On the evening of January 21, 2020 over 20 volunteers and staff from county non-profit organizations will embark upon a daunting task: to count the number of people who are homeless in Middlesex County. These include people who may be living in shelters, in transitional housing programs, on the streets, in the woods or in abandoned buildings.
This effort is part of the national Point-in-Time Count (PIT) that has mobilized non-profits, local and state government agencies, and hundreds of concerned citizens from every region of the country. Its purpose is to gather critical data in order to target efforts to prevent and end homelessness.
The count will collect annual data in order to better understand the dynamic causes of homelessness, to evaluate the effectiveness of programs serving homeless people and, ultimately, to track progress towards ending homelessness in Middlesex County. The PIT will also help to identify the some of the disabling health condition s of chronically homeless people.
Anyone interested in volunteering to assist with the count should contact Stacy Hooker, Middlesex County PIT Coordinator and Program Director for The Connection’s Eddy Shelter, Logano Place and MMW YAC, at (203) 499 - 7220 or Shooker@theconnectioninc.org.