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Homelessness

Research Expertise — Homelessness

Census and Survey

ASR has been conducting homeless census and surveys since we pioneered our method in Monterey County in 1999.
ASR pioneered a unique peer-to-peer methodology where we train homeless individuals to both count the homeless and to survey other homeless people.
ASR's homeless methodology was cited by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as a best practice methodology.
To count the homeless, ASR trains homeless individuals, homeless service providers and volunteers to team up together and walk through an assigned census tract on a given day or period of several days in order to count the number of homeless people who are living on the streets.
ASR has completed Homeless Census and Surveys in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Mendocino counties in California.
Los Angeles County was the largest census and survey ever conducted in the history of the United States.
ASR has also worked in the greater Atlanta Georgia area and the Southern Nevada region including Las Vegas.

Youth are one of the fastest growing segments of the homeless population and they are one of the most vulnerable populations.
Foster youth have an especially high rate of entering homelessness once they are emancipated from the Child Welfare System.
ASR works with communities to survey their homeless populations to determine if some of them are youth and if some were formerly foster children.
Similarly, ASR surveys the foster youth population in order to assess their likelihood of ending up homeless.

Applied Survey Research provides technical assistance for HUD's on-line NOFA application for local Continuum homeless projects.
ASR can generate all responses related to homeless census data including sub-population charts, methodology, annualization calculations, needs assessments and GAP analyses.
ASR stays current with changing application requirements and definitions and will ensure compliance in data submissions.