2019 - 2020 Summit County

Homelessness Report

Each person is a
branch of strength
within the community.

Strong branches
make a strong
community!
The Summit County Continuum of Care (SCCoC) PARTNER AGENCIES
has been operating since 1997. It is designed to ACCESS Shelter
promote a community-wide commitment to the Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Board
Akron City Fire Department
goal of ending homelessness, by providing funding Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority
to nonprofit housing providers, to quickly rehouse Akron Police Department
homeless individuals and families. Battered Women’s Shelter
CANAPI
City of Akron
The SCCoC currently collaborates with over City of Barberton
City of Cuyahoga Falls
30 agencies in Summit County to combat
Community Health Center
homelessness. We fund 28 different housing Community Support Services
programs that range from Transitional Housing Fair Housing Contact Service
Family Community Services
and Safe Haven, to Rapid Rehousing and
Family Promise
Permanent Supportive Housing. Many of our Harmony House
programs are dedicated to serving veterans, youth, Haven of Rest
Humility of Mary Housing
chronically homeless, severely mentally ill, people Joanna House II
struggling with substance abuse, people with HIV/ Legacy III
AIDS, and victims of domestic violence. Legal Aid
North Coast Community Homes
Ohio Mulit-County Development Center
We are always looking to collaborate with Oriana House
Project Rise (Akron Public Schools)
more individuals and agencies who have a
Salvation Army
stake in homelessness. Our goal is to create Shelter Care
more awareness, bring more resources into our Summit County
Summit County Children Services
community, and implement innovative ideas to
Summit County Department of Job
help end homelessness in Summit County. For and Family Services
more information about the SCCoC, please visit Tarry House
The Homeless Charity
our website, www.summitcoc.org United Way of Summit & Medina
Veteran’s Health Administration
2019 Profile of Homelessness in Summit County
PEOPLE SERVED
5,573
LAST PERMANENT COUNTY Total: 5,383

total people
2,400 Men served1
n Summit • 82%

1,587 Women 65% n Cuyahoga • 4%

newly n Stark • 3%
Transgender/gender homeless2 n Portage • 2%

2019 Highlights
11
non-conforming adults n Other Ohio
8% County • 5%
1,377 Children chronically n Out of State • 4%
homeless3

LAST PERMANENT CITY

97%
Total: 4,438
SPECIAL POPULATIONS4 IN SUMMIT COUNTY

423 Chronically Homeless People

n Akron • 88%
n Barberton • 5%
430 Veterans
n Tallmadge • 2%
of people who exit 737 Youth Ages 12 to 24 n Cuyahoga Falls • 1%

to Permanent
n Stow • 1%
82 Parenting Youth Under Age 25 n Other • 2%
Supportive Housing with Children

stay housed
44202

AGE Total: 5,573 SUMMIT COUNTY 44067 44056 44087

HOMELESS BY
Under 5 407
ZIP CODE

88%
44141
5-12 512
44264 44236
13-17 458 n 250+ 44286

18-24 537 n 100-249

n 50-99
25-34 953 44210

n 25-49 44223 44224

of people who 35-44 883 n 10-24(Within 44333)

44396
44333 44240

44221 44262
exited homelessness 45-54 859 n 9 or less 44222 (Within 44221)
44313
55-61 n No data
to permanent 652
available44281
44321
44303 44310 44278
DON’T EXIST?
62+ 312 44302
housing in 2017
44385
44309 44304 44305 44204
(Within 44308) 44320 44307 44209
44311 44226

remained housed 0 250 500 750 1000

44315
(Within 44308) 44260 44336

44306 44312
44316 44314 44301
for at least
(Within 44308)
44203 ■ 250+
44317
44250
■ 100-24

six months
(Within 44308)
■ 50 - 99
44319
ETHNICITY
44325
(Beside 44308)
■ 25 - 49
■ 10 - 24

2.2%
44326 ■ 9 or le
Hispanic/Latino ethnicity
(Within 44308)
44685
44328
(Between 302 & 304) 44216
44334
(Within 44308)
44720 44232 44502

