Point in Time Count
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A New Way to Manage Houseless Services?

After continued growth in the population without homes, Bend city councilors seek to centralize service providers
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

Two Bend City Councilors are advocating for the creation of a joint office that would centralize the work of area unhoused service providers. In a letter to Deschutes County commissioners, Councilors Anthony Broadman and Megan Perkins noted the reported 13% increase in the unhoused population following the most recent point-in-time count from the Central Oregon […]

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Central Oregon Homeless Population Rising

880 people reported homelessness during the 2019 Count, up 12 percent
Chris Miller

On Jan. 23, trained volunteers for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development interviewed Central Oregonians for its 2019 Point in Time Count, in which dozens of volunteers surveyed people in shelters, transitional housing, at meal sites, drop-in centers and other areas to seek data on the homeless population in Central Oregon. Volunteers collected […]

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