South Carolina Statewide Homeless Count 2011

HUD Training Materials

In 2011, data from PIT counts will be the definitive national count of homeless Veterans. For more information on what data CoCs should collect and how local Veterans Affairs (VA) and CoC staff can collaborate see Guidance for Counting Veterans.

As part of the 2011 subpopulation data collection, HUD is requiring CoCs to collect information on unaccompanied homeless children who are under 18 years of age (previously called unaccompanied youth). For more information on this terminology change and suggestions about how CoCs and homeless youth providers can work together on the PIT count see Guidance for Counting Unaccompanied Homeless Children.

In October 2010, HUD notified CoCs that they should collect information on chronically homeless families as part of the 2011 PIT count. See HUD's October 22, 2010 listserv message to review this guidance.

CoCs can review further guidance for the 2011 PIT count, including details on how to report homelessness prevention participants, in 2011 Point-in-Time Count: Guidance and Reminders for Data Collection and Reporting.

2011 Annual Housing Inventory Count

HUD has made important changes to collecting and reporting 2011 Housing Inventory Counts, including bed type updates and data check recommendations prior to submission. For details, CoCs should review Instructions for Completing the 2011 Housing Inventory Resources .

Questions about PIT or HIC?

All PIT and HIC questions should be submitted to the Virtual Help Desk on HUD's Homelessness Resource Exchange. To submit a question:
1. Select HDX for the Program/System under "Your Details."
2. Under "Question Details," select PIT or HIC for the topic and PIT or HIC for the subtopic, whichever is applicable.

PIT Posters

HUD will ship posters for the National Street and Shelter Point-in-Time Count to each CoC on December 17, 2010. The posters are being printed in two sizes and will also be available for download from the HRE no later than December 17th.