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HOW TO MAKE HOMELESS POINT-IN-TIME (PIT) COUNT MORE SUCCESSFUL
The Second Annual Nebraska-Western Iowa Symposium on HomelessnessHomeless in the Heartland
Counting Everyone - Making Everyone Count
Presentation Roadmap Homeless Point in Time
Count 101 2013 PIT Count Summary Region V, 5 year PIT data MACCH - Youth PIT Count Rural PIT Challenges and
Best Practices Regional Experiences
Small group work – Designing a Better PIT
Small group ideas Product: Plan for 2014
BOS Point in Time Count
The Homeless Point in Time Count The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is a count of
sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January. Each count is planned, coordinated, and carried out locally.
PIT count provides the homeless assistance community with data needed to understand the number and characteristics of persons who are homeless.
HUD requires all of Continuums of Care (CoCs) to conduct a PIT count and report the data as part of their annual competitive CoC application.
The Homeless Point in Time Count One ‘night’ in the
last 10 days of January
Unduplicated count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless
PIT and Housing Inventory (HIC) are integrally related
Only sheltered persons counted at a provider listed on the HIC maybe included in PIT count
Who is included in PIT Count – 2013Persons included in PIT Count Sheltered Persons “living in a
supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangement (including congregate shelters, transitional housing, and hotels and motels paid for by charitable organizations or by federal, state, or local government programs for low-individual)
Unsheltered Persons
Persons NOT included in PIT Count Persons residing in permanent supportive
housing programs, including persons housed using Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers.
Persons in any location not listed on the HIC (e.g., staying in programs with beds/units not dedicated for persons who are homeless).
Persons temporarily staying with family or friends (i.e., “doubled-up” or “couch surfing”).
Persons residing in their own unit (i.e., permanent housing) with assistance from a RRH provider program
Persons in Rapid Re-housinghttps://www.onecpd.info/resource/2076/2013-hic-and-pit-of-homeless-persons-data-
collection-guidance/
PIT Count Methods Sheltered - 2013 HMIS Providers
Sheltered Population Service Count Population
Non-HMIS Providers Paper PIT Count Form *
Domestic Violence Shelters Aggregate forms of
persons sheltered on night of PIT count
Personal identifying information (PII) for Non-HMIS providers paper forms are critical for de-duplication efforts.
Name, DOB, Gender, Race
PIT Count Methods Unsheltered Public Place Counts
Known Locations Contact counts
Law Enforcement Schools Churches
Service based count Persons presenting
for services
Personal Identifying information for unsheltered count are critical for de-duplication efforts.
Name, DOB, Gender, Race
Use of Unsheltered PIT Count Form
BOS – 3 year PIT Sheltered Count Trends
2013 PIT
748 persons in 430 households
58 Chronic Ind. 20 Chronic Fam.
279 children/youth 21 unaccompanied 2011 2012 2013
223 208272
496
385423
Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing
Regional - January 2013 PIT Count
The distribution of homeless persons in the BOS by housing type across regions was widely variable.
Identified unsheltered persons were nearly all in Region 2. Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5
22
95
39 30
86
31
117
75
163
37
5
43
5 0 0
Emergency Shelter Transitional HousingUnsheltered
Nebraska - January 2013 PIT Count
3,190 homeless persons counted
Estimates are that approximately 10% of U.S. homeless population live in rural areas of the country (NAEH, 2009).
23% of Homeless Persons counted on 2013 Point in Time Count were in the Nebraska Balance of State Continuum of Care
Omaha Lincoln BOS
940
349272
519 514423
17103 53
Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing
Northeast Nebraska PIT Count 2009-2013
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
93 9891
67
86
227
18 20
37
3 3 3 0 0
Emergency Shelter Transitional HousingUnsheltered
Northeast Nebraska Subpopulation data 2009 - 2013
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
18
12 11
1720
1411 11
8 10
26 26
34
18
26
34
12
34
21 20
25
2 3 4
D.V. Chronic. Sub. AbuseMental Illness Veteran
Youth and Young Adult PIT Count Omaha Metro Area Continuum
conducts Youth Specific PIT that counts unaccompanied youth (24 & <) who are homeless or unstably housed.
Not all of these youth counted are included in PIT Count for HUD but maybe submitted as additional information.
Youth and Young Adult PIT Count 310 Youth counted in 2013 18% were 18 years of age or younger 17% of youth were parents and 83% of
those with children had custody 14% with severe mental illness 8% with chronic substance abuse
MACCH – Youth & Young Adult PIT Count
Unsheltered Couch Surfing Emergency Shelter
Transitional Housing
8%
39%
27% 26%
Rural CoC Point in Time Counts Rural CoCs are challenged in having to
count unsheltered individuals in extensive, sometimes unknown or hard to reach locations with minimal resources.
What are solutions in overcoming these challenges?
Rural CoCs are challenged in having to count unsheltered individuals in extensive, sometimes unknown or hard to reach locations with minimal resources.
What are solutions in overcoming these challenges?
Rural Point in Time Count Critical to involve the wider community on
broad level early and often. Partner with Law Enforcement as critical to
successful PIT unsheltered count. Identify ‘known locations’ well prior and
strategically plan ‘street’ count efforts with specific providers / agencies
Rural Point in Time Count Better utilize local schools and coordinate with
homeless liaisons if present Improve coordination with NDE homeless liaison Consider regional Project Homeless Connect event
during PIT Count Consider expanding the unsheltered count time
period over a greater period of time to cover more areas
Biennial PIT Count
BOS Point in Time - Regional Experience
Lessons learned from experience and challenges yet to overcome!
Building a Better PIT Count Unsheltered Focus
In your small groups, create a list of strategies that would help enhance the point in time count in your region. Focus on unsheltered count and non-HMIS provider methods Remember enough PII must be obtained to de-duplicate with other
data collection methods Address methods of outreach and greater community involvement
How can the PIT Count information be used in your region?