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HUD is hosting the third of five Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Office Hours on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 from 3:00 to 4:30 PM EST. This PIT Count Office Hours session will focus on a variety of topics raised in the last call, including discussing survey sample questions and establishing an appropriate sample. The end of the call will be reserved to answer any questions you have about conducting the 2021 PIT count.

Upcoming Office Hours Sessions

The PIT Count Office Hours will be held on the following schedule. HUD will update CoCs on the topics of focus for future sessions through HUD Exchange listserv announcements in advance of each session.

Session	Date and Time	Registration
Session #3 Observation-Based PIT Counts, Brief Surveys, & Alternative Data Sources	December 15, 2020 3:00 - 4:30 PM EST	Register Now
Session #4 TBD	January 12, 2021 3:00 - 4:30 PM EST	Register Now
Session #5 TBD	January 19, 2021 3:00 - 4:30 PM EST	Register Now

Past Office Hours Sessions

Recordings from all previous PIT Count Office Hours are available on the HUD Exchange PIT Count Office Hours page. Materials from each of the previous sessions in this 2021 PIT Count Office Hours series are linked below.

Session	Date and Time	Materials
Session #1 2021 Unsheltered PIT Count Flexibilities	November 24, 2020 3:00 - 4:30 PM EST	View Materials
Session #2 Using Sampling to Conduct an Unsheltered PIT Count	December 3, 2020 3:00 - 4:30 PM EST	View Materials

Additional Resources

The 2021 PIT Count and HIC Guidance and Training page will continue to be updated with new resources. Current resources include:

Conducting the 2021 Unsheltered PIT Count: This document provides guidance to Continuums of Care (CoCs) on how to safely conduct the 2021 Point-in-Time (PIT) count during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How to Use Sampling within a CoC to Conduct an Unsheltered PIT Count: This document provides an overview of how to use sampling to estimate a total count of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness on the night of the PIT count.

To view all of HUD’s PIT count and Housing Inventory Count (HIC) resources visit the PIT and HIC Guides, Tools, and Webinars Page. This is a one-stop site where communities can access all of HUD’s guidance on how to plan and implement their PIT counts. The resources include the PIT Count Methodology Guide, survey tool resources, implementation resources, etc.

Questions?

If you have any questions about planning, implementing, or reporting your HIC or PIT count data that are not covered in the resources listed above, please submit your questions to the Ask A Question (AAQ) portal. In Step 2 of the question submission process, select “HDX Homelessness Data Exchange (including PIT, HIC, AHAR, Sys PM, LSA, and PDX)” from the “My question is related to” drop down list.