The federally mandated homeless point-in-time count was supposed to happen last year, but got delayed because of COVID. Now a recent surge of infections is postponing it again.
Bay Area counties once again are postponing an important census count of homeless residents as they grapple with staffing and volunteer shortages — and worry over how to keep participants safe during the latest COVID surge.
“It’s an important process and an important part of the work that we do, and we just want to make sure people feel and are as safe as possible in conducting this important work,” said Helene Schneider, a regional coordinator for the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. Contra Costa and San Mateo counties also are moving their street counts to Feb. 24. Alameda County officials voted Wednesday to move their count to Feb. 23.
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