Vermont’s Annual Point-in-Time Count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness will take place on January 28th, 2026.
The following information is for agencies that are required to participate in the count and enter their projects into the HMIS.
Categorized by three Program Types:
- Emergency Shelter
- Transitional Housing
- Safe Haven – There are no HUD defined Safe Haven project types in Vermont
Housing Inventory Count (HIC)
A point-in-time inventory of provider programs within a Continuum of Care that provide beds and units dedicated to serve people experiencing homelessness and, for permanent housing projects, were homeless at entry, per the HUD homeless definition.
Categorized by six Program Types:
- Emergency Shelter
- Transitional Housing
- Rapid Re-housing
- Safe Haven – There are no HUD defined Safe Haven project types in Vermont
- Permanent Supportive Housing
- Other Permanent Housing
Timelines and Due Dates
2026 Point-In-Time (PIT) and Housing Inventory Count (HIC) has a very tight and strict timeline.
Point In Time (PIT) Timeline:
HMIS Due Dates:
- Thursday January 29, 2026 – ICA will run HMIS PIT reports and send out to HMIS Users
- Wednesday February 4, 2026 – All data should be entered into HMIS by agencies
- Thursday February 12, 2026 – Agencies have confirmed and accurate PIT report with ICA
Non-HMIS Due Dates:
- Thursday January 29, 2026 – Start collecting data and entering into the Google Forms
- Thursday February 5, 2026 – All data should be collected and ready to be entered into the Google Forms
- Thursday February 12, 2026 – All data should be entered into the Google Forms
Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Timeline:
- Monday February 9, 2026 – ICA will run HMIS HIC reports and send out to HMIS Users
- Thursday February 13, 2026 – All data should be entered into HMIS by agencies
- Friday February 20, 2026 – Agencies have confirmed and accurate HIC report with ICA
Additional Notes:
- Bed Inventory Collection:
- All agencies will also receive an email from ICA staff to gather program information to confirm things like; funding source, bed numbers, address, start dates, etc.
- This information is gathered each year to make sure that the CoC is reporting the most accurate program information.
- Final Submission Notes:
- In March 2026 ICA will be compiling all the data from the different data sources – HMIS, Google Forms and DV Data documents, to create the combined PIT data that is needed to submit to HUD for each HUD CoC.
- HIC reports and the PIT data will be used to populate the HIC portion of the required data submission to HUD.
- Warnings and Errors in the HUD database will be addressed during this time as well.
- Please be aware that ICA staff may be contacting you to ask questions to help with this work.
- We will also have limited available time to schedule calls with providers in order to get all this work done.
- In March 2026 ICA will be compiling all the data from the different data sources – HMIS, Google Forms and DV Data documents, to create the combined PIT data that is needed to submit to HUD for each HUD CoC.
Meetings and Materials:
DATE: To be announced
- VT Statewide PIT (recorded meeting)
- VT Statewide PIT (presentation)
Resources:
2026 PIT/HIC Trainings/Resources:
HMIS: Coming soon!
- VT HMIS PIT and HIC Training (Recorded Training)
- VT HMIS PIT and HIC Training Power Point (PDF)
- VT HMIS PIT Data Analysis Report Instructions (PDF)
- VT HMIS HIC Guidance and Reporting Instructions (PDF)
Non-HMIS: Coming soon!
- 2026 PIT Paper Survey (PDF)
- Unsheltered and Non-HMIS Training (Recorded Training)
- Unsheltered and Non-HMIS Training Power Point (PDF)
VT BoS Non HMIS Google Form Links – LIVE: Coming soon!
- VT BoS Unsheltered
- VT BoS Emergency Shelter
- VT BoS Transitional Housing
Chittenden Non HMIS Google Form Links – LIVE: Coming soon!
Chittenden Transitional Housing
Chittenden Unsheltered
Chittenden Emergency Shelter