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Estimate the number and type of families in need of housing assistance for families with children and the families of veterans.
Newport News continues to successfully house Veterans experiencing homelessness with resources from the Support Services for Veterans Families
program, as well as VASH vouchers through Veterans Affairs. The estimated number of 30 in the coming year remains steady based on recent trends. The
need for housing assistance for families with children, as well as youth ages 18-24, is limited while CoC funded resources focus on chronic individuals
mostly, and families with disabilities. However, the numbers of people in households with children have declined over the past several years. In the current
housing inventory, beds designated for families with children met the need of those counted during the year and they maintain priority status for
emergency shelter and other housing options for several providers.
Describe the Nature and Extent of Homelessness by Racial and Ethnic Group.
The proportion of Black or African Americans who make up the total of persons served by homeless agencies remains high with 72% included in the 2023
Point in Time Count while 22% are White. Other races make up only 6%. Race is often not adequately recorded by volunteers for unsheltered homeless
individuals and families during the Point in Time Count and is therefore not included.
Only 3% of all individuals counted identified as Hispanic, which remains consistent year over year.
Culturally, Hispanic populations tend to share housing and are less apt to become homeless and seek shelter services or live in places not meant for human
habitation.
Every other year, the Greater Virginia Peninsula Homelessness Consortium (GVPHC), the regional Continuum of Care, conducts a racial disparities
assessment utilizing data from the previous fiscal year. This assessment examined data from the U.S. Census, the Homeless Management Information
System (HMIS), and Consortium partner agencies to: 1) compare the racial and ethnic composition of the general population to the racial and ethnic
population within the homeless system; and 2) to identify any racial or ethnic disparities within the CoC’s provision of homeless assistance.
Black or African Americans in the GVPHC service area are disproportionately experiencing homelessness compared to Whites. While 33.5% of the general
population identifies as Black or African American, a greater share (53.1%) is in poverty and 65.5% of those experiencing homeless in the service area
identify as Black or African American. By comparison, 56.7% of the general population identifies as White, but a smaller proportion (38.1%) is in poverty
and an even smaller share (21.0%) experienced homelessness in 2023.
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