Full Year SHS Reports Out: 1. Big Differences in Service to Priority Population A. 2. Required Reporting of $ by Priority Category is Missing.

The final quarter of the fiscal year SHS reports have been sent by the counties to Metro. 

I have combined them with the prior FY 2023 quarterly reports in a single PDF file HERE. 

(I previously consolidated FY 2022 quarterly reports and the annual FY 2022 report into a single PDF file HERE). 

I also extracted the data from the Section 2.C reports that show the population and household counts subdivided by Population Group A and B. 

Population A definition: 

Extremely low-income households with one or more disabling conditions experiencing/at imminent risk of experiencing long-term literal homelessness. (Disabling conditions can include a physical, psychological or cognitive disability, a chronic illness or an addiction.)

Population B definition: 

Experiencing homelessness; OR Have a substantial risk of experiencing homelessness

Observations: 

1. COUNTS of Population and Households Served: 

Overall the counties report that 27%of the people served were in Population Group A and 36% of the households served were in Population Group A.  

However, there were substantial differences in the share of service to Population Group A:  

• Clackamas County reported that 83% of the people it served and 84% of the households they served were in Group A. This is SUBSTANTIALLY higher than the other two counties. 
• Multnomah County reported that ONLY 14% of the people it served and 23% of the households they served were in Group A. 
• Washington County reported that ONLY 33% of the people and 42% of the households they served were in Population Group A. 

The graphs pasted below display full year Population A data, by share and then by counts. 

2. Required SPENDING Reports for Population A and B Are MISSING.

Intergovernmental agreements call for 75% of SHS funds to be used to serve population A. 

While I have reported COUNTS of people and households served, I have not yet found any quarterly or annual reporting that shows how much has actually been spent on population A vs. population B. 

Two years into the SHS program that seems like a major defect to me. 

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.