Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Volunteer Training Toolkit

Description

Many Continuums of Care (CoCs) rely on volunteers to support their annual Point-in-Time (PIT) count efforts. This page hosts a collection of resources to support CoCs in training and providing supplemental resources to volunteers to conduct PIT counts.

CoCs should refer to HUD's most current Notice for Housing Inventory Count (HIC) and PIT Data Collection for CoC and Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Programs to ensure volunteers are trained to collect data in a way consistent with that year’s PIT count requirements. CoCs should also refer to HUD's Point-in-Time Count Methodology Guide for standards and guidance concerning acceptable methodologies and approaches to conducting PIT counts.

Resource Links and Descriptions

• PIT Count Volunteer Training Toolkit: Trainer’s Guide (PDF)
  • A guide for PIT count volunteer trainers that covers each of the toolkit resources in depth
• PIT Count Volunteer Training Toolkit: Sample Slide Deck (PowerPoint)
  • A sample slide deck that could be used to train your own PIT count volunteers
• PIT Count Volunteer Training Toolkit: Sample Volunteer Refresher Handout (Word)
  • A sample handout or handbook that provides tips and resources to volunteers conducting your PIT count
• PIT Count Volunteer Training Toolkit: Sample List of Resources (Word)
  • A list of potential types of local resources your CoC might consider documenting and printing off for volunteers to take with them when they conduct your PIT count
• PIT Count Volunteer Training Toolkit: Sample Resources Handouts
  • A series of sample resources handouts, formatted to different page sizes depending on your CoC’s needs and preferences, including:
    • Sample PIT Count Resources Handout (Full-Page Size) (Word)
    • Sample PIT Count Resources Handout (Half-Page Size) (Word)
    • Sample PIT Count Resources Handout (Postcard Size) (Word)
    • Sample PIT Count Resources Handout (Business Card Size) (Word)

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