Homeless: By the numbers

June 15, 2009 09:47 am

— Madison County homeless shelters
— Alternatives Inc. (643-0200) provides emergency and transitional shelter for women and children
— Christian Center (649-4264) provides emergency and longer-term shelter for men
— Beauty for Ashes (724-3454) provides transitional shelter for women
— House of Hope of Madison County (644-7086) provides halfway and three-quarters houses for men with addictions
— Dove Harbor (642-1853) provides transitional shelter for women
— Stepping Stones (648-1101) provides emergency and longer-term housing for veterans
Why the homeless don’t seek shelter
— Inability or unwillingness to follow rules: No drugs or alcohol, curfew, “pray to stay”
— Inability or unwillingness to socialize with others
— Mental illness causing paranoia or other anxiety from being around people
Indiana homeless rates (2005)
— Emergency shelter population: 3,230
— Transitional housing population: 3,849
— Unsheltered population: 2,798
— Total homeless: 9,877
— Chronically homeless (sheltered): 1,680
— Chronically homeless (unsheltered): 592
— Total chronically homeless: 2,272
National homeless rates (2005)
— Number homeless on a single day in January 2005: 415,366
— Number homeless on April 30, 2005: 313,722
— Number homeless on a single day between Feb. 1, 2005 and April 30, 2005: 334,744
Source: 2005 Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care applications