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point-in-time count

The point-in-time count is the only mandated count of all people experiencing homelessness that happens annually across the country.
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What is the point-in-time count?

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Guidance for journalists on how to cover the Point-in-Time count

A new affordable housing apartment complex is coming to Colorado Springs. This comes after the number of people experiencing homelessness in Colorado Springs fell for the second straight year. This year it's 200 hundred people fewer compared to 2020.
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KOAA News 5: Updated homeless population estimate released

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A Solution to Ending Homelessness Might Be in the Data

Los Angeles in February. / Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images
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Slate: We Could Solve Homelessness if We Wanted

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Los Angeles Times: This year’s homeless count was canceled. Is it time to rethink it?

David Becker AP - Dave Marlon of CrossRoads of Southern Nevada offers items to a person living in a tunnel in Las Vegas.
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The Christian Science Monitor: How a better headcount reduces homelessness in the US

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This Is Reno: Local Governments Have No Idea How Many Homeless People Are In the Area

The first step toward ending homelessness for good anywhere is building a community-wide data system accountable to a community-level aim to end all forms of homelessness.
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Gathering real-time data is the first step to ending homelessness

From the New York Times: How Many Americans Are Homeless? No One Knows
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New York Times: How Many Americans Are Homeless? No One Knows

A by-name list is a comprehensive list of every person in a community experiencing homelessness, updated in real-time.
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What is a by-name list?

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Bloomberg CityLab: Is there a Better Way to Collect Data on Homelessness?

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