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Laurel House Fact Sheet
July 2007
People Served
Total members served: 949
Total members served in fiscal year 2007: 382
Average number of members served each day: 74
Since May of 1984, Laurel House has…
Provided housing and supportive services to more than… 170 people
To find out more about Laurel House Supportive Housing…
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Provided help and supportive services to find or keep a job to more than… 415 people
To find out more about Laurel House Employment…
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Helped to go to college or trade school, more than… 154 people
To find out more about Laurel House Supported Education…
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Our Members: Facts & Demographics
Average age: 46
18 – 29: 6%
30’s: 18%
40’s: 36%
50’s: 30%
60’s + up: 10%
Membership by Race:
white: 75%
black: 22%
Asian: 2%
American Indian: 1%
Hispanic (counted separately): 7%
Members’ Town of Origin:
A little more than a third of our members are originally from Stamford.
Stamford: 38%
Greenwich: 10%
Norwalk: 8%
Darien: 4%
Westport/Weston: 3%
New Canaan: 2%
Connecticut – other: 4%
Out of state: 25%
Out of country: 6%
Membership by Primary Diagnosis:
schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder: 56%
bipolar disorder: 13%
depressive disorders: 14%
borderline personality disorder: 6%
other personality disorders: 7%
autism: 1%
other mental disorders: 3%
Mental Health Facts
Percentage of adults in the US with a mental disorder during a
given year: 20-23%
Percentage of US adults with “serious mental
illness” (Laurel House target population): 3.7%
Suicide claims
the lives of a significant number of people with serious mental
illness:
– one in ten people suffering from schizophrenia will commit
suicide.
– one in five people suffering from bipolar disorder will
commit suicide.
Mental illness is the leading cause of disabilities
for American aged 14-44.
Mental illness, including suicide, accounts
for over 15% of the lost years of healthy life, also known as Disability
Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) – more than all cancers and second
only to all cardiovascular conditions.
Estimated annual cost of
mental illness in the US from direct (care-related) and indirect
(productivity-related) expenses: $150billion.
Annual cash benefits
from Social Security to people disabled by mental illness (2001):
$25 billion
Percentage of suicides by people with mental illness: 90% (27,000 per year)
Estimated substance abuse by people with schizophrenia: 47% bipolar disorder:
61%
Diagnosed substance abuse by Laurel House members: 39%
Percentage of homeless Americans with a serious mental illness:
33% (more than 200,000 individuals)
Percentage of homeless who are military veterans:
25% (about 196,000 individuals)
Stamford-Norwalk “fair market rent” for a one-bedroom apartment: $1,274
Median monthly housing cost to members in Laurel House housing: $276
Lower Fairfield County monthly median income: $9,692
Laurel House members monthly average income: $786
Prior homelessness for members in the Laurel House supported housing programs:
90%+
Percentage of US prison population with a serious mental illness: 20% (450,000
individuals, the great majority of whom were arrested for misdemeanors
such as trespassing)
Percentage of Americans with serious mental
illness who also abuse drugs or alcohol: 50% or more
Unemployment
rate for Americans with serious mental illness: 85-90%
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