By The Numbers
The average length of stay in shelter in 2021
The operator of Montgomery County's two largest emergency shelters?
Who is St. Vincent de Paul Dayton?
The number of people experiencing homelessness in Ohio on a single night in 2021
What is 10,345 people?
The year Montgomery County, the City of Dayton and United Way of the Greater Dayton Area adopted the 10-year Community Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and Reduce Overall Homelessness
What is 2006?
The leaders who brought together stakeholders from various sectors to establish the Homeless Solutions Policy Board
Who are Deborah Feldman (former County Administrator) and Jim Dineen (former City of Dayton, City Manager)?
The number of households experiencing homelessness on average every night (2021)
What is 417 households?
The statewide data warehouse developed for cross-systems data analysis to inform state planning efforts on homelessness
What is the Ohio Human Services Data Warehouse?
The Ohio non-profit coalition of organizations and individuals committed to ending homelessness and to promoting decent, safe, fair, affordable housing for all, with a focus on assisting low-income and special needs populations
What is the Coalition on Housing and Homelessness in Ohio (COHHIO)?
The regional or local planning body that coordinates housing and services funding for homeless families and individuals
What is a "Continuum of Care"?
The number of individuals who participated in the development of the 10-Year Community Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and Reduce Overall Homelessness
What is more than 200 people?
The number of households who experienced homelessness in Montgomery County in 2021
What is 3,397 households?
The percentage of increase of households who experienced homelessness from 2016 to 2021
What is a 3% increase?
The two communities in Ohio that have declared an effective end to Veteran homelessness
What are Dayton/Montgomery County and Akron/Barberton/Summit County?
The year Montgomery County announced an effective end to Veteran Homelessness
What is 2016?
The leaders who currently Chair the Homeless Solutions Policy Board
Who are Rev. John Paddock, Retired Rector Christ Episcopal Church and Dr. Victor McCarley, Behavioral Health Consultant?
The most common household type for people experiencing homelessness in Montgomery County (2021)
What is single men?
In 2021, 56% of households who experienced homelessness were single men.
The percentage Montgomery County has decreased homelessness since 2006
What is 77%?
The number of affordable and available units for every 100 very low-income households
What is 80 units?
The policy that offers permanent housing as quickly as possible to people experiencing homelessness, and offers supportive services to keep people stably housed
What is "Housing First"?
The original Co-Chairs of the Homeless Solutions Policy Board
Who are Charles Meadow and Walt Hibner?
The percentage of households experiencing homelessness in Montgomery County in 2021 who were black
What is 48%?
The number of supporting housing units created since the 10-year community plan was adopted in 2006
What is 887 units?
The percentage of Ohio renters 30% of Area Median Income or less who experience severe rent burden
What is 70%?
The Solution to homelessness
What is "housing"?
The people whose lives have been impacted by homelessness are highly motivated to prevent others from experiencing similar traumas
What is Persons of Lived Experience?