A Snapshot of Homelessness in Tehama County, California

POINT-IN-TIME COUNT
Every two years, communities across the nation conduct a count of individuals and families
experiencing homelessness on one night in January. The information gained provides the Continuum AT LEAST
of Care, the community and community leaders with insights into the needs of the community.

Q: WHERE DO YOU SLEEP? INDIVIDUALS

WERE HOMELESS IN
TEHAMA COUNTY

STREETS EMERGENCY JAIL TRANSITIONAL ON JANUARY 24, 2017.

SHELTERS HOUSING 90 MEN

55 WOMEN
12 CHILDREN
16
33
11:
*ONLY INMATES THAT
WERE HOMELESS UPON
ENTRY AND WHO REPORT
HAVING NOWHERE TO GO ES: 7, TH: 1
JAIL: 2
ONCE RELEASED WERE SURVEYED. *VETERANS ARE A SUBSET OF THE TOTAL COUNT STREETS: 1

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Q: HOW LONG HAVE YOU
Q: HOW LONG HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNTY?
YOU BEEN HOMELESS?
LESS THAN 1 YEAR: 40%

1-5 YEARS: 44%

16%
Less than

84 %
7 6-10 YEARS
% a YEAR

9% 10-20 YEARS

of adults surveyed have

Q: WHAT CAUSED YOU TO been in Tehama County
BECOME HOMELESS? for AT LEAST
ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE: 37% ONE YEAR
FAMILY CRISIS/BREAK-UP: 35%

MENTAL ILLNESS: 31%

LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT: 24%

28% 16
%
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: 22%
Less than
DISCHARGED FROM JAIL OR PRISON: 22% MORE THAN More than 1 YEAR

50 %
OF ALL ADULTS 20 Years
ILLNESS/HEALTH PROBLEMS: 18% SURVEYED
REPORT HAVING 23%
EVICTION: 15 %
BEEN ABUSED - 14% 1-5 Years

CRIMINAL RECORD: 11 AS CHILDREN BY TRUSTED

19%
% 16-20
ADULTS OR AS ADULTS BY Years
6-15 Years
4 FORCLOSURE
%
INTIMATE PARTNERS.
3 CHOICE
%

Rev. 11/07/2017 ACC

 A Snapshot of Homelessness in Tehama County, California

POINT-IN-TIME COUNT

DEMOGRAPHICS DISABILITIES
MENTAL ILLNESS: 61%
UNSHELTERED SHELTERED
STREET / OUTDOORS / EMERGENCY SHELTER
TEHAMA COUNTY JAIL TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PHYSICAL: 28%
1% %
1
3%
1%
21% CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION
8% Race/Ethnicity 6%

6% American Indian / 2% DEVELOPMENTAL

Alaskan Native 25%
Asian

81% Black / African American

Hispanic / Latino 60%

75 %
7%
Multiple Races
White / Caucasian
OF ADULTS SURVEYED
REPORT HAVING AT LEAST
ONE DISABLING CONDITION,
AND 67% OF THOSE ADULTS REPORT TWO
3%
OR MORE TYPES OF DISABILITY.
13% 7
%
Age Group
18 %

51 %
Under 18 years of age
18 - 24 years of age
OF ADULTS REPORTING
25 - 54 years of age A MENTAL ILLNESS ALSO
55 and older
25% 54% REPORT RECEIVING
80% MENTAL HEALTH TREATEMENT.

Gender
35 % Male
Female 42% SUBSTANCE ABUSE
65 %
58 %
41% ABUSE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL

52% DO NOT ABUSE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL

7% NO ANSWER

INCOME & BENEFITS OF THE ADULTS THAT

REPORT ABUSING 18%
ANNUAL INCOME (ADULTS) DRUGS OR ALCOHOL,
NOT
SURE

4%
5% 61% : NO INCOME ($0)
MOST SAID THEY
WOULD BE INTERESTED 62% 20%
VA Benefits

NO
t
en

8 IN TREATMENT YES
er

%
ym
Oth

5% $1 - $5,000
plo

SSI/ IF IT WAS AVAILABLE

Em

CalWORKS
SSDI 16% 9% $5,001 - $10,000 TO THEM.
67% 20% $10,001 - $15,000

4% $15,001 - $20,000
TO FIND OUT MORE,
CHART INCLUDES ONLY ADULTS WITH INCOME. ABOUT EFFORTS TO END

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HOMELESSNESS IN

HEALTH % OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS

SURVEYED RECEIVE TEHAMA COUNTY, AND
HOW YOU CAN HELP,
CALFRESH BENEFITS
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www.tehamacoc.org

COVERED BY NO HEALTH

MEDI-CAL 58 %
7% 6%
COVERAGE
31% All data contained herein are based on surveys administered to individuals
and families experiencing homelessness in Tehama County on January 24,
2017. Original surveys are on file with the Tehama County Continuum of
MEDICARE & MEDI-CAL MEDICARE ALONE
COVRED BY Care. Inquiries regarding this documentation can be submitted through

MEDI-CAL
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58 the Submit a Request tool available at www.tehamacoc.org.

Rev. 11/07/2017 ACC