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  • Housing and Homelessness
    Long Beach Homeless Count
    300 volunteers needed
    By  Gillian Morán Pérez
    Published October 30, 2023 11:55 AM

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    A white woman with a safety vest, black pants, and a gray beanie walks next to a person with a black jacket and sweats and a white man with a puffer jacket, jeans and a satchel. They walk by a brown and white wall. It's night time.
    Volunteers walk down an alley in Westwood a previous Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count.
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    Topline:

    The Long Beach Department of Health and Human services needs 300 volunteers to conduct the upcoming 2024 Homeless Point In Time Count — a street count that records how many people are experiencing homelessness.

    What's next:
    Here are the requirements to apply:

    • Be at least 18 years old
    • Attend a two-hour orientation and training prior to the day of count
    • Commit to a four-hour-long canvassing shift on Thursday, Jan. 25. Volunteers should report at 4:30 a.m. for shifts that start at 5 a.m.

    To volunteer, register here.

    Topline:

    The Long Beach Department of Health and Human services needs 300 volunteers to conduct the upcoming 2024 Homeless Point In Time Count — a street count that records how many people are experiencing homelessness.

    How the count works:

    The annual count will take place Jan. 25 with the goal of recording every unhoused person. Volunteers count people living in tents, vehicles and even gather data directly from shelter operators to capture the number of unhoused people staying inside on those nights.

    Last year, the city identified 3,447 people experiencing homelessness, compared to 3,296 people in 2022 — a 4.6% increase.

    HOMELESSNESS FAQ

    • How did we get here? Who’s in charge of what? And where can people get help?

    What's next:
    Here are the requirements to apply:

    • Be at least 18 years old
    • Attend a two-hour orientation and training prior to the day of count
    • Commit to a four-hour-long canvassing shift on Thursday, Jan. 25. Volunteers should report at 4:30 a.m. for shifts that start at 5 a.m.

    To volunteer, register here.
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