The Point-in-Time Count took place during the last Wednesday in January. The objective of the HUD-required count is to assess the number of sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals on one night.
By: Matt Ryan, Free Press Staff Writer. Reposted from the Burlington Free Press, February 10, 2013. “Clipboard in hand, Stefanie Comstock called out to the folks lining the narrow, pale green corridor. They had come to the Salvation Army for dinner and she had come to count them. Specifically the people unlikely to be documented elsewhere during the annual point in time homeless count; the people she expected to spend the night outdoors, perhaps in a tent, or a car or an abandoned building. While the guests chowed down on lasagna, Comstock and two colleagues from Burlington’s Safe Harbor Clinic went table to table. They didn’t take names, but they did take initials and birth dates, so as to avoid duplication in the final tally. By dinner’s end, they had counted 41 people. “A good number don’t know where they are staying tonight…” Link to Full Burlington Free Press Article View PDF of Full Burlington Free Press Article
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