Every year during the end of January, TPCH conducts an one-night count of people experiencing homelessness in Pima County. One component of the Point in Time Count is the street count, locally referred to as Everyone Counts! During the street count, teams of community volunteers work with service providers and street outreach teams to locate people who are unhoused and ask them a short series of survey questions. Survey responses help provide valuable information, direct support services and inform funding decisions in our community and beyond. Those sleeping in nightly shelters, emergency shelters, and transitional housing will be counted through the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) the same night.
Finding people in our county who are unhoused in a single day is an enormous task! TPCH coordinates dozens of local agencies and recruits hundreds of volunteers to meet the goals of the project. Locations that provide services to people who may experience homelessness are surveying their clients. In addition, TPCH hosts a special Youth Count event for young people experiencing homelessness on the same day.
New This Year
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, TPCH is taking several additional precautions to protect Street Count volunteers and our unhoused neighbors. All volunteers will be required to wear a face mask, practice social distancing to the greatest extent possible, and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Additionally, this year's count will use an electronic survey application, easily accessible from volunteers' smart phones or tablets, instead of paper forms.
Sign Up to Volunteer
If you are able to help count people, we need your help. You will receive training before the count and be paired with a team including an experienced team lead. No prior experience is needed. Â
All volunteers must be age 18 or older.
All volunteers must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated means that you received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or your second dose of the two-dose Moderna or Pfizer vaccines on or before January 12, 2022 (2 weeks before the event).
All volunteers are required to participate in online training before the event.
All volunteers must commit to approaching people experiencing homelessness from a place of compassion and understanding.
All volunteers are required to participate in one Volunteer Training during one of the following times:
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 from 5:30pm-6:30pm (Virtually via Zoom)
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 from 9:00am-10:00am (Virtually via Zoom)
Virtual on-demand on the TPCH website (available on January 12, 2022)
The training will give you an opportunity to learn:
What to expect on the morning of the count?
How to use the survey app on a smart phone?
How to conduct a survey with a person experiencing homelessness?
This is a valuable opportunity to volunteer for a single day, show kindness to neighbors who are unhoused, and contribute to a count that influences services and funding. Please join us!
Mail it to: Tucson Pima Collaboration to End Homelessness c/o City of Tucson Housing & Community Development
310 N. Commerce Park Loop Santa Rita Building, 1st Floor Tucson, AZ 85745
THANK YOU FOR DONATING TO END HOMELESSNESS!
Please make your check payable to TPCH.
Mail it to: Tucson Pima Collaboration to End Homelessness c/o City of Tucson Housing & Community Development
310 N. Commerce Park Loop Santa Rita Building, 1st Floor Tucson, AZ 85745
Volunteer for the Point in Time Count!
We need 300+ volunteers to spread throughout Pima County. Volunteers will join a team to visit camps in washes and deserts, bus stops, meal sites, abandoned buildings, and other areas where people without housing may shelter on the morning of Wednesday, January 29, 2025. Learn More and register to volunteer
Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) is Tucson's winter severe-weather emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness. ODF goes into effect when weather predictions are for overnight temperatures of 40°F or lower with rain, 35°F or lower without rain, or when wind chill factors indicate a health hazard from exposure. You do not need an ID or a TB card to participate in ODF.
Volunteers Needed for 2022 Pima County Street Count
