Chronic Homelessness Calculation

2014 and 2015 Standards

published July 31, 2012, in the Federal Register (77 FR 45422)

Prose

Chronically homeless. (1) An individual who:

(i) Is homeless and lives in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter; and

(ii) Has been homeless and living or residing in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter continuously for at least one year or on at least four separate occasions in the last 3 years; and

(iii) Can be diagnosed with one or more of the following conditions: substance use disorder, serious mental illness, developmental disability (as defined in section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002)), post-traumatic stress disorder, cognitive impairments resulting from brain injury, or chronic physical illness or disability;

(2) An individual who has been residing in an institutional care facility, including a jail, substance abuse or mental health treatment facility, hospital, or other similar facility, for fewer than 90 days and met all of the criteria in paragraph (1) of this definition, before entering that facility; or

(3) A family with an adult head of household (or if there is no adult in the family, a minor head of household) who meets all of the criteria in paragraph (1) of this definition, including a family whose composition has fluctuated while the head of household has been homeless. here

Pseudocode:

IF: [Age @ Entry] >=18

AND IF: [disabling condition] = yes

AND

• IF: [Residence Prior to Project Entry] = Place not meant for habitation (HUD)"
• OR IF: [Residence Prior to Project Entry] = "Emergency shelter, including hotel or motel paid for with emergency shelter voucher(HUD)"
• OR IF: [Residence Prior to Project Entry] = "Safe Haven (HUD)"

AND

• IF: [Continuously Homeless for at Least One Year]="Yes"
• OR IF: [Total Number of Times the Client has been on the streets in ES, or SH in the Past Three Years including today]="4 or more"

2016 Standards

published December 4, 2015, in the Federal Register (80 FR 75791)

Prose:

A ‘‘chronically homeless’’ individual is defined to mean a homeless individual with a disability who lives either in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter, or in an institutional care facility if the individual has been living in the facility for fewer than 90 days and had been living in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter immediately before entering the institutional care facility. In order to meet the ‘‘chronically homeless’’ definition, the individual also must have been living as described above continuously for at least 12 months, or on at least four separate occasions in the last 3 years, where the combined occasions total a length of time of at least 12 months. Each period separating the occasions must include at least 7 nights of living in a situation other than a place not meant for human habitation, in an emergency shelter, or in a safe haven. from: here

Pseudocode:

IF: [Age @ Entry] >=18

AND IF: [disabling condition] = "yes"

AND

• IF: [client entering from the streets, es or sh] = "yes"
• OR IF: [project type] = "1", "4" or "8"

AND

• IF: [approximate date started living on streets or in that project type 1, 4, or 8] <= [project entry date] – 365 days

• OR:

• IF: ( [regardless of where they stayed last night, that the number of times the client has been on the streets, in es, or sh in the past three years including today] = "4"

• AND

  • IF: [total number of months homeless on the street, in ES, or SH in the past three years] >= 113 (More than 12 months)

• AND

  • IF: Each period separating the occasions must include at least seven nights of living in a situation other than a place not meant for human habitation, in an emergency shelter, or in a safe haven.)