Charlotte County, Florida 2023 Point-in-Time Count (PIT)

How many people are currently homeless in the United States? How many of them are families, youth, or veterans? The answers to these questions and more can be answered by point-in-time counts. A point-in-time count is an unduplicated count on a single night of the people in a community who are experiencing homelessness that includes both sheltered and unsheltered populations. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that communities receiving federal funds from the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants program conduct a count of all sheltered people in the last week of January annually. Electronic administrative records are used to enumerate people living in emergency shelters and transitional housing. Unsheltered counts are required every other year, although most communities conduct an unsheltered count annually. In unsheltered counting efforts, outreach workers and volunteers are organized to canvas Continuums of Care to enumerate the people who appear to be living in places not meant for human habitation. During these point-in-time counts, communities are required to identify whether a person is an individual, a member of a family unit, or an unaccompanied youth under the age of 18 or age 18 to 24. In addition, communities must identify if a person is chronically homeless, indicating long-time or repeated homelessness and the presence of a disability.

We are currently accepting volunteers for Charlotte County, Florida's (FL-602) annual Point-in-Time Count. Please register today if you would like to join us in our efforts on Monday, January 23, 2023. Once registered, you will receive additional information regarding volunteer training and PIT Day details.

Thank you for your continued support and dedication to preventing and ending homelessness in our community!

Together We Can!

For questions, please contact Kelly Hunter, Director of Coordinated Services at [email protected] or (941) 626-0220 x 4.

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