PfP's homeless outreach programs engage clients directly in the community at shelters, city parks and bus stops.
For more than a decade, PfP has dedicated resources to provide outreach and housing to people who are homeless and living with mental illness.
At its inception, the agency’s homeless outreach efforts differed from many area homeless programs. PfP’s program housed clients first --and then developed client-focused and client-directed recovery and treatment plans.
This approach, Housing First, has since been adopted by the Federal government and the City of St. Louis as a research based best practice.
80% of all PfP clients live independently in our community
77% of Places for People’s new clients were homeless when they entered the agency
0.3% returned to homeless after admission
HOMELESSNESS IN ST. LOUIS
WHO ARE “THE HOMELESS”
500,000 people in the U.S. are homeless on any given day
$367 is the median monthly income for people who are homeless
66% are single adults, and of these 75% are men
25% were physically or sexually abused as children
23% are veterans (compared to 13% of the general population)
11% are parents with children, 84% are single women
REGIONAL ESTIMATES ON MENTAL HEALTH
35%-50% of people living in the Eastern Region of Missouri with serious need of mental health services are going without treatment or services
LOCAL AND NATIONAL SURVEYS SHOW THAT OF PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS
66% report substance use and/or mental health problems
46% report chronic health conditions: high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer
38% report alcohol use problems
26% report other drug use problems
26% have acute illness: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, pneumonia or sexually transmitted diseases
25% meet criteria for serious mental illness
ST. LOUIS’ RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS
$16 million St. Louis City’s annual budget for homeless programs
$2.3 million St. Louis County’s annual budget for homeless programs
27,500 people annually request services from St. Louis Homeless Hotline
1,460 people in the St. Louis who are chronically homeless.
50% of the resources devoted to homeless in St. Louis are directed towards chronically homeless people
47% of the people utilizing homeless facilities and programs in St. Louis City and County came from surrounding counties or other states throughout the country.
Information Provided By:
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness and St. Louis City Department of Human Services
Show your Support for Places for People:
Places for People
4130 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
Tel: 314-535-5600
Fax: 314-535-6037
Toll-Free: 800-584-3930
www.placesforpeople.org
