why?

Our mission is to provide temporary shelter and equip residents for employability to resolve poverty and obtain housing.

Even after federal, state and local interventions to “end homelessness” were applied, nearly half (47%) of those served by the local homeless services system returned to the Brisben shelter (some multiple times) in every year from 2012 to 2020.
In 2019-2020, 88% of clients departed Thurman Brisben Center for impermanent or undetermined-duration housing.
On the January 20, 2021 Point-In-Time Count in our region, only 21 out of the 207 homeless people counted —10%—were categorized as chronic. Yet, in 2018, over 71% of the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development homelessness budget of $2.17 billion was allocated to projects serving this relatively small but high-need population.

Homelessness Estimates

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Homeless individuals identified by HUD	200
Homeless schoolchildren – Department of. Education:	1,400
Parents of these schoolchildren (assumes 1 parent/child)	1,400
Low estimate of PD16 region homeless	3,800
Homeless individuals sheltered by all local agencies:	780

* HUD Exchange: CoC System Performance Measures Data Since FY 2015

Poverty Estimates

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Children in households with annual incomes at or below The Federal Poverty Threshold	8,694
Total individuals in households with annual incomes at or below the Federal Poverty Threshold*	25,899
Households with annual incomes at or below the United Way’s ALICE Survival Budget** (34% of all households)	43,655
$20,598 for 1 adult & 2 children; $13,300 for an individual (US Census Bureau: *Poverty Thresholds for 2019)

In, Out and Back Again

In every year from 2012 to 2020 – nearly half (47%) of those served by the local homeless services system returned to the Brisben shelter (some multiple times) – even after the federal, state and local interventions to “end homelessness” were applied.

259 individuals , 39 children, 33 families, 23 military veterans

$474,700 – Annual Avg. costs of re-sheltering.