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DHS client population breakdown and shelter census trends
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Commissioner Park provides a detailed breakdown of the DHS client population and discusses shelter census trends from the pandemic to the present, highlighting the impact of asylum seekers on the system.
- As of March 10, the overall DHS census was 84,604 people, an increase of 41,000 since early 2022
- Approximately 33% of the overall census (over 28,000 people) is made up of asylum seekers
- The non-asylum seeker census remains below pre-pandemic levels, about 9% lower than before the pandemic
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$4.00 5,000,000 for street outreach, which is red and the remaining 2% is for administration which is blue.
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The next slide shows a pie chart highlighting the breakdown of the DHS client population.
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As of March 10, the overall DHS census was 84,604 people, an increase of 41,000 since the beginning of 2022 before the surge in special population asylum seekers to New York City.
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Of the 84,000 people, approximately 58,500 or almost 70% are families made up of children, more than 31,000 children which is the green section of the pie chart, and their adult parents and caregivers, more than 27,000 people, which is the orange section of the pie chart.
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Children make up 36% or more than a third of all people in shelter.
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The remaining population is made up of single adult men, about 16,000 people which is the light blue section, single adult women, 5,600 people which is purple, and adult families, 4,200 people which is the dark blue section.
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This next slide shows a linear graph highlighting the DHS shelter census trends from the pandemic to present.
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Today approximately 33% of the overall census is made up of asylum seekers or what we are now term terming our special population, over 28,000 people.
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In January 2022, the census was around 45,000 people, lower than in twenty twenty twenty twenty pre pandemic.
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During the pandemic, there was a decline in shelter entries.
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At the same time, DHS continued to make permanent housing placements leading to a decline in the census.
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As the special population asylum seekers came to New York City and began to enter shelter in large numbers, they drove the census increase over the past nearly three years.
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And the special population asylum seekers account for 75% of the growth in the DHS census compared today to January of twenty twenty two.
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The non special population asylum seeker census remains below pre pandemic levels.
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The combination of the public health advisory, pandemic financial supports, and ongoing DSS prevention strategies and permanent housing placements from shelter led to the census declines during the pandemic before the migrant surge.
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The non asylum special population census is about 9% below the pre pandemic level and below the pre pandemic peak of 61,400 reached in January of twenty nineteen.
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This slide shows an image of the Manhattan skyline and presents the title of the next portion of our presentation, Federal Budget Impact on DSS.