{"id":248992,"date":"2013-03-30T05:57:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T10:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=248992"},"modified":"2013-03-31T17:24:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T22:24:24","slug":"2013-smith-county-homelessness-assessment-report-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=248992","title":{"rendered":"2013 Smith County Homelessness Assessment Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/03\/homeless.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/03\/homeless.jpg\" alt=\"homeless\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-248993\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u2014 The East Texas Human Needs Network has issued its annual report on homelessness in Smith County, based on a survey done in January. According to the report, 238 homeless persons were found on the night of January 24. Of those identified that night, 181 (76%) were adults and 57 (24%) were children. Point in time homeless estimate is 435 people on any given night with an annualized homeless estimate of 961 moving in and out of homelessness in one year. Thirty-nine percent of homeless respondents were female, an increase of 6%; 61% were male. <\/p>\n<p>Many races and ethnicities are represented in the Smith County homeless population with 71% identifying as white and 25% identifying as African-American. Nearly 10% stated their ethnicity was of Hispanic\/Latino descent. Across the spectrum, single individuals represent the highest percent of respondents in the surveyed population at 74%. Homelessness in families with children continues to rise and makes up 18% of the population. Median age of adults was 41 years old; children\u2019s median age was 10 years old. Military veterans are homeless at a higher rate than other groups. In Smith County, 21% of the surveyed populations are classified as veterans, a 2% increase over last year. Sadly, 70% of those identified are not receiving VA benefits. <\/p>\n<p>You can go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethnn.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.ethnn.org\/<\/a> to learn more, including how you can help. There\u2019s a meeting on the topic April 8 at the Salvation Army Center of Hope, 633 North Broadway. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2014 The East Texas Human Needs Network has issued its annual report on homelessness in Smith County, based on a survey done in January. According to the report, 238 homeless persons were found on the night of January 24. Of those identified that night, 181 (76%) were adults and 57 (24%) were children. Point &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=248992\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2013 Smith County Homelessness Assessment Report<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 07:37:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248992"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249200,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248992\/revisions\/249200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}