DATE:
November 15, 2022
10
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
SOLICITING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ANNUAL POINT-IN-TIME COUNT (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that Continuums of Care (CoC) conduct an annual count of homeless persons who are sheltered or unsheltered on a single night in January each year. In San Diego, the Regional Task Force on Homelessness (RTFH) leads a collaboration of community partners and volunteers in conducting this point-in-time count, better known as WeALLCount. Communities across the country will be conducting similar events during the last 10 days of January.
Although the figures that come out of this count are used to apply for federal funding, this survey also enables the region to gain a better understanding of the scope, impact, and potential solutions to address this issue. The numbers from this count are broken down into subpopulation categories, including counts of people who are chronically homeless, veterans, youth, persons with HIV/AIDS, and victims of domestic violence.
Each count is planned and coordinated and requires many volunteers to accurately gauge the homeless population across the San Diego region. In 2022, 1,500 volunteers participated in a point-in-time count through the RTFH that numbered a minimum of 8,427 homeless persons in our region. More than 150 County employees participated in the event.
Thankfully, County employees have always come forward in the spirit of volunteerism, whether staffing the polls during elections or in their charitable giving. These actions support the County's Live Well San Diego vision of a region that is building better health, living safely and thriving. It is our hope that County employees will once again come forward as volunteers in this effort to identify the extent of this critical issue. The count will take place from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Thursday, January 26, 2023.
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