Point in Time 2025
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Overview of Point in Time (PIT) Activity
WHAT
A Point-In-Time, or PIT, is a statistically reliable, unduplicated count of people experiencing homelessness during a designated one-night period. Wisconsin conducts this count twice per year in January and July.
WHEN
A PIT is intended to capture a minimum amount of information on the homeless population in order to create a "snapshot" of what homelessness looks like in a neighborhood, city or state. The data collected through the Point-in-Time process is reported in the Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) that is provided to the US Congress. Homeless information is also reported to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is utilized to develop the Housing Inventory Chart for the Balance of State Continuum of Care.
WHO
This count is intended to include persons that are homeless and are staying in emergency shelters, transitional housing, safe havens for the homeless, domestic violence shelters, or who are unsheltered living on the street, or any other place not meant for human habitation.
WHERE
All across the state of Wisconsin and across the country, the PIT is conducted by volunteers.
WHAT
A Point-In-Time, or PIT, is a statistically reliable, unduplicated count of people experiencing homelessness during a designated one-night period. Wisconsin conducts this count twice per year in January and July.
WHEN
- Overnight Street Count/Known Location Count start:
- PIT cannot start before 11:00 pm on WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd, 2025.
- Overnight Street Count/Known Locations Count End:
- PIT Count must end no later than 6:00 AM on THURSDAY, JULY 24th 2025
- Service Based Post-Count End:
- The post-PIT survey process begins at 6:00 am on THURSDAY, JULY 24th, 2025, and ends WEDNESDAY, JULY 30th, 2025, at 5:00 pm.
A PIT is intended to capture a minimum amount of information on the homeless population in order to create a "snapshot" of what homelessness looks like in a neighborhood, city or state. The data collected through the Point-in-Time process is reported in the Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) that is provided to the US Congress. Homeless information is also reported to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is utilized to develop the Housing Inventory Chart for the Balance of State Continuum of Care.
WHO
This count is intended to include persons that are homeless and are staying in emergency shelters, transitional housing, safe havens for the homeless, domestic violence shelters, or who are unsheltered living on the street, or any other place not meant for human habitation.
WHERE
All across the state of Wisconsin and across the country, the PIT is conducted by volunteers.