Annual Point In Time (PIT) Count
Under Section 578.7 of the CoC Program interim rule, CoCs must plan and conduct, at least biennially, a Point-in-Time Count of homeless persons within the geographic area. Section 578.3 of the CoC Program interim rule defines Point-in-Time Count as a “count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons carried out on one night in the last 10 calendar days of January or at such other time as required by HUD.” CoCs must ensure that their count estimate accurately reflects what they believe to be the entire sheltered and unsheltered population for the CoCs entire geographic area.
Central CoC also counts doubled-up households as part of our PIT Count.
For further information, contact Tim Poland at tpoland@cmhp.net.
PIT Count is the night of January 22nd, 2025
Central MN CoC Point In Time Count Data
MN Dash to End Homelessness
Explore MN communities’ progress toward making homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Resources available include information on PIT Counts on a statewide level, by CoC region, and at the county level. There is also a Racial Disparities in Homelessness Dashboard. the PIT Data Dashboard, System Performance Measures Dashboard, and the ICA Data Portal.
Wilder Minnesota Homeless Study
Every three years, Wilder Research conducts a one-day statewide study to better understand the prevalence
of homelessness in Minnesota, as well as the circumstances of those experiencing homelessness. The most
recent study took place on October 26, 2023, and included two components that captured information on that
date:
1) face-to-face interviews with people who meet the federal definition of homelessness, and
2) a count of people experiencing homelessness.
For more information, go to mnhomeless.org.
HUD Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR)
This report outlines the key findings of the Point-In-Time (PIT) count and Housing Inventory Count (HIC) conducted in January 2024. Specifically, this report provides 2024 national, state, and CoC-level PIT and HIC estimates of homelessness, as well as estimates of chronically homeless persons, homeless veterans, and homeless children and youth. Data is also available for 2007-2024 on the website.
For more information, go to HUD AHAR.
