Full Title: Number of economically disadvantaged individuals, including homeless individuals, receiving housing placement services.
Definition of Key Terms
Economically disadvantaged: Must be receiving or meet the income eligibility requirements to receive: TANF, Food Stamps (SNAP), Medicaid, SCHIP, Section 8 housing assistance OR have a poor credit score OR are at least 60 days behind on one or more personal/family accounts.
Homeless: Use current HUD definition, which limits homeless people to people who spend the night in a place not intended for human habitation, in an emergency shelter, or in a transitional housing facility. Very difficult to distinguish other people “at risk” of homelessness from poor people in general.
Individuals: Each unique person who will be occupying the unit legally including adults and children but not unborn children.
Housing placement services: helps qualifying individuals find appropriate housing, find the resources to support use of appropriate housing, and assists individuals in accessing the appropriate housing. May or may not result in an actual placement. Service requires an engagement with the individual in person, by phone, or through a web-interface. Pamphlets, brochures, or web-based information that does not involve a human interaction is not sufficient.
How to Calculate Measure/Collect Data
Count of individuals as defined above benefiting from the housing placement service. Can only count each individual once during the program year even though it may be necessary to provide services to the individual more than once.