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Describe the size and demographic composition of qualifying populations within the PJ’s
boundaries:
The January 2022 Point in Time (PIT) count for the Greater Virginia Peninsula
Homelessness Consortium was conducted across the six (6) jurisdictions that comprise
the Greater Virginia Peninsula Homelessness Consortium (GVPHC). Overall, 419 persons
were counted in the 2022 Count. Although this is a 30% increase over the 2021 count of
322, it is similar to pre-COVID-19 counts between 2018 and 2020 that ranged from
425-439 persons.
In the City of Newport News during January 2022’s PIT count, 185 persons were
identified as experiencing homeless with the following characteristics:
● 162 in shelter programs while 23 were unsheltered
● 15 families were identified with a total of 44 persons in those households
● 1 family was unsheltered
● 141 Adult individuals were counted; 19 were unsheltered
● 29 were Chronically Homeless Individuals while two persons made up one
Chronic Homeless Family
● 32 were Veterans (two were female Veterans)
● 5 individuals were fleeing domestic violence
● 21 were identified as having a serious mental illness
● 2 were Parenting Youth
● 6 were Unaccompanied Youth (ages 16-24)
Describe the unmet housing and service needs of qualifying populations, including but
not limited to:
● Sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations;
● Those currently housed populations at risk of homelessness;
● Other families requiring services or housing assistance or to prevent
homelessness; and,
● Those at greatest risk of housing instability or in unstable housing situations:
In the past year, the largest gaps determined by GVPHC members and supported by the
review of the Continuum of Care (CoC)-wide System Performance Measures and
Coordinated Entry data, demonstrate that clients accessing the crisis response system
are not always assessed and presented for housing interventions. For example, in the
last year, 1,303 unique persons were entered into emergency shelter (ES), safe haven or
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