2015 Point in Time Results

Each year, The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness, along with hundreds of volunteers, conducts the Point in Time count of homeless persons in DC. Several Christ House year-long volunteers, staff, and friends volunteered in January for this year’s count. The 2015 Point in Time fact sheet is now available here.

A few findings from this year’s count:

• 7,298: total number of persons experiencing homelessness:
  • 544: persons who were unsheltered
  • 5,085: persons in emergency shelters
  • 1,669: persons in transitional housing
• One in five homeless adults surveyed have histories of substance abuse or mental illness; nine percent reported living with both conditions
• Eight percent of adult homeless persons reported a chronic health problem, and 13 percent reported a physical disability
• 15 percent of homeless adults reported histories of domestic violence
• 10 percent of homeless adults reported having served in the United States Armed Forces