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SECTION V. NEEDS INDICATORS FOR
TYPES OF SERVICE CATEGORIES
Set of needs indicators for each of twenty-four types of services
with comparative data from the 1990 Needs Assessment Report to the most
current data.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. ECONOMIC SERVICES
1. Basic Needs Services: Emergency Shelter/Food/Financial
Assistance/Clothing
2. Housing Services
3. Transitional Shelter and Self-Sufficiency Services
4. Employment Services
5. Legal Services
II. HEALTH SERVICES
6. Physical Health Treatment, Prevention & research
7. Mental Health - Crisis Intervention/Counseling
8. Mental Health - Residential Group Treatment Services
9. Mental Health - Non-Residential Group Treatment Services
10. Alcohol/Drug Abuse Treatment & Services
11. Adult Day Health
12. Health Support Services
13. Health Education/Training
III. SOCIAL/HUMAN SERVICES
14. Child Day Care
15. Adoption & Foster Care Services
16. Youth Development Services
17. Companionship Services
18. Elder Adult Day Care/Development Services
19. Adult Development Services
20. Tutoring services/English Language Training/Literacy Training
IV. PUBLIC/SOCIETY BENEFIT
21. Advocacy/Public Education
22. Information & referral/Social Services Access
23. Community Organization/Services Coordination
24. Volunteer Services
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| I.
ECONOMIC SERVICES |
SAN MATEO COUNTY
TYPES OF SERVICES CATEGORIES |
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BASIC NEEDS SERVICES: EMERGENCY/FOOD/FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE/CLOTHING
(See Low Income Population Categories) |
| POSSIBLE INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS ASSESSMENT |
1993 UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS STATEMENTS-DATA |
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1989 Estimates
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March 1989 - Feb. 1990
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The needs of the homeless and hungry of San Mateo are
increasing. These people need an array of services from eviction prevention,
counseling in job skills, physical, and mental health, to receipt of essential material
goods.
The homeless can be grouped into categories of special
needs. These are: single adults, youth, mentally ill, elderly people with
physical disabilities, alcohol and drug abusers, families, children, battered women,
veterans, immigrants, ex-offenders, and disaster victims. Many people fall into
several of these categories increasing the complexity of providing services needed.
Homeless women and children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population and
families with children account for a majority of those using emergency food sites.
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Number of Homeless Persons
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5,500
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8,665
1991:
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| • Families
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1,500
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1,399 families
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| • Children
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1,000
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2,741 children only
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| • Parents & Children
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4,292 parents/children
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| • Homeless Singles
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4,000 singles
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• Homeless Youth
Percent Increase In Homeless |
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Requests for Shelters |
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Persons Turned Away From Shelters |
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Characteristics of Persons Living in Shelters |
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Persons/Residents Threatened by Hunger Daily |
15% seek emergency food relief each month
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Residents Receiving Food Baskets Per Month/Year |
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| Residents Eating In
Soup Kitchens |
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1989
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1991
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Unemployment Rate (County) |
2.5%
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4.2% rate
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Persons Receiving AFDC |
4,967
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6,506 4.0% of all fam
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Persons Receiving Food Stamps |
1,088
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1,261
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Persons Receiving General Relief |
3,652 cases
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15,202
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1980
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1990
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Persons Living in Poverty |
35,321 - 6.1% of Co.
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40,405 - 6.3% of Co
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Families Living in Poverty |
6,886 - 4.5% of fams
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7,035 - 4.3% of fams
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Children Living in Poverty |
10,899 - 7.9% of chld
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10, 463 - 7.6% of chld
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| Source: Living in the Shadow
of Influence, Hunger, and Homeless Action Coalition, September 1990.
United Way 1990 Needs Assessment Summary Report |
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