2024 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count and Housing Inventory Count (HIC)

2024 PIT and HIC submissions deadline:

Thursday, February 8, 2024, 4PM AKT

Click here for Unsheltered PIT and project Homeless connect Info

What is PIT?

The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. HUD requires that Continuums of Care conduct an annual count of people experiencing homelessness who are sheltered in emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Safe Havens on a single night.

What is HIC?

The Housing Inventory Count (HIC) is a point-in-time inventory of provider programs within a Continuum of Care that provide beds and units dedicated to serve people experiencing homelessness (and, for permanent housing projects, where homeless at entry, per the HUD homeless definition), categorized by five Program Types: Emergency Shelter; Transitional Housing; Rapid Re-housing; Safe Haven; and Permanent Supportive Housing.

General PIT & HIC Resources

PIT & HIC Glossary of Terms

PIT & HIC Guidance and Tools

Video Trainings & Visual Guides for shelter and housing providers

ALL PROVIDERS - WATCH THIS OVERVIEW VIDEO:

2024 Sheltered PIT/HIC Training Video
Passcode: 90lCt@^0

Providers who enter data into AKHMIS:

Providers who do NOT enter data into AKHMIS:

PDF Visual Guide: 2024 PIT & HIC Portal - Data Entry for non-AKHMIS participating providers
Tools:
- EXCEL FORM: 2024 PIT Count Form for non-AKHMIS participating projects (printable form; complete one per project)
- EXCEL WORKBOOK & FORM: 2024 Self-Calculating PIT Count Form for non-AKHMIS participating projects (enter client-level data on one tab & form will auto-populate; complete one per project)
  - PDF Guide: Using the 2024 Self-Calculating PIT Count Form Excel Workbook

Additional resources:

HIC Count 101 - Bed Inventory Guide

PIT & HIC Submissions

Anchorage Sheltered PIT/HIC

Balance of State Sheltered PIT/HIC

  
    2024 Unsheltered Point-In-Time Count
      (including Project Homeless Connect events)

What is Unsheltered PIT?

HUD requires Continuums of Care (CoCs) to conduct Point-in-Time (PIT) counts of people in unsheltered locations at least every other year. Many CoCs conduct their counts by sampling parts of their jurisdiction and by using those samples to derive a full estimate of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. As part of their sampling approach, many CoCs must also extrapolate demographic data.