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A Homeless Forum

(In Memory of Anne Bergo)

 

Tuesday, March 6th, 4-6 p.m. King Library, 2nd Floor, Suites A&B

 

(Sponsored by The San José Public Library, Social Workers in the Library, San José State University School of Social Work & The National Association of Social Workers - CA Chapter, in celebration of National Social Work Month.)

 

 

 

Homelessness: Statistics, Resources & Information

 

Statistics on Homelessness in San José:

• Population:

Homeless population in San José:  8,941 persons (approximately 1%  of the city’s population )

Population of the City of San José: 948,244 people (the tenth largest city in the nation)

Source: http://www.sjhousing.org/homeless/ending.html and http://www.sjhousing.org/homeless/SJ_2011.pdf

 

• Causes of Homelessness:

Financial instability and housing costs

Cost of Living in San José: Among the highest in California (and the nation )

(2012 rates for a one-bedroom apartment in Santa Clara County: $1,350. Fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment: $1,623 and $2,334 for a three-bedroom apartment. A person working full-time at the California minimum wage earning $8.00 per hour ($1,280 per month) could not afford a two-bedroom market-rate apartment in San José on their own.

Source: http://www.sjhousing.org/homeless/ending.html

 

• Contributing factors:

Unemployment, underemployment or loss of a job, flight from domestic violence, or illness

Source: http://www.ehclifebuilders.org/whatwedo/homelessness.php

 

• Who are the homeless:

Individuals, families, and children

Included: those with drug and alcohol dependencies, the disabled, and the men­tally ill (but not all people experiencing homelessness live with these conditions)

Those who hold jobs, and those who are unemployed ( 16% work at least part-time)

25% are under age 18

41% are families

Source: http://www.ehclifebuilders.org/whatwedo/homelessness.php

 

Resources:

• Housing

City of San Jose, Department of Housing

http://www.sjhousing.org/homeless/resource.html

 

Foreclosure Help Center:

http://www.foreclosurehelpscc.org/

 

Homeless Resource Guide (City of San José/ Housing Department):

http://www.sjhousing.org/Public/Homeless_Guide.pdf  (English) and  http://www.sjhousing.org/public/Homeless_Guide_S.pdf   (Spanish)

(Includes resources for Domestic violence, Employment, Food, Rental assistance, Shelter, Veterans.)

 

Housing – Santa Clara County

http://www.housingscc.org/

Good information on finding Senior Housing

 

Section 8 Housing Application

http://housing-voucher.com/index3?split_id=94

 

Shelter Bed Hotline – 24 hours

 

Information  on shelters throughout the  San Francisco Bay Area

1-800-7Shelter, or (1-800-774-3583)

 

• Information and Referral

2-1-1

2-1-1 (phone number) or  http://www.211.org/

Free, 24/7, 140 languages available (call-in or online information)             

(Help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more)

 

Finding Help Throughout the County:

www.helpscc.org (Region, City and Category search)

(Includes Santa Clara and Santa Cruz countywide resources  for: Children and Families, Food, Health, Housing, Income and Rental Assistance and Seniors)

 

Homeless Resource Guide(City of San José/ Housing Department):

http://www.sjhousing.org/Public/Homeless_Guide.pdf  (English)

http://www.sjhousing.org/public/Homeless_Guide_S.pdf   (Spanish)

(Includes resources for Domestic violence, Employment, Food, Rental assistance, Shelter, Veterans.)

 

 

Social Workers in the Library

 

Free, 20 minute information and referral/advice sessions at both King

(bi-monthly) and Bibliotecca Branch Library (monthly)

http://www.sjpl.org/blog/social-workers-library-0

               

• Legal Advice

Lawyers in the Library

Free 20-minute legal consultation with an attorney provided by the pro Bono Project of Silicon Valley

http://www.sjpl.org/event/lawyers-library (other options for legal assistance included on web site)

 

• Medical care

Dentistry (Compiled by Stanford Pacific Free Clinic)

http://pacific.stanford.eduSanta%20Clara%20County%20Dental%20Providers-1.pdf

 

Stanford Pacific Free Clinic

http://pacific.stanford.edu/

1-650-721-2786

1835 Cunningham Ave., San Jose, CA 95122

Saturdays only

(Health assessments, referrals for low cost medications, laboratory

testing & vaccines)

 

Valley Homeless Healthcare Clinic (stationary and mobile clinics throughout San José, dentistry included)

http://www.hoppeople.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107:if-you-dont-work-you-wont-eat&catid=9:hop-news&Itemid=18

 

Further Information on Homelessness and Santa Clara County  : 
 

 

City of San José ‘s Homeless Strategy

http://www.sjhousing.org/report/edec/Ecdc/8-25-03/Homeless.pdf (August, 2003)

 

Santa Clara County’s  10 Year Plan to End Homelessness

http://collabscc.org/Keys_to_Housing_10_Year_Plan.pdf (2005)

 

Santa Clara County Homeless Census and Survey

http://www.sjhousing.org/homeless/SCLR_2011.pdf  (2011)

 

Destination Home

http://www.sjhousing.org/depart/HCDC/08.11.11_Item_H.pdf  (Aug. 2011)

 

Homeless for the Holidays in the Santa Clara Valley, Part I of a Series on the Homeless (Santa Clara Weekly)

http://www.santaclaraweekly.com/2011/Issue-48/homeless_for_the_holidays_in__the_santa_clara_valley.html (Nov. 2011)

 

Materials on Homelessness Available at the San José Public Library and SJSU:

 

General - Fiction, Nonfiction on Homelessness:

http://catalog.sjlibrary.org/search~/a?searchtype=X& searcharg=Homeless&SORT=D&searchscope=1

 

Biographies:

http://catalog.sjlibrary.org/search~/a?searchtype=X&searcharg=homeless+and+biography&SORT=D&searchscope=1

 

Children's Collection - On Homelessness:

http://catalog.sjlibrary.org/search~S2?/Xhomeless+&searchscope=2&SORT=DXZ/Xhomeless+&searchscope=2&SORT=DXZ&SUBKEY=homeless+/1%2C78%2C78%2CB/browse#anchor_37

 

Fiction:

http://catalog.sjlibrary.org/search~S1/X?SEARCH=%28homeless%20and%20fiction%29&SORT=D