Community Inter-Action Partnership
A project of the City of Redding/County of Shasta Continuum of Care Council
FAMILIES IN CRISIS
A Profile of
Homelessness and Near-Homelessness
in Shasta County in 2002

Executive Summary

The City of Redding and County of Shasta Continuum of Care Council is a collaboration composed of over twenty local organizations providing housing and related homeless services to the community. Established in 1998, the Continuum’s mission is to oversee the implementation and coordination of the Continuum of Care Plan to offer solutions toward homelessness in Shasta County.
From January 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, ten Continuum agencies participated in a project designed to develop an annual unduplicated count of homeless individuals and families in Shasta County and to collect demographic data on these households. This represents the first ever annual homeless census in Shasta County.
The key findings of this annual homeless census are as follows:

• 1,460 unduplicated households, comprising 3,041 individuals, were homeless at some point during the twelve-month period of this study.
• 1,106 of the 3,041 homeless people identified were children.
• An additional 1,411 unduplicated households, comprising 3,675 total individuals, were at imminent risk of losing their housing during the twelve-month period of this study.
• 59% of these at-risk households were families with children.
• Over one-quarter of the at-risk households were working families, with incomes averaging $813 per month - approximately 28% of the Shasta County median income.
• Approximately 4% of Shasta’s population were either homeless or at imminent risk of
homelessness at some point in 2002.
• Over 2,600 Shasta County children were either homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness in 2002.

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