- Please register for training: http://evite.me/vR4KBUMCFu
The Point-in-Time count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. HUD requires that Continuums of Care conduct annual count of people experiencing homelessness who are sheltered in emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Safe Havens on a single night. Continuums of Care also must conduct a count of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness every other year. Each count is planned, coordinated, and carried out locally. HUD provides PIT count reports of sheltered and unsheltered persons experiencing homelessness, by household type and subpopulation. This data is available at the national and state level, and for each CoC.
Chatham Savannah Authority for the Homeless leads the Point in Time count efforts- volunteers are vital to a successful count. This year, our annual PIT Count will take place on January 26, 2023. Please consider joining us for mandatory training and technical assistance Each volunteer must attend a mandatory training before the actual event. The trainings will take place on December 7th and January 12th. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact CSAH.
The training will consist of:
Expert training and technical assistance provided by the Senior Director of Outreach Services, Mr. Carlos Baker along with CSAH Street Outreach teams.
- Learn the Housing and Urban Developments required methods, policies, and procedures for accurate PIT counts.
- Gain a greater understanding of homelessness in Chatham/Savannah.
- Learn how to engage in nonjudgmental, meaningful conversation with people experiencing homelessness.
- Learn the App based technology for the 2023 PIT count.
- Learn proper safety protocol in advance of the event.
- Gain a greater awareness of our unsheltered friends and neighbors and the challenges they face living places not meant for human habitation.
- Get to know more about the partner agencies working together in the Interagency Council on Homelessness.
- Get access to some fabulous volunteer “swag”
- Please register at http://evite.me/vR4KBUMCFu
