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How is Orange County Addressing Homelessness? <br />• Prevention Investments: Additional assistance for rent or utilities, as well as Section 8 <br />housing vouchers, resulted in increased financial stability of individuals at danger of <br />becoming homeless. <br />• Outreach Expanded: More homeless individuals were reached through trust -building and <br />outreach efforts resulting in increased numbers being sheltered. <br />• Increased Shelter: Emergency shelter beds available to the homeless increased providing <br />immediate help to more of the unhoused. <br />• Permanent Housing Added: Some permanent housing opportunities increased through new <br />HUD vouchers, as well as County of Orange Permanent Supportive Housing developments. <br />Point in Time Count <br />The HUD -mandated Point in Time Count (PIT)8 is a national effort to create a census of <br />homeless individuals every two years. While this one -day initiative to contact and count the <br />homeless is assumed to result in a significant undercount, it is a consistent approach which <br />shows comparable data collected over time. The most recent PIT was conducted in 2022 and <br />reported a decrease of 1,142 homeless individuals counted in Orange County. <br />North and Central SPA cities sheltered 49% of their homeless while South SPA cities sheltered <br />on 28% of their homeless according to the 2022 PIT.9 <br />OC Homeless Point in Time Count <br />8000 <br />7000 <br />6000 <br />5000 3961 <br />4000 3 <br />2584 <br />3000 <br />2000 <br />1000 2208 2899 2661 <br />0 <br />2017 2019 2022 <br />Sheltered Homeless I Unsheltered Homeless <br />a Point in Time Count, Orange County Office of Care Coordination, May 2022 <br />9 Ibid. <br />2021-2022 Orange County Grand Jury Page 3 <br />City Council 16 — 7 8/2/2022 <br />