2015 Alameda County Homeless Count

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What: January 29th Homeless Count across all of Alameda County. Interview indviduals at food banks, soup kitchens, drop in centers, and outreach programs to help us learn how to better serve the needs of the homeless.

When: Shifts available all day. Anything from 5AM to 9PM. We work with your schedule. Trainings from January 6th - January 17th.

Where: Across the entire County. We work with your transportation needs and location.

Why: This is a great opportunity to be exposed to and learn from people from different backgrounds and in different positions. One of our volunteers said "it helps to eliminate the 'otherness' of the homeless."

How: Sign up here: http://vols.pt/ppkyM6

Every two years the Department of Housing and Urban Development has mandated that every county enumerate their homeless population. As a leader on homelessness issues in the state and country, Alameda County employs a very in depth census process. Here is a link to the report we produced in 2013: http://www.everyonehome.org/resources_homeless_count13.html. The 2015 Homeless Count will require the most surveys, most sites, and most volunteers of any years in the past. Sign up now and attenda training between January 6-17th. Trainings are held throughout the County (including several in the Tri City area) and are 3 hours long (2 hours for those who have participated before). The trainings are essential in helping to make sure that our volunteers ask the exact same question in the exact same manner on the fieldwork day in order to get the best data possible. On January 21, volunteers will be notified of their site and shift assignments for the day. We accommodate all schedules, transportation access, physical or personal needs, and city preferences. Shifts of longer than 4 hours have mandatory 30 min rest breaks. At each site, experienced site coordinators will be assisting volunteers during their interviews.