76%
44398
(Within 44308)
44232

RACE BY HOUSEHOLD TYPE

44614
Total: 5,573
(Within 44720)

White 1,689 431 129 2,249

African American
White 1,689 129 2,249
431 1,200
or Black 1,529 138 2,867 Without Children
African American
Multiple Races
or Black 180 1,529 1,200 138 2,867 Without
ChildrenChildren
and Adults

of people who Other/Unknown/

Multiple Races
Refused
180277 Children and Adults
Only Children

exited homelessness Other/Unknown/

Refused 0 277500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
Only Children

to permanent 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

housing in 2017 1
This report was created based on data in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) of Summit County on individuals who were homeless at some point during 2019,

remained housed 0 250 500 750 1000

were previously homeless and continued to be served by a SCCoC program in 2019, or were at risk of homelessness and accessed homelessness prevention services in 2019. As a
result of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005, providers whose core mission is to serve victims of domestic violence are prohibited from entering client-level data in HMIS.

for at least 2
Therefore, data from Hope and Healing Battered Women’s Shelter are represented separately in the chart titled “Assistance Provided for Domestic Violence Victims.”
Newly homeless is defined as someone who did not access Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing or Permanent Housing resources within 24 months prior to their entry during

two years
the reporting year.
3
Chronically homeless describes a person with a disability who has one year of continuous homelessness (living in a shelter or place not meant for human habitation) or four
episodes of homelessness over a three year period that total 12 months of homelessness.
4
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has identified these four special populations for focused attention.
When applicable, individuals are represented in more than one category.

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2019 SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED POINT-IN-TIME COUNT (2010-2019)5
Profile of Homelessness
in Summit County (continued)
TOTAL BEDS BY HOUSING TYPE
800 711 693
Housing Type Beds Dedicated All Other Total
672 685
700 647 641 for Domestic Beds Beds
592
600 Violence Victims
500 429 454 459 All Sheltered Emergency Shelter 68 217 285
400 People (ES)
300
187 166 177 Safe Haven 0 22 22
200 146 133
119 87 78 87 All Unsheltered (SH)
100 People
0
Transitional Housing 68 145 213
1/26/10 1/25/11 1/31/12 1/22/13 1/28/14 1/27/15 1/26/16 1/24/17 1/30/18 1/29/19 (TH)
95 180 275
546 36%
Rapid Re-Housing
homeless people decrease compared (RRH)
on 1/29/19 to 2010 PIT count
Permanent Supportive 0 604 604
Housing (PSH)

TOTAL BEDS 231 1,168 1,399

ASSISTANCE PROVIDED6 Total: 5,573

Emergency Shelter (ES) 2,737

Safe Haven (SH) 52 ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FOR Total: 657
Transitional Housing (TH) 668 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS7
Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) 998
Emergency Shelter (ES) 536
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) 652
Transitional Housing (TH) 76
Homelessness Prevention (HP) 805
Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) 143
Street Outreach (SO) 656
0 200 400 600
0 1000 2000 3000

PRIOR LIVING SITUATION Total: 2,909 Types of Housing Assistance

Rental by client, no ongoing housing subsidy
Staying or living in a friend’s or family
member’s room, apartment or house
Place not meant for human habitation
(car, abandoned building, outside, tent, etc.)
Emergency shelter
Transitional housing for homeless people
Jail, prison, or juvenile detention facility
Rental by client with housing subsidy
Substance abuse treatment facility
or detox center
Psychiatric hospital or other
psychiatric facility
All other situations
HEALTH CONDITIONS6
Mental Health Problem
Alcohol Abuse
Drug Abuse
Both Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Chronic Health Condition
HIV/AIDS
0
Developmental Disability
Physical Disability
0 200
383
EMERGENCY SHELTER (ES): Any facility with overnight sleeping
accommodations, the primary purpose of which is to provide
697
temporary shelter for the homeless in general or for specific
723 populations of homeless people. The length of stay can range
541 from one night to as much as three months.
88 SAFE HAVEN (SH): A form of supportive housing that serves
83 hard-to-reach homeless people with severe mental illness
who are on the street and have been unable or unwilling to
129 participate in supportive services.
83
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING (TH): A program that is designed to
57 provide homeless individuals and families with housing and
125
appropriate supportive services to facilitate the successful
transition to permanent housing within 24 months.
0 250 500 750
RAPID RE-HOUSING (RRH): An intervention that rapidly
connects families and individuals experiencing homelessness
Total: 5,133 to permanent housing through a tailored package of
assistance that may include the use of time-limited financial
1,060 assistance and targeted supportive services.
103
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (PSH): Long-term
190 community-based housing and supportive services for
321 homeless people with disabilities. The intent of this type of
0 200
supportive housing is to enable this special-needs population
567 to live as independently as possible in a permanent setting.
99
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION (HP)8: Services that help
2321000 2000 3000 individuals and families at risk of homelessness to maintain their
496
existing housing or transition to new permanent housing and
may include housing relocation and stabilization services as
400 600 800 1000 1200 well as short- and medium-term rental assistance.

