Southwest Continuum of

Care

Mid Office Sites: North Platte, McCook, Lexington, Kearney, Minden, Franklin.

Homeless Shelter: The Connection in North Platte, Crossroads in Kearney.

DV Service Offices: Ogallala, North Platte, Lexington, McCook, Kearney.

Transitional Housing: RAFT-Kearney.

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Southwest Continuum of Care Regional Information

•SWCoC –spans over 19,100 square miles covering 23 counties.

•SWCoC served over 6,183* individuals in calendar year 2012.

•SWCoC is comprised of five domestic violence agencies; one active homeless shelter, one transitional housing program, and seven outreach offices for homeless prevention and re-housing assistance.

•SWCoC has 2.5% housing availability, and eight of the 23 counties have 0% availability.

•As a Continuum we are able to connect individuals with services beyond a bed to sleep in. We connect them with food, clothing, transportation, rental and utility assistance, job skills training, certification process, educational opportunities as well as case management and self sufficiency programs.

*excludes numbers from SAFE Center and Crossroads

Poverty Rate SWCoC: 10.5% Nebraska Poverty Rate: 12%

Logan 3.6 Red Willow 11.2

Arthur 5.1 Chase 11.5

Perkins 5.8 Gospher 11.6

Kearney 6.2 Hooker 12

McPh. 6.3 Dawson 12.5

Thomas 8.2 Buffalo 12.7

Dundy 9.8 Hitchcock 13.3

Lincoln 10.1 Franklin 14.9

Harlen 10.3 Grant 15.6

Keith 10.5 Furnas 17.2

Hayes 10.5

Phelps 10.9

Frontier 11.1

30% of Counties are over the State Average

Southwest Continuum of Care served 6,183 individuals in 2012

male47%

female52%

never specified1%

Gender

White Non-Hispanic61%

White Hispanic31%

Black African American

3%

American Indian/Alaskan Na-tive1%

Multi-Racial4%

Race and Ethnicity

lost housing/can't find housing

17%

health/medical issues

5%

unemployed/ under employed

64%

other14%

Reason for Seeking Services

23% of clients served report a disability