2024 Point in Time (PIT) Count and Housing Inventory Count (HIC)

The 2024 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count of individuals experiencing homelessness will occur on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. The count will include all people residing in a homeless assistance program, and unsheltered persons, on Wednesday night (January 24th) through Thursday morning (January 25th).

All emergency shelters, domestic violence shelters, agencies that provide hotel/motel vouchers, transitional housing, rapid re-housing, permanent supportive housing, and other permanent housing programs are required to submit information for the PIT Count.

Training resources and other materials will be posted below as they become available.

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SURVEY FORMS (Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, Unsheltered):

Sheltered PIT Count Documents

2024 PA BoS Sheltered PIT Count - What to Expect
Running HMIS Report to check enrollments for the Point in Time Count (for HMIS-Participating Projects) - Note: this guide is from 2023 but guidance is the same for 2024
2024 BoS Sheltered PIT Count Training for Staff & Volunteers
- Powerpoint
- Recording (January 22, 2024)

Unsheltered PIT Count Documents

Instructions for testing the PIT Mobile App:

Eastern and Western PA CoCs_Instructions for using the PIT mobile app_2024.pdf

PIT Count Coordinator Webinar 12/11/2023

Diana T. Myers and Associates along with members from the Westmoreland Community Action Agency, the Western CoC's Homeless Advisory Board/Governing Board, and Department of Community and Economic Development presented on the 2024 PIT Count implementation for county coordinators which included an overview on the changes to the count's data collection, best practices, and an introduction to the PIT Count mobile app, and how to track and document in-kind match. You can find the link to the webinar recording below along with a copy of the PowerPoint.