The Outreach Committee of the Muskegon County Homelessness Continuum of Care Network is conducting our Winter Point in Time (PIT) Survey. The PIT Survey is conducted nationwide by communities to not only get a count of people, both sheltered and unsheltered, experiencing homelessness, but also to try and understand the particular cause of their respective homelessness. The data collected from the PIT surveys provides invaluable information regarding the County’s homeless residents, and is used to support requests to private and public entities for funding for both housing and services, all with the goal of ending homelessness. It is conducted with a paper outreach and street outreach teams (these teams are sent to specific localities within the County to identify homeless individuals whose residence in the County may not be known). The information that is collected from this survey will be interpreted and made available to Muskegon County agencies/organizations to use as documentation of the needs in our community.
Come out and enjoy a hot cup of coffee or cocoa, light refreshments, and join our teams of volunteers as they take to the streets to identify individuals who may be homeless and in need of services, offer them food and supplies, and distribute cold weather accessories.
Please feel free to message us with any questions or for more opportunities to help. You can visit our website at http://muskegoncoc.org.
