This is alot of information but, there is no total. Nobody can take this article and apply the statistics youve offered, to any number provided. "3200 families" "650 unique individuals" and more numbers appear but dont correlate. The PIT survey used to provide a total estimated "unhoused" why is that number not here? It seems that this piece conflates a very, very broad range of needs across a large demographic and seeks to collect it into one message or one crisis. How many are employed? How many are addicted? How many are suffering form non-addicrion mental health crisis? How many are local, long time residents now unfocused? How many are new residents? You should know where im going witn this. A 33% increase since 2021 does not communicate anything without a starting figure and a current figure, demographics and origin/time in the county to make it make sense. If that increase is a result of unhoused migration to Clallam or layoffs or kicked out of home youth or???
Most folks who will read this now graduated from high-school and have post secondary education. They can handle details. People are tired of summaries and stats, they want to know the details to better undersnd AND frankly, to give Buy-in if it is deserved.
I hear you, it’s both a lot of information and also only touching the surface. Subsequent articles will dive much further into details, and I look forward to sharing them. The article attempted to start the table setting with many more courses to follow. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. I appreciate the feedback!
Regarding housing waitlist numbers, it is allowed and even encouraged for better chance of success for those waiting to be on multiple housing waitlists. Saying 2,400 are on the local housing authority waitlist may be true but many of those are likely on multiple waitlists in other jurisdictions and may not be currently (or have ever) living in Clallam county. I have met folks from King or Pierce county who got into housing here after being on many different waitlists and they say they were advised to sign up here because they might get in sooner than their home county.
This is alot of information but, there is no total. Nobody can take this article and apply the statistics youve offered, to any number provided. "3200 families" "650 unique individuals" and more numbers appear but dont correlate. The PIT survey used to provide a total estimated "unhoused" why is that number not here? It seems that this piece conflates a very, very broad range of needs across a large demographic and seeks to collect it into one message or one crisis. How many are employed? How many are addicted? How many are suffering form non-addicrion mental health crisis? How many are local, long time residents now unfocused? How many are new residents? You should know where im going witn this. A 33% increase since 2021 does not communicate anything without a starting figure and a current figure, demographics and origin/time in the county to make it make sense. If that increase is a result of unhoused migration to Clallam or layoffs or kicked out of home youth or???
Most folks who will read this now graduated from high-school and have post secondary education. They can handle details. People are tired of summaries and stats, they want to know the details to better undersnd AND frankly, to give Buy-in if it is deserved.
I hear you, it’s both a lot of information and also only touching the surface. Subsequent articles will dive much further into details, and I look forward to sharing them. The article attempted to start the table setting with many more courses to follow. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. I appreciate the feedback!
Regarding housing waitlist numbers, it is allowed and even encouraged for better chance of success for those waiting to be on multiple housing waitlists. Saying 2,400 are on the local housing authority waitlist may be true but many of those are likely on multiple waitlists in other jurisdictions and may not be currently (or have ever) living in Clallam county. I have met folks from King or Pierce county who got into housing here after being on many different waitlists and they say they were advised to sign up here because they might get in sooner than their home county.