The homeless crisis in our region can feel intractable when countless individuals live unsheltered. According to the most recent Point-in-Time Count, more than 5,000 people live without housing or shelter in San Diego County, and another 5,000 live in shelters. These numbers are up 26% and 15% from last year, respectively. There are many intricate and intertwined reasons for homelessness, and frankly, it’s an issue too big for one organization to address
Thanks to the generosity of Lucky Duck Foundation (LDF) Board Member Tom Mulvaney and his wife Karen, and the leadership of Tom and LDF Board Member Debbie Ruane, we have convened each of San Diego’s research institutions and colleges to focus their efforts on better understanding the reasons for homelessness. And most importantly, to develop actionable strategies to address the reasons for homelessness.
We are proud of the work each institution put into its respective projects. It is evident that all are dedicated to understanding the myriad of reasons for homelessness and creating substantive, actionable, and cost-effective solutions.
We are pleased to share the work and findings from our partner institutions. To learn more about each project, make sure to click “full report.”
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The RADAR-HMIS project was designed to establish a research trust network and provide access to local data to facilitate open exploration of significant patterns of system usage and client outcomes. The network established enabled the team to assess the preliminary research of over 55,000 records. Three of the substantive findings from the research include:
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