Public, private and non-profit homeless service providers will conduct an annual Point-In-Time Count of the homeless population in Utah today, January, 31. Additional surveys will be conducted February 1-2 in Salt Lake County.
Every year the State of Utah through the State Community Services Office participates in a physical count of all homeless individuals across the state to determine how many people were homeless on a single night, or Point-In-Time. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that states complete a physical count of both sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons in 2013. During the three day count, homeless Utahns will be asked where they spent the night of Wednesday, January 30. Department of Workforce Services
