Why Alaska’s homelessness experts are ambivalent about the point-in-time count

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The point-in-time count is likely to identify around 2,000 people experiencing homelessness across Alaska. But Brian Wilson, with the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, said the need is much greater.

This year’s official count won’t be released for several months. But both Zaletel and her counterpart responsible for the rest of Alaska warn not to read into the count too much. The count comes from direct surveys with people encountered in emergency shelters or in other poor living situations – like sleeping in tents or cars or abandoned buildings. People unwilling or unable to do the surveys may also be included. This year, the count is built around where someone slept on a single night: Jan.

Brian Wilson is the executive director of the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness. He described the count this way: “We always have to put an asterisk next to it.”That means the official count from a lot of small, rural communities is an inaccurate zero. If a community’s count spikes, it may mean outreach improved, rather than homelessness got worse.

“Where, if there’s a housing opportunity, we can read it in the notes,” she said. “So if we’re encountering that person, we would be like, ‘Hey, we got to get you in touch with so and so. They’ve got a housing opportunity for you.’ The database isn’t just about data – it’s a communication tool, as well.”

 

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