How Many Homeless in Each State. It's not just California or New York - Arizona is #12

It's nice to have some verifiable information when almost everything was already 'said-and-done' spreading into convenient blame-and-shame scenarios to avoid addressing the problem or finding solutions to provide shelter and housing for 'the homeless'.

In Arizona there's a ways to measure all those one-day once-a-year Points In Time Homeless Counts - Did-You-Know the City of Mesa has a New Strategic Plan?

December 2020

City Staff "Talking Heads" Produce Another Scripted Summit

Before you watch this so-called "Summit", let's sum up some data in an infographic from January 2020 Point-In-Time Homeless Count that shows the scattered location distribution and concentration clusters in Maricopa County from the one-day results of counting both the sheltered and un-sheltered homeless: The map is for UNSHELTERED HOMELESS

Source: https://www.azmag.gov/Programs/Homelessness/Point-In-Time-Homeless-Count 

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Point-in-Time Count

The Point-in-Time (PIT) Homeless Count is an annual street and shelter count to determine the number of people experiencing homelessness in Maricopa County during a given point in time. This count is part of a national effort to identify the extent of homelessness throughout the country. The count includes a brief survey to identify the needs of those experiencing homelessness in the community. MAG coordinates the PIT Count each year for the Maricopa Regional Continuum of Care. MAG serves as the hub of collaboration between the Continuum of Care and local communities. The 2020 PIT Count was conducted on January 28, 2020