STREET OUTREACH (SO)8: Essential services related to reaching

5
In 2014, HUD did not require communities to conduct an unsheltered count of homeless individuals, so no data for this
0
out to unsheltered homeless individuals and families, 250
indicator is available for that year. While the unsheltered count is only required every other year, Summit County has since
connecting them with emergency shelter, housing, or critical
decided to conduct an unsheltered count every year. Considerable effort is made to conduct a complete Point-in-Time Count services, and providing them with urgent, non-facility-based
each year. care. May include engagement, case management,
When applicable, individuals are represented in more than one category.
emergency health and mental health services, transportation
6

7
The data in this chart was provided by Hope and Healing Battered Women’s Shelter on individuals served in Summit County.
8
There is no bed count for HP or SO. and services for special populations.

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 2020 Profile of Homelessness in Summit County
PEOPLE SERVED
4,425
LAST PERMANENT COUNTY Total: 3,609

total people
1,888 Men served1
n Summit • 87%

1,344 Women 71% n Stark • 2%

newly n Cuyahoga • 2%
Transgender/gender homeless2 n Portage • 2%

2020 Highlights
10
non-conforming adults n Other Ohio
10% County • 4%
1,000 Children chronically n Out of State • 3%
homeless3

LAST PERMANENT CITY

97%
Total: 3,134
SPECIAL POPULATIONS4 IN SUMMIT COUNTY

423 Chronically Homeless People

n Akron • 89%
n Barberton • 5%
332 Veterans
n Cuyahoga Falls • 2%
of people who exit 516 Youth Ages 12 to 24 n Tallmadge • 1%

to Permanent
n Stow • 1%
50 Parenting Youth Under Age 25 n Other • 2%
Supportive Housing with Children

stay housed
44202

AGE Total: 4,425 SUMMIT COUNTY 44067 44056 44087

HOMELESS BY
Under 5 320
ZIP CODE

88%
44141
5-12 398
44264 44236
13-17 305 n 250+ 44286

18-24 450 n 100-249

n 50-99
25-34 684 44210

n 25-49 44223 44224

of people who 35-44 716 n 10-24(Within 44333)

44396
44333 44240

44221 44262
exited homelessness 45-54 712 n 9 or less 44222 (Within 44221)
44313
55-61 n No data
to permanent 512
available44281
44321
44303 44310 44278 DON’T EXIST?

62+ 328 44302

housing in 2018
44385
44309 44304 44305 44204
(Within 44308) 44320 44307 44209
44226
44311
remained housed
44336
0 250 500 750 1000
44315
(Within 44308) 44260 44324
44306 44312
44314 44301
44686
44316

for at least
(Within 44308)
44203 ■ 250+
44317
44250
■ 100-24

six months
(Within 44308)
■ 50 - 99
44319
ETHNICITY
44325
(Beside 44308)
■ 25 - 49
■ 10 - 24

2.6%
44326 ■ 9 or le
Hispanic/Latino ethnicity
(Within 44308)
44685
44328
(Between 302 & 304) 44216
44334
(Within 44308)
44720 44232 44502

