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Data on Homelessness
PIT/ HIC Count Data
Veteran Homelessness
Tenancy Support Study
Working with HMIS Data
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Data On Homelessness
Point-in-Time Count Data
The Point-in-Time Count is an annual snapshot of who is experiencing homelessness during one night in January. The Housing Inventory Count (HIC) is a point-in-time inventory of provider programs within a Continuum of Care that provide beds and units dedicated to serve people experiencing homelessness.
View more Point-in-Time Count Data from NCCEH below.
HUD provides PIT count reports of sheltered and unsheltered persons experiencing homelessness. This data is available at the national and state level, and for each CoC. HUD also provides HIC reports, which provide a snapshot of a CoC’s inventory of beds and units available on the night designated for the count by program type, and include beds dedicated to serve persons who are homeless as well as persons in Permanent Supportive Housing.
Annual Homeless Assessment Report
The Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) is a HUD report to the U.S. Congress that provides nationwide estimates of homelessness, including information about the demographic characteristics of homeless persons, service use patterns, and the capacity to house homeless persons. The report is based on Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) data about persons who experience homelessness during a 12-month period, point-in-time counts of people experiencing homelessness on one day in January, and data about the inventory of shelter and housing available in a community.
HMIS Point-In-Time & Housing Inventory Count Process
HMIS Point-In-Time & Housing Inventory Count
The 2025 PIT Count will be in January 2025.
The Point-in-Time (PIT) Count is a one-day unduplicated count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals and families in the country.
HUD requires that all Continuums of Care conduct a Point-in-Time Count each year during the last ten days of January. Programs that have beds dedicated to serve homeless individuals and families also conduct a bed inventory for the Housing Inventory Count (HIC).
- Durham and Orange CoCs will count on January 27th
- NC Balance of State CoC will count on January 29th
Veteran Homelessness
Status of Veteran Homelessness in North Carolina
In June 2015, Governor Pat McCrory announced a statewide initiative to address and end veteran homelessness in North Carolina. The announcement highlighted the initial steps being taken to create a statewide structure to coordinate and consolidate the important work already underway in several local areas, and to further identify support and resources to expand successful models to other parts of the state.
The 2016 Report on the Status of Veteran Homelessness in North Carolina documents the progress made through that work and the lessons learned so far. The report begins with an overview in the size of the homeless veteran population in North Carolina, which is followed by a review of their demographic, socioeconomic, and housing characteristics.
Drawing on the work done so far in communities across the state, the report identifies six key steps for ending veteran homelessness that can inform further efforts to expand the state’s work toward ending veteran homelessness:
Identifying homeless veterans in the community through by-name lists
Building community-wide collaboration
Understanding the local service system
Accessing affordable housing
Ending chronic homelessness among veterans
Supporting veterans choice for housing
Additionally, the report included suggested policies and resources needed to continue to address and end veteran homelessness:
Tenancy Support Study
Durham Team Selected for New National Leadership Program to Build Culture of Health
As part of the program Biederman and colleagues Dr. Mina Silberberg with Duke Division of Community Health and Emily Carmody with the NC Coalition to End Homelessness, partnered with NC DHHS and two permanent supportive housing programs in North Carolina to help develop guidelines for Medicaid reimbursement for tenancy support services.
Interdisciplinary Research Leaders is one of four new leadership development programs launched in 2016 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and represent a four-year, multimillion dollar investment. The programs joined five existing leadership programs in advancing RWJF’s legacy of supporting the development and diversity of leaders impacting health. The 2023 application period for the new programs will open in January. Additional information is available at https://irleaders.org/ and final results can be found at https://irleaders.org/team/increasing-housing-stability.
Working with HMIS Data
If you’re a researcher and want to have a conversation about how to use HMIS data for Balance of State, Orange and Durham, send us an email at hmis@ncceh.org.
Other Data Requests
For other Data Requests from the Homeless Management Information System, please complete our Report Request Form to the best of your ability.