Homelessness Hodgepodge
Average number of people experiencing homelessness in DC as of 2018 PIT Count.
What is 6900?
The name of the most expensive neighborhood in which to rent in DC.
What is Georgetown?
A disorder characterized by low mood for more than 14 days, changes in appetite, sleep, mood, or energy levels.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
The type of organization that serves the homeless population by offering safe, indoor space for meals, case management, and assessment services.
What are drop in centers?
True or False? It is illegal to panhandle.
The term for someone who has experienced homelessness for 1 year or more and has a chronic medical/mental health condition.
The average rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in DC.
What is $2,081?
A psychiatric disorder characterized by an average onset of ages 18-21, hallucinations, delusions, and must include both positive and negative symptoms.
What is schizophrenia?
The type of organization that offers a place for individuals, youth, or families to sleep over night.
What are shelters?
The average amount of time it takes someone to regain stability after becoming homeless.
What is 1-3 years for every year that they are homeless?
The name of the office that families must seek shelter access through.
What is the Virginia Williams Family Resource Center?
The average wait time for those on the public housing waiting list in DC.
What is 35 years?
Percentage of adults in the US living with a mental illness.
What is 20% or 1 in 5 adults?
The term for DC community health centers which offer a "one stop shop" for mental health care including psychiatry, therapy, case management, and often substance abuse treatment.
What is a Core Services Agency or CSA?
The minimum age that an individual can present themselves for services or medical care in DC.
What is 18?
The percentage of the homeless population nationwide who are diagnosed with a mental illness.
What is 60%?
A housing model in which an individual or family is placed in an apartment with wraparound services, and no required proof of sobriety, income, or prior rental history.
What is Permanent Supportive Housing or PSH?
The name of the agency in charge of monitoring and ensuring quality and access to services for homeless individuals needing mental health treatment in DC.
What is DBH?
The name of the place where emergency psychiatric evaluation takes place when individuals are picked up on the street and require involuntary assessment.
What is CPEP?
True or False? There are shelters that minors are able to stay in without parental consent in DC.
What is false?
What is 8%?
The name of the coordinated entry assessment used in DC.
What is the SPDAT assessment?
Percentage of DC homeless population with a mental illness diagnosis.
What is 30%?
The model of intervention used to reach chronically homeless persons who primarily stay on the street by bringing basic services including food, blankets, clothing, psychiatrists, and other doctors to them.
What is street outreach?
The average salary for an entry level case management position working in DC in the homeless services system of care.
What is $35,000?