78%
44398
(Within 44308)
44232

RACE BY HOUSEHOLD TYPE

44614
Total: 4,425
(Within 44720)

White 1,347 365 73 1,785

400 600
African American
White
or Black 1,251 1,579 437
917 2,161
145 71 2,239 Without Children
African American
Multiple Races
or Black 166 1,418 1,334 179 2,931 Without
ChildrenChildren
and Adults

of people who Other/Unknown/

Multiple Races
Refused
225
235
Children and Adults
Only Children

exited homelessness Other/Unknown/

Refused 0 130 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
Only Children

to permanent 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

housing in 2018 1
This report was created based on data in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) of Summit County on individuals who were homeless at some point during 2020,

remained housed
500 750 0 250 500 750 1000
were previously homeless and continued to be served by a SCCoC program in 2020, or were at risk of homelessness and accessed homelessness prevention services in 2020. As a
result of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005, providers whose core mission is to serve victims of domestic violence are prohibited from entering client-level data in HMIS.

for at least 2
Therefore, data from Hope and Healing Battered Women’s Shelter are represented separately in the chart titled “Assistance Provided for Domestic Violence Victims.”
Newly homeless is defined as someone who did not access Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing or Permanent Housing resources within 24 months prior to their entry during

two years
the reporting year.
3
Chronically homeless describes a person with a disability who has one year of continuous homelessness (living in a shelter or place not meant for human habitation) or four
episodes of homelessness over a three year period that total 12 months of homelessness.
4
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has identified these four special populations for focused attention.
When applicable, individuals are represented in more than one category.

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2020 SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED POINT-IN-TIME COUNT (2011-2020)5
Profile of Homelessness
in Summit County (continued)
TOTAL BEDS BY HOUSING TYPE
800 711
693
Housing Type Beds Dedicated All Other Total
685
700 647 641 for Domestic Beds Beds
592
600 Violence Victims
500 429 454 459 459 All Sheltered Emergency Shelter 68 218 286
400 People (ES)
300
166 177 Safe Haven 0 22 22
200 146 119 133 128 (SH)
87 78 87 All Unsheltered
100 People
0
Transitional Housing 68 119 187
1/25/11 1/31/12 1/22/13 1/28/14 1/27/15 1/26/16 1/24/17 1/30/18 1/29/19 1/28/20 (TH)
69 126 195
587 32%
Rapid Re-Housing
homeless people decrease compared (RRH)
on 1/28/20 to 2011 PIT count
Permanent Supportive 0 701 701
Housing (PSH)

TOTAL BEDS 205 1,186 1,391

ASSISTANCE PROVIDED6 Total: 4,425

Emergency Shelter (ES) 1,647

Safe Haven (SH) 52 ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FOR Total: 456
Transitional Housing (TH) 582 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS7
Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) 855
Emergency Shelter (ES) 379
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) 631
Transitional Housing (TH) 69
Homelessness Prevention (HP) 922
Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) 77
Street Outreach (SO) 474
0 200 400 600
0 1000 2000 3000

