further collaborative work with the City of Prince George, the Ministry of Housing and Social Development and all other levels of government, toward the reduction of homelessness. 35
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