POPULATION GROUPS DESCRIPTION

I. ETHNICITY

POPULATION #1 - ASIANS/PACIFIC ISLANDERS:

Any individual who indicates their race as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Asian Indian, Southeast Asian (Vietnamese, Cambodian, I-Laotian, etc.), Hawaiian, Guamanian or Samoan and by other nationality groups belonging to that geographical area.

POPULATION #2 - BLACKS/AFRICAN AMERICANS:

Any person who indicates their race/ethnicity as Black, African-American or Negro.

POPULATION #3 - HISPANICS:

This is an ethnic rather than a race classification which identifies the number of individuals of Spanish/Hispanic origin, including: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and "Other Spanish." Origin can be viewed as the ancestry, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

POPULATION #4 - NATIVE AMERICANS:

Any person who classifies themselves as American Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian or by the name of one of the Indian tribes.

POPULATION #5 - MINORITY YOUTH:

Persons who are between the ages of 10 and 21 years who are members of the following ethnic populations are identified as minority youth: Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians, Eskimos and Aleutians, and Others Non White.

POPULATION #6 - WHITE POPULATION:

Any person who indicates their race as White or Caucasian.

II. AGE

POPULATION #7 - CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

Those persons ages 0 to 17 years. Included in this category are age groups that need broad services from basic needs to recreational needs.

POPULATION #8 - ELDERLY:

The elderly are described as those persons 65 years of age and over and may be divided into two categories: well elderly and frail elderly.

III. WOMEN & GIRLS

POPULATION #9 - WOMEN & GIRLS:

Persons who are of the female gender.

IV. LOW INCOME

POPULATION #10 - HOMELESS:

A person is classified as homeless if he or she is in any one of the following circumstances: (1) lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence; (2) has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations; or (3) resides in a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

POPULATION #11 - POOR OR MARGINAL POOR:

Poor or marginal income persons are those who are living at or near the poverty level. The poverty threshold is calculated on an annual basis. The Bureau of the Census' definition of poverty: Families and unrelated individuals are classified as above or below the poverty level by comparing their total 1979 income to an income cutoff as "poverty threshold." The income cutoffs vary by family- size, number of children and age of the family- householder or unrelated individual. Persons for whom poverty status was determined exclude inmates- of institutions, military personnel living in barracks, college students living, in dormitories and unrelated individuals under 15 years.

POPULATION #12 - UNEMPLOYED:

The State of California Employment Development Department defines the unemployed: Comprises all civilians who did not work during the survey week, who made specific efforts to find a job within the past four weeks, and who were available for work (except for temporary illness) during the survey week. Also included as unemployed are those who did not work at all, but were available for work, and (a) were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off for a specific time; or (b) had a new job to go to within thirty days.

 V. FAMILIES

POPULATION #13 - TEEN PARENTS:

Young women and men who have become parents between the ages of 12 and 18.

POPULATION #14 - SINGLE PARENTS:

Women and men who are raising their children by themselves. This may also include a single grandparent who is raising his/her grandchildren.

POPULATION #15 - ABUSED CHILDREN:

Children who are physically, sexually, or emotionally abused or neglected.

POPULATION #16 - BATTERED WOMEN:

Violence against women of all ages occurs in many different settings and takes many different forms. Domestic Violence, defined here as violence between adults, is one of the most common types of violence against women; it encompasses violence both within and outside the traditional family setting. The perpetrators include the victim's lover, spouse, ex-spouse, ex-lover or individuals in close relationship with the abused woman.

POPULATION #17 - ABUSED ELDERS:

As a form of domestic violence, elder abuse began to receive attention in the mid 1970's. Victims of elder abuse trend to be frail and in poor health. Frailty and dependency increase one's chances of being a victim of elder abuse, and people over the age of 85 are the most frail and dependent. The abusers most frequently live with and are responsible for the senior's welfare.

VI. HEALTH

POPULATION #18 - PERSONS WITH HIV-INFECTION:

Included in this population are all persons, services and problems related to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive (HIV+). All agencies that serve AIDS/HIV+ persons with education, prevention, treatment or rehabilitation are classified here.

POPULATION #19 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES:

The California Disability Survey (CDS, 1980) uses the following definition to describe disabled persons: Those persons limited in their performance- of major social roles (i.e., work, housework, or school) by enduring physical and/or mental impairments. Disability is generally initiated by a pathological condition which results in residual anatomical, physiological, and/or psychological impairments persisting after the condition is stabilized and which limits the functional capacities of the person in performing major social roles.

VII. EX-OFFENDERS

POPULATION #20 - EX-OFFENDERS:

An ex-offender is any person who has at one point in time been placed under local, state or federal supervision resulting from a criminal conviction by a court of law.

VIII. IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES:

POPULATION #21 - IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES

Immigrants are generally described as persons who arrive from-n countries looking for an opportunity for a better economic and social life in the United States or to be reunited with their families in the United States. Refugees are generally described as persons who arrive from countries experiencing political and economic upheavals, and in many cases, are fleeing their native country because their lives or family members' lives have been threatened.

IX. LESBIANS/GAY MEN

POPULATION #22 - LESBIANS/GAY MEN:

Persons who are emotionally, physically and/or sexually attracted or committed to a member or members of the same sex. It is the feelings that define a gay or lesbian person, not the behavior.

X.   VETERANS

POPULATION #23   -  VETERANS

Any person who has served but is not now serving in the armed forces of the United States.