COVID-19 Response
PRIOR LIVING SITUATION Total: 2,471

Rental by client, no ongoing housing subsidy 403

Staying or living in a friend’s or family
481 EMERGENCY SHELTER
member’s room, apartment or house
Place not meant for human habitation • Emergency shelters implemented safety
570
(car, abandoned building, outside, tent, etc.) measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Emergency shelter 547 These measures resulted in reduced shelter
Transitional housing for homeless people 77 capacity during 2020, but demand for shelter
also dropped during the pandemic. Some of
Jail, prison, or juvenile detention facility 39
the reasons for the drop in demand include
Rental by client with housing subsidy 116 increased ability to stay with friends or family
Substance abuse treatment facility due to the pandemic and increased availability
or detox center 75
Psychiatric hospital or other
34
of rent assistance.
psychiatric facility
• The CoC established quarantine shelter options
All other situations 129 for homeless individuals who tested positive for
0 250 500 750 COVID-19 or who had been exposed and were
awaiting test results.
HEALTH CONDITIONS6 Total: 4,001 HOMELESS PREVENTION
Mental Health Problem 994 • Increased funding to prevent evictions
enabled the CoC to provide rent assistance to
Alcohol Abuse 99
households who were at risk of eviction and who
Drug Abuse 186 had either experienced a loss of income due to
Both Alcohol and Drug Abuse 280 COVID-19 or who were at high-risk for COVID-19.
0 200
This additional rent assistance launched within
Chronic Health Condition 548
a few weeks of the first case of COVID-19 and
HIV/AIDS 79 continued through 2020.
0
Developmental Disability 220 1000 2000 3000
STREET OUTREACH AND RAPID REHOUSING
Physical Disability 448
• The Street Outreach team at Community
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Support Services, the CoC, and many local
volunteers continued to conduct outreach
to homeless individuals during the pandemic
5
In 2014, HUD did not require communities to conduct an unsheltered count of homeless individuals, so no data for this
0
and to distribute extra supplies such as hand
250
indicator is available for that year. While the unsheltered count is only required every other year, Summit County has since
decided to conduct an unsheltered count every year. Considerable effort is made to conduct a complete Point-in-Time Count
sanitizer, face masks and sack lunches. CoC
each year. funded programs continued to enroll homeless
When applicable, individuals are represented in more than one category.
individuals and provide case management
6

7
The data in this chart was provided by Hope and Healing Battered Women’s Shelter on individuals served in Summit County.
8
There is no bed count for HP or SO. services by phone and video conferencing.

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 APPLICANT RACE

Black or African American 60% 2,252

White or Caucasian 32 % 1,176

Prefer not to answer 4 % 137

Another race 2% 79
Hispanic or Latino 1% 41
Asian or Asian American 1% 33
American Indian or Alaskan Native <1% 11

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander <1% 4

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

Of the 3,733 households served,

1,812 households
Summit County Cares is the front door for had school aged children.
various government funded assistance designed This is almost 1 out of every
to help keep families and individuals living 2 households assisted.
in Summit County, Ohio housed in the wake
of the historic economic recession caused by APPLICANT GENDER
the COVID-19 pandemic. Summit County
72% 27%
1 preferred
< %

Cares is a partnership of local government not to answer

and community organizations. Women Men

UNDUPLICATED RENT ASSISTANCE Summit County Cares

Total Payments: $9,234,098 served people from

Total Number of Payments: 3,508 every municipality
Average Payment: $2,632 in Summit County
Average Months Paid: 3.96
44202

44056 44087
44067
UNDUPLICATED MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE HOUSEHOLDS

$768,210
SERVED BY
Total Payments: ZIP CODE 44141
44236
227
44264
Total Number of Payments: 44286
n 250+
Average Payment: $3,384 n 100-249
44210

Average Months Paid: 4.5 n 50-99 44223 44224

n 25-49(Within 44396
44333) 44333 44240
400 600
n 10-24 44221 44262 44222 (Within 44221)
44313
n 9 or less
44303 44310 44278
HOUSEHOLD SIZE MONTHS PAID n No data 44281 44321 44302
available44309 44304 44305
(Within 44308) 44320 44307
n 1 16% n 1 12% 44315 44311
44260
(Within 44308) ■ 250+
2 18% 2 16% 44306 44312
n n 44316 44314 44301 ■ 100-249
(Within 44308) ■ 50-99
n 3 22% n 3 15% 44317
44203 44250 ■ 25-49
(Within 44308)
4 20% 4 25%
■ 10-24
n n 44325 44319 ■ 9 or less

5 12% 5 8%
500 750
(Beside 44308)
No data
n n ■
available
44326
n 6 7% n 6 6% (Within 44308)
44685
7 3% 7 7%
44328
n n (Between 302 & 304) 44216

n 8 1% n 8 11% 44334
(Within 44308)
44720 44232 44502 is Young

n 9+ <1% 44398
(Within 44308)
44614 44232
(Within 44720)

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441 Wolf Ledges Parkway, Suite 100, Akron, Ohio 44311
Homeless Hotline: 2-1-1 or (330) 615-0577
www.summitcoc.org