Larry Danduran, GCH

Bill Flaherty, CSH
Art Helldoerfer, YMCA
Sherry Keys-Hebron, VOA
Eileen Kirsch, HFF
Guy Klemanski, SA
Marvin Kuperstein, JFS

Patrick Lay, CNHC
Carole Menge, LSS/FM

William C. Meyers, CHD
Sara Murphy, CSS
Khamsing Rajamountry, CRIS
Karen Schwarzwalder, YWCA

Kay Spergel, FOH
Sandy Stephenson, SE
Susan Weaver, CHN

FROM: Barbara Poppe

Message:

Please see the attached information, which was released to the Columbus Dispatch, per the request of Julie Bailey. She is developing a story about the recent release of Census 2000 data on S-night.

My message was:

ü We believe that it was important that homeless persons were included in the Census 2000, consequently, we cooperated fully with the Census to help them include homeless persons in the count.

ü The Census 2000 count of homeless persons was not useful for planning purposes, since it was only a one-night count. CSB and its partner agencies have maintained more comprehensive data on each person who has accessed shelter since 1990. This information better describes the needs of homeless persons.

ü CSB would have been interested in seeing the two counts of homeless persons who were using soup kitchens and living outdoors. The Census 2000 has not released that information.

ü CSB adamantly opposes the Census comparison of the 1990 Census’ one-day, point-in-time count to the 2000 Census one-day, point-in-time count as a basis for concluding that homelessness has decreased over the past decade. CSB’s comprehensive data does not support that conclusion.