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Recommendation for City Council to Accept a Report Regarding the EveryOne Counts! 2022 Upcoming Point-In-Time Count of the Homeless Population in the City of Alameda. (Community Development 10061833)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff is recommending that the City Council accept the report of the EveryOne Counts! 2022 Point-In-Time Count (PIT Count) of the homeless population in the City of Alameda (City). The PIT Count is a U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) mandated accounting of the local homeless population conducted every two years. EveryOne Home, the Continuum of Care (CoC) collective impact organization that addresses and aims to end homelessness in Alameda County (County), is responsible for coordinating the PIT Count. The data collected informs the funding that the County will receive for homeless services. A more thorough PIT Count could result in greater funding levels and informs the level of services needed to assist the homeless population in Alameda.
BACKGROUND
The PIT Count is a HUD mandated accounting of the local homeless population conducted every two years, on a single night in January, the coldest period of the calendar year. EveryOne Home, the CoC in the County, is responsible for coordinating the PIT Count. The next PIT Count will be held on January 25, 2022.
The PIT Count provides a snapshot of data available on the size and characteristics of the homeless population over time. The data also informs the funding that the County will receive for homeless services and the level of services needed to assist the homeless population in Alameda. The PIT Count was not conducted in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic and was deferred to 2022.
The City will take a lead role in organizing PIT Count efforts in Alameda, and will coordinate with service providers and others that work with the homeless population.
According to the 2019 PIT Count, there are now 8,022 people experi...
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