HUD Kentucky volunteers participate in Louisville's Annual Homeless Count

HUD volunteers encountered a homeless person during the Point-in-Time (PIT) Count sleeping under a bridge in makeshift shelter.

Volunteers from the HUD Kentucky Office participated in this year's Homeless Point-in-Time (PIT) count in Louisville in a newly assigned area in the industrial side of the city known as Rubbertown as members of a record setting 400 dedicated volunteers participating in this important endeavor.

"As HUD employees, we must never forget that the public entrusts each of us with serving admirably those who are less fortunate and/or have fallen on hard times," said HUD Kentucky Field Office Director Peter Jackson.

"The cause and effort that we're contributing to is very critical to obtaining a realistic count," volunteer and HUD Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Analyst Sarah Andino added.

HUD volunteers Sarah Andino, Anice Chenault, Nicole Hayden, Tim Nicolazzi and David Railey covered several miles of ground on foot and by car encountering a homeless person sleeping in a makeshift shelter under a bridge. Preliminary estimates obtained showed that just over 100 individuals were counted that early morning.

The Point-in-Time (PIT) (www.hudexchange.info/programs/hdx/pit-hic/) count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night. HUD requires that Continuums of Care conduct an annual count of people experiencing homelessness who are sheltered in emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Safe Havens on a single night. Point-in-time counts are an important method used to better understand the extent and nature of homelessness. Communities across the nation conduct counts in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Go to www.hud.gov/states/kentucky/offices for more information about homlessness services and support.

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