Point in Time

Upcoming Point-In-Time Count Training Events

Four dates have been scheduled for individuals to become trained and ready for this year’s Point-In-Time (PIT) Count. The next PIT count of Vermont’s homeless population is taking place later this month on January 29-30, 2014. The PIT Count allows local communities and state policy makers to understand current problems of homelessness, target limited funding to appropriate …

Webinar: Preparing for the 2014 Housing Inventory and Point-in-Time Counts

HUD will host a webinar on the 2014 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) and Point-in-Time Count (PIT) on Thursday, December 12, 2013, from 3-4 pm. The webinar will highlight new requirements and data collection guidance for the 2014 HIC and PIT Counts. Information on how to register for this webinar will be issued later this week. More on HUD’s notice …

More on HUD Homelessness Report: Vermont Sees Increase in Numbers

According to a report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Vermont has seen an increase in homelessness from 2012 to 2013. The HUD study showed nationally a decline in the total numbers of those homeless. The HUD study uses data from a count conducted on a single night, known as the Point-in-Time. Shelters report how many …

HUD Releases Homeless Estimates for 2013

New HUD estimates on homelessness are out, and they show a decline in overall homelessness. The number of homeless veterans and people who have been homeless for at least a year has also seen a decline according to the report. USA Today has more: “We’ve seen that in one of the most difficult economic periods in …

Counting Youth in the 2014 P.I.T.

Geoff Ayers, AmeriCorps VISTA at the Department of Mental Health, has sent along his notes of the Youth Count Process study from the Urban Institute. The youth counts implemented by the pilot sites in the study were not uniform in their design, which gives Vermont the opportunity to look at strategies that worked and failed. Read …

Point-in-Time Count of Homelessness in Vermont

The next Point-in-Time (PIT) count of Vermont’s homeless population will take place on January 29-30, 2014. The PIT Count allows local communities and state policy makers to understand current problems of homelessness, target limited funding to appropriate housing and services, and track progress. It also serves to highlight the need to ensure all Vermonters have …