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0 <br />P��ac e <br />ANOKA <br />A regional initiative to end homelessness <br />On January 25, 2012, Anoka County Continuum of Care (CoC) conducted a one -day sheltered' and <br />unshelteredz count of homeless persons in Anoka County. Together, the counts estimated the total <br />number of people who are homeless in Anoka County to be about 1,463 persons. Exhibit 1. —Anoka <br />County Homeless Persons and Households by Sheltered Status, 2012 PIT Count illustrates the breakdown <br />of homeless persons and households by sheltered status. For the following data, the Federal and State <br />homeless definitions are used, and therefore doubled up is included. <br />Household Type <br />Total People <br />Sheltered <br />Unsheltered <br />Total <br />Adults <br />Sheltered <br />Unsheltered <br />Total <br />Persons in Families3 <br />Sheltered <br />Unsheltered <br />Total <br />Unaccompanied Youth <br />Sheltered <br />Unsheltered <br />Total <br />Total Households <br />Sheltered <br />Unsheltered <br />Total • <br />Number of Homeless <br />1,410 <br />53 <br />1,463 <br />639 <br />50 <br />689 <br />Percentage of the Total <br />96.38% <br />3.6% <br />. 100.0% <br />92.7% <br />7.3% <br />100.0% <br />764 99.6% <br />3 0.4% <br />767 100.0% <br />7 100.0% <br />0 0% <br />7 100.0% <br />827 94.4% <br />49 5.6% <br />876 100.0% <br />As shown in Exhibit 1. —Anoka County Homeless Persons and Households by Sheltered Status, 2012 PIT <br />Count, sheltered homeless persons account for approximately 96% of the total homeless population, <br />while unsheltered persons were approximately 4%. Included in the "Adults" category are single adults, <br />adult couples with no children, and groups of adults. Unaccompanied youth is defined as youth under <br />1 Included for purposes of this report, although it is not officially recognized by HUD homeless definitions but is recognized by <br />the State of Minnesota in its definition of homeless, is doubled up. Doubled up or couch hopping is considered an episode of <br />homelessness if a household is doubled up with another household (and duration is less than one year) or couch hops as a <br />temporary way to avoid living on the streets or an emergency shelter. <br />2 Unsheltered is defined as a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation <br />for human beings. <br />3 Persons in households with at least one adult AND at least one child 17 or younger (all ages). <br />