Beginning at 3 p.m. today and continuing until 3 p.m. Tuesday, a count of homeless in Winnebago, DeKalb and Boon counties will take place.
Rockford Health & Human Services staff, in partnership with the Northern Illinois Homeless Coalition, and Rockford Police and Fire departments will participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual Point in Time Count of the Homeless.
The PIT Count will cover both sheltered and unsheltered homeless in the three counties. Volunteers will visit drop-in centers, emergency rooms, parks, abandoned buildings and other locations where homeless individuals frequent to complete a survey and collect data to determine the estimated number of people experiencing homelessness. Along with collecting data, agency volunteers will also work to engage the homeless and begin the process of working with them toward permanent housing options…