SLO: Point-In-Time (PIT) Homeless Census 1/26/2015 Report

January 26, 2015, I participated in the Homeless Services Oversight Council (HSOC) Point in Time (PIT) Count of the homeless in SLO County. This was my first time, and I am glad that I did. It was an eye opener for me, but not in the way that you might expect (more below). You can read more about the "PIT Count" by viewing the SLO Homeless website by clicking here.

The count took place on Monday, January 26, 2015, from 6am to 10am. You can read an article on the count in the Tribune newspaper BY DAVID SNEED AND CYNTHIA LAMBERT entitled "Volunteers scour SLO County to count homeless population" by clicking here. For the PIT Count, the volunteers (like me) were teamed with paid homeless "guides". Together, the homeless/volunteer team was assigned an area of the city of SLO (and bits of adjacent county land) and given a map and census forms to be completed in the field. We were given until 10am that day to complete our survey work.