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For the all other agencies group in the earlier period, the 135 responses representing 187 adults reported 53 employed adults and 96 unemployed adults. 28% of these adults were thus reported as employed and 51% of these adults were reported as unemployed, 64 of 96 unemployed adults (67%) had been unemployed for less than one year. Monthly Income (p. 22): For all responses, 57 of 61 (or 93%) reported income of below $740 per month. The poverty level for a family of 2.27 would be approximately $820 per month. For the all other agencies responses in the earlier survey, 112 of 135 (83%) reported monthly income of below $740 per month. The average household size for .this group was 2.55 and the poverty level for such a household would be approximately $834 per month. RESOURCES NEEDED AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE: The charts given on pages 23 - 35 compile data from items M through P of the survey. These items gathered data on services and resources needed, services and resources provided, and services and resources which were {~ot available in the community. Primary service needs from the current survey period were as follows: emergency financial assistance, 33 (54%); employment and better paying employment, 28 (46%); affordable housing, 25 (4t%); help finding affordable housing, 22 (36%); and, emergency shelter, 17 (28%). Primary service needs for the all other agencies group in the earlier survey period were: emergency financial assistance, 98 (73%); affordable housing, 53 (39%); employment and better paying employment, 49 (36%); emergency shelter, 40 (30%); help finding affordable housing, 37 (27%). The primary areas in which resources were not available in the most recent survev ueriod were: emergency financial assistance where there was no resource for