Point-in-Time Count: County Leader Responsibilities

Leaders are responsible for the data collection and submission for their county. Duties include:

• Build and solicit network of volunteer teams

• Train volunteers to complete accurate surveys

• Map out areas to conduct the count and assign volunteer teams to those areas to reduce risk of duplication

• Coordinate with agencies for “service-based” portion

• Act as a point-of-contact for volunteers and MHDC

• Submit any paper copies through the PITC Portal

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County leads are encouraged to use additional resources to facilitate greater participation, including:

• Coordinating donation distributions

• Create local resource sheets to hand out during the count

• Ensure services are in place the night of the count

• Coordinate with local service providers to facilitate night of count resources

• Work with the community to collect any additional data important to local providers