AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) — The annual Point in Time count (PIT) that determines federal funding for homelessness services in Aiken has concluded with an official count of 40 people experiencing homelessness.
The count, which helps determine how much funding nonprofits and city government receive for homelessness services, faced challenges this year, including fewer volunteers, winter weather and many people who declined to be included in the official tally.
Pastor Kurt Johnson of Lost Sheep Ministry, who led the count, said the actual number of homeless individuals in the area is much higher…