Point in Time and Severe Weather

In this email: Point in Time Count Weather Consideration and Sheltered Count Information

Point in Time Count and Severe Weather

The Point in Time Count will not be postponed due to weather. The Lead Agency encourages organizations to create their own protocol for severe weather in the area. All organizations should operate in a fashion that is the safest for all involved.

Suggestions for executing a Point in Time Count during severe weather:

Create a severe weather protocol that is safest for your area and keep an eye on developing weather changes.

If your organization does go out, make sure to target known locations first.
Stay in contact with all teams that go out- have teams check in often.
Focus on identifying other shelters or groups that provide hotel stays & follow up with service providing organizations – i.e. warming shelters, churches, hospitals, law enforcement, any 24-hour businesses, etc)

Reminder- Individuals that are in hotels or temporary housing due to extreme weather are considered Sheltered. Please reach out to the ICA contact for your region to get more information on the Sheltered Count.

Point in Time Count Resources

A Note from ICA about the Point in Time Count

If you know of an organization providing shelter space or a church/nonprofit paying for hotel rooms on the night of the Point in Time Count due to severe weather, please do the following:

Ensure that the project meets the criteria for inclusion in the Point in Time count:

The primary intent of the project is to serve homeless persons
The project verifies homeless status as part of its eligibility determination
The actual project clients are predominantly homeless

If the project meets these criteria, contact that project and connect them with your System Administrator at ICA (see above).

Provide them with the following data collection tools:

The 2023 Non-HMIS Projects Paper Form can be used to gather the necessary information for clients on the night of the count.

The online 2023 Client-Level PIT Portal can be used to submit information for each household being served on the night of the count

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