2024 pOINT IN TIME cOUNT

​Today, January 25, 2024, volunteers and outreach teams around the nation are conducting the annual Point In Time Count survey to submit information about persons that are experiencing homelessness. HUD requires the Point In Time (PIT) count which is a count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. Each count is planned, coordinated, and carried out locally.
In the Hampton Roads community, The Planning Council collects this data through about 110 trained volunteers, homeless outreach workers, case managers, and community members surveying individuals experiencing homelessness. In effort to encourage survey participants to share their information, the survey teams had a plethora of goods and gifts to pass out for their willingness to participate. Items distributed included bus passes, gift cards to McDonald’s, hats, gloves, socks, scarves, first aid kits, etc.
Thank you to all our team leads, volunteers, police, deputies, park rangers, emergency medical services staff, fire fighters, case managers, and community members for volunteering to be trained and to conduct the count. Surveys gathered as early as 3:00AM to kick off the count and felt the security of police escorts and the support offered from The Planning Council for proper completion of each interaction to process the collected data and ultimately submit to HUD.
Thank you to The Planning Council Board members, Sentara Healthcare, Moms on a Mission, Healthcare for the Homeless, the Heart of Giving, and ForKids for the donations that made this count possible!
We are so appreciative to everyone coming together to support our shared goal to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring.