Point-in-Time (PIT) Count
The Point-in-Time (PIT) Count is an annual effort led by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to count sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January.
2023 Point-in-Time Count
The upcoming winter PIT Count date is January 25, 2023.[1] HUD requires the count to occur during the last 10 days of January. To prevent duplication, the state of Virginia selects one date for all VA CoCs to conduct a PIT Count.
2022 Point-in-Time Count
2021 Point-in-Time Count
The statewide date has been set for January 27, 2021 with a backup date of January 28, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and consideration of safety and workload concerns, HUD has allowed communities to make changes in the execution of both the sheltered and unsheltered January 2021 Point-in-Time (PIT) count.[2]
2020 Point-in-Time Count
The 2020 Point-in-Time Count will be held the night of Wednesday January 22, 2020 [citation needed]
2012 Point-in-Time Count
The Charlottesville region had 250 individuals experiencing homelessness in 2012 according to The Haven (formerly the Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless), which conducts the annual Point-in-Time count. In March 2012, the city completion of its first permanent supportive housing complex, The Crossings at Fourth and Preston. The 60-unit building provides housing for people experiencing homelessness and those earning less than 50 percent of the area median income.
Point-in-Time (PIT) Count
The Point-in-Time Count, as a one-night survey of the homeless population, does not represent a definitive census of the homeless. Instead, it offers a general snapshot of what is happening in the community.[3] HUD requires that Continuums of Care (CoCs) conduct an annual count of homeless persons who are sheltered in emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Safe Havens on a single night. to estimate the number of homeless Americans, without safe, stable housing nationwide to help direct resources based on need.
What the PIT Count Measures
The PIT Count is among the ways estimates the homeless population nationwide to help direct resources based on need.
The PIT Count and what it measures
Most recent PIT Count as of January 2019
- The PIT Count is administered by HUD’s more than 400 Continuums of Care (CoCs), which are local planning bodies responsible for coordinating all homelessness services in a geographic area.
- During even-numbered years, CoCs are only required to count sheltered persons (those living in emergency shelters and transitional housing), although many CoCs voluntarily collect data about unsheltered persons during those years.
- During odd-numbered years, CoCs are required to count sheltered and unsheltered persons—those living on the street or in another place not meant for human habitation.
- The January 2019 PIT Count results reflect national snapshots of homelessness through the end of 2018.[4]
| Count of people in emergency shelters as reported to HUD | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Count | Notes: |
| 2023 | ||
| 2022 | 228 | |
| 2021 | 144 | |
| 2020 | 149 | |
| 2019 | 125 | |
| 2018 | 134 | |
| 2017 | 115 | |
| 2016 | 101 | |
| 2015 | 113 | |
| 2014 | 128 | |
| 2013 | 128 | |
| 2012 | 125 | |
| 2011 | 135 | |
| 2010 | 160 | |
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References
- ↑ Web. Point-in-Time Committee, Central Virginia Continuum of Care, December 120, 2022, retrieved December 120, 2022.
- ↑ Web. POINT IN TIME COUNT, Homeward, Richmond, VA, 2021, retrieved 1/12/2021.
- ↑ https://public.tableau.com/views/TJACHDataDashboard-822_0/HomelessnessinCharlottesville?%3Aembed=y&%3AshowVizHome=no&%3Adisplay_count=y&%3Adisplay_static_image=y&%3AbootstrapWhenNotified=true#!/vizhome/TJACHDataDashboard-822_0/EmergencySheltersChart
- ↑ https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/pit_count.asp