As communities nationwide brace to catalog the contours of homelessness, Tarrant and Parker counties are calling on locals to mobilize for the annual Point in Time Count on January 23. This one-night event is a crucial effort to quantify the unhoused population, and the information garnered will guide the creation of informed strategies to alleviate this persistent crisis. According to a news release from the City of Arlington, this year’s count seeks up to 500 volunteers to canvass the streets, surveying individuals who find their slumber under the vast Texas sky.
Partnership Home, the nonprofit spearheading the count, emphasizes the significance of the data collected in shaping resources to combat homelessness. Their call to action is a summons for anyone willing to offer their time from 5:30 p.m. to midnight, documenting the lived realities of those sans a permanent address. Volunteers can cast their lot with one of several locales—Arlington, Fort Worth, Northeast Tarrant, or Parker County—by registering on the Point in Time volunteer registration website…