The Neighborhood and Family Services Department of the City of Avondale has engaged Public Works LLC, a public policy consulting firm, to lead a strategic planning process that will guide the City in achieving its vision and mission to improve the lives of residents by making any experience of homelessness in the City of Avondale rare, brief, and non-recurring.  

The strategic planning process includes gathering insights on housing needs, service needs, challenges, and priorities from stakeholders to better inform the City's leadership and staff on strategies to meet the ever-growing demands of offering affordable housing, appropriate services, and resources more in line with the needs of our community.  

And that’s why we’re reaching out to you because no one understands this better than those who have experienced homelessness themselves. We’ll use the information from this survey to help us develop ideas and solutions that can improve programs and services for those who are unsheltered. We won’t be asking for  your name, and as a result, your responses remain  anonymous. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts with us.

Sincerely,

The Neighborhood and Family Services Department
I. EXPEREINCING HOMELESSNESS

Everyone’s path towards experiencing homelessness is personal with circumstances and challenges they’ve had to face. It would be helpful for us to better understand your path to experiencing homelessness. Sharing your story will help us develop those ideas and solutions we mentioned above.

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* 1. To begin, as you look back, what would you say were conditions or circumstances you faced that led you to experiencing homelessness today? 

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* 2. If in the previous question, you checked-off “substance abuse,” please tell us which best describes the kind of substance use disorder you are experiencing:  (Only choose one):

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* 3. What shelter/housing services would be most helpful to you now in resolving your homelessness experience?

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* 4. Besides shelter, what services would assist you that you may not be using today? Check those that apply.

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* 5. Are there any obstacles that prevent you from getting the assistance you need?

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* 6. Are you interested in receiving assistance in finding permanent, stable housing?

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* 7. If you had to choose just one word to describe "homelessness," what would that be?

II. LEARNING ABOUT YOU
We have a few questions we’d like to ask that will help us better understand  who has responded to our survey.  We’d really appreciate your feedback in answering them.

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* 8. What do you identify as your gender?

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* 9. What is your age group?

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* 10. Are you a veteran or have you served in the armed forces?

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* 11. Do you have a disability?

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* 12. What do you consider your ethnicity?

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* 13. What do you consider your primary race?

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* 14. How long have you been living in Avondale?

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* 15. Over the last two years, have you experienced homelessness at any other time?

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* 16. Are there any family members experiencing homelessness with you?

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* 17. We’ve heard that a number of people experiencing homelessness, have pets. Do you have pets with you?

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* 18. Has your camp been closed due to enforcement?

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* 19. You've completed our survey but before we end, is there anything else you'd like to share with us? 

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