To support Continuums of Care (CoCs) with their 2021 unsheltered Point-in-Time (PIT) counts, HUD has released a new resource, How to Use Sampling within a CoC to Conduct an Unsheltered PIT Count. This guide describes how CoCs can use a sampling approach to estimate a total count of the number of people within their communities who are experiencing unsheltered homelessness on the night of the PIT count. While this sampling guidance is applicable for any year, CoCs that typically canvass and count their full geographic area may want to use a sampling strategy for the 2021 count in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A companion sampling tool to assist CoCs in making weighting calculations will be released soon. Upcoming Office Hours Sessions HUD is hosting the second of five PIT Count Office Hours this Thursday, December 3, 2020 from 3:00 to 4:30 PM EST. This PIT Count Office Hours session will focus on how to use sampling to conduct an unsheltered PIT count. At the end of the call HUD will answer any questions you have about conducting the 2021 PIT count. The PIT Count Office Hours will be held on the following schedule. HUD will update CoCs on the topics of focus for future sessions through HUD Exchange listserv announcements in advance of each session. | Session | Date and Time | Registration | Session #2
Using Sampling to Conduct an
Unsheltered PIT Count | December 3, 2020
3:00 - 4:30 PM EST | Register Now | Session #3
TBD | December 15, 2020
3:00 - 4:30 PM EST | Register Now | Session #4
TBD | January 12, 2021
3:00 - 4:30 PM EST | Register Now | Session #5
TBD | January 19, 2021
3:00 - 4:30 PM EST | Register Now | Past Office Hours Sessions Recordings from all previous PIT Count Office Hours will be available on the HUD Exchange PIT Count Office Hours page. Materials from each of the previous sessions in this 2021 PIT Count Office Hours series are linked below. | Session | Date and Time | Materials | Session #1
2021 Unsheltered PIT Count Flexibilities | November 24, 2020
3:00 - 4:30 PM EST | Coming Soon | Additional Resources The 2021 PIT Count and HIC Guidance and Training page will continue to be updated with new resources. Current resources include: To view all of HUD’s PIT count and Housing Inventory Count (HIC) resources visit the PIT and HIC Guides, Tools, and Webinars Page. This is a one-stop site where communities can access all of HUD’s guidance on how to plan and implement their PIT counts. The resources include the PIT Count Methodology Guide, survey tool resources, implementation resources, etc. If you have any questions about planning, implementing, or reporting your HIC or PIT count data that are not covered in the resources listed above, please submit your questions to the Ask A Question (AAQ) portal. In Step 2 of the question submission process, select “HDX Homelessness Data Exchange (including PIT, HIC, AHAR, Sys PM, LSA, and PDX)” from the “My question is related to” drop down list. |
