The Homeless Leadership Coalition (HLC) will be kicking off the biennial Point-In-Time Count in Central Oregon on January 25. This event is a count of people who are homeless or in transitional housing in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson Counties. The count is a part of a State and national effort to identify the number of people struggling to find appropriate and adequate housing.
During the last week of January, there is a nationwide effort to count every homeless people across the country. This Point-in-Time count attempts to capture both sheltered and unsheltered homeless people to provide a snapshot of homelessness in the United States.
Volunteers across the region conduct a street count of people considered to be unsheltered, meaning they are living outside, and collect data on the homeless population living in emergency shelters and transitional housing. In addition to the total number of sheltered and unsheltered homeless people, information is gathered on a wide range of characteristics of the homeless population including age, gender, race, ethnicity, veteran status, and disability status.
“Starting on Thursday, January 25, volunteers will be conducting confidential and anonymous surveys in Bend, La Pine, Sisters, Redmond, Prineville and Madras,” says Molly Taroli, Pacific Source’s CCO project coordinator and HLC chair. “This count will provide the most up-to-date information about the number of individuals in Central Oregon who are struggling to find adequate housing. Through this data, local agencies and programs will be able to better target support services and develop comprehensive plans to address poverty and homelessness in Central Oregon.”
Individuals and families counted through this effort include people living in:
-Weekly motels
-Shelters
-Transitional housing
-“Doubled up” with other families
-Camping or sleeping in cars
-Other places not designed for human habitation
Counts will be taking place on January 25-27, depending on location. Command center sites include:
Bend Church Drop In
680 NW Bond Street in Bend
Wednesday, January 25 from 7am – 1pm
Family Kitchen
231 NW Idaho Avenue in Bend
Wednesday, January 25 from 10am – 6:30pm
Mosaic Medical
2084 NE Professional Court in Bend
Wednesday, January 25 from 8am – 5pm
Rimrock Outpatient
63360 NW Britta Street in Bend
Wednesday, January 25 from 8am – 5pm
Department of Health and Human Services
1300 NW Wall Street in Bend
Wednesday, January 25th from 10am – 3pm
The Giving Plate
1245 SE 3rd Street, C7 in Bend
Thursday, January 26th from 10am – 4pm
La Pine Community Health Clinic
51600 Huntington Road in La Pine
Wednesday, January 25 from 12-5pm
Thursday, January 26 from 9am-5pm
Friday, January 27 from 9am-5pm
Saint Vincent De Paul
51484 Morson Street in La Pine
Wednesday, January 25 from 9am-3pm
Thursday, January 26th from 9am 3pm
La Pine Community Kitchen
16480 Finley Butte Road in La Pine
Lunch served 12-2pm
Care n’ Share, Sunriver Food Bank
Sunriver Business Park in Sunriver
Friday, January 27 from 3-5pm
Madras Christian Church
115 SE C Street in Madras
Wednesday, January 25 from 7am-7pm
Lunch served from 10am-2pm
Kiwanis Food Bank
225 N Oak Street in Sisters
Wednesday, January 25 from 9am-2pm
Saint Vincent DePaul
1616 SW Veterans Way in Redmond
Wednesday, January 25 from 10am-2pm
House of Hope
724 SW 14th Street in Redmond
Wednesday, January 25 from 12-4:30pm
The Point in Time Count organizing committee will be adding additional times and locations, including Crook County locations, as the dates get closer.
