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Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR). Safe Harbors Partners’ Meeting May 29, 2013. What is the AHAR?. Report on demographic and length of stay data for housing programs Communities around the country provide this data to HUD and it is combined into a national report on homelessness
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Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) Safe Harbors Partners’ Meeting May 29, 2013
What is the AHAR? Report on demographic and length of stay data for housing programs Communities around the country provide this data to HUD and it is combined into a national report on homelessness Data has to meet a certain quality threshold in order to be used in the national report Report timeframe: October – September
AHAR Reporting Categories • All 2012 data accepted by HUD • No PSH Fam programs in Seattle
Data Improvements • Average percent missing across universal data elements, excluding identifiers (Name, SSN)
Turnover Rate: Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing • Annual Turnover = Average # of persons served per bed in year • Higher Turnover Rate = More people served
Length of Stay: Permanent Supportive Housing 15% or less of individuals in Permanent Supportive Housing programs in Seattle & King County exited during the AHAR report period Over half of individuals have been in Permanent Supportive Housing programs for 2 or more years
Destination at Exit: Permanent Supportive Housing • 40% of individuals in King County programs and 27% in Seattle programs exited to a permanent housing situation from Permanent Supportive Housing
AHAR Data To see more data, visit our website & click on Reports: http://safeharbors.org/