Vermont Business MagazineThe Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness (Balance of State) and the Chittenden County Homeless Alliance Continua of Care are again joining efforts for the eleventh statewide Point in Time Count on Tuesday, January 24.The Continua are comprised of local homeless, housing & human service organizations that strive to make homelessness in our communities rare and brief. These efforts will be supported by the Agency of Human Services and the Vermont State Housing Authority.
The eleventh coordinated Point-in-Time Count will collect data to be used by the Balance of State, Chittenden County, and local continuums in their funding applications to the USDepartment of Housing and Urban Development, as well as to provide a statewide baseline for measuring the success of housing and supportive services used to reduce the number of people who are homeless in Vermont.
Vermont’s last Point in Time (PIT) homelessness count, conducted on a single night in January of 2016, recorded a 28% reduction in the number of homeless individuals statewide—the largest one year decrease in a PIT count in the nation in 2016. Yet on that night last January more than 1,100 persons were counted as homeless across the state, a reminder that more work must be done if homelessness is to cease in Vermont.
About Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness:
The VCEH is a statewide coalition with more than 50 private, community based nonprofit members that represent a wide spectrum of organizations dedicated to ending homelessness in Vermont.
About Chittenden County Homeless Alliance:
The Chittenden County Homeless Alliance is a coalition of individuals, organizations, and government who support our vision of a safe, decent, affordable, stable home for every person and family in Chittenden County.Both entities are made up of people who operate homeless shelters, transitional and permanent housing, and provide a variety of services to help.
Source: Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition. 1.23.2017. HelpingtoHouse.org