BRADENTON – The 2022 Point-In-Time Homeless Census is occurring Monday, January 24th through Saturday, January 29th in Manatee and Sarasota Counties and participants will be asked where they spent the night of Monday, January 24th. This Census is facilitated through the Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness (SPEH) in partnership with Turning Points. Volunteers through Turning Points are surveying individuals throughout Manatee County while volunteers through SPEH are surveying throughout Sarasota County.
The 2022 Homeless Census is a comprehensive street-based and service-based survey process designed to identify how many people are homeless in Manatee and Sarasota Counties at a given point-in-time. The Point-In-Time is done to obtain an unduplicated count of homeless individuals and families in Manatee and Sarasota Counties at a given point in time. This national standard helps us better understand the nature and extent of the current trends in homelessness.
The completion of the 2022 Homeless Census will provide us with a battery of information that will serve as the basis for:
- responding to the unmet needs and gaps in services for homeless individuals and families in Manatee and Sarasota Counties
- developing local community and bi-county strategies to meet the goal of ending homelessness
- bringing in federal funding and thousands of state and local dollars in order to better serve homeless individuals and families in our community
The 2022 Homeless Census will be conducted on the streets and other locations where homeless individuals can be found and at service provider locations in every city, school district and unincorporated area in Manatee and Sarasota Counties. Adults, children, and unaccompanied youth will be counted in the reports to be submitted to HUD and State of Florida.
Volunteers are still needed. Please contact Tina Juillerat tjuillerat@tpmanatee.org or 941-747-1509, Ext. 334 for information about volunteering. A short video training is required.
About Turning Points
Turning Points provides a remarkable variety of services designed to assist individuals and families on their path to financial stability and independence. Turning Points is the one stop shop for preventing and reducing homelessness in our community. We provide day resource services (such as hot showers, laundry services, clothing, food), employment services, rental and utility assistance, veteran’s services (employment, housing and childcare), and free medical and dental care for the uninsured and underinsured. Over 7,000 people received help last year with critical services targeted to the essential needs of people in crisis.
For more information, visit http://tpmanatee.org/