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Point In Time (PIT) Count​ 2025

 

This page was last updated 7/14/2025

This page is for persons in Berkshire, Franklin, and Hampshire Counties who are looking to get involved in the PIT Count.

We will be carrying out a Summer PIT Count July 21-26th!​

 

We are hoping to gather more data on how many people are experiencing unsheltered homelessness during the summer months.

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If you are a community partner, please consider planning to participate the week of July 21st.

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PIT Count Documents

Community members can print and complete PIT Count Surveys with people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. Completed surveys can be returned to the CoC according to directions on the bottom of each document.

Survey Forms -

 

Also check out the slides from our Planning Meeting on June 25th

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Please email nburtzos@communityaction.us if you plan to submit multiple surveys and would prefer an excel template for data

What are the steps to participate in the PIT Count?

1. Review our Planning Meeting materials and share your interest​

  • Review the Slides from our Planning Meeting on June 25th

    • We will use this time to share about our Summer Item collection drive, plans to distribute during PIT Count week, Surveying between July 21st - July 26th, and methods to survey (paper, electronic, other)​

  • Unable to make our meeting? Please email Natalie Burtzos to express interest in helping or contributing survey data! nburtzos@communityaction.us 

2. Review Survey and Training materials

  • We will record and update this page with training information on the survey itself 

3. Prepare to survey

  • People who work directly with persons who may be experiencing homelessness should let clients know about the PIT Count ahead of July 20th, so they know what to expect if they are surveyed up to a week later

  • Become familiar with the Survey tool, and consider how you will handle asking sensitive questions

  • Print out Surveys from our Document section!​

4. Time to count

  • You can begin survey people beginning Monday July 21st through Saturday July 26th on where they slept on the night of Sunday July 20th.

5. Submit collected results to Natalie Burtzos following the instructions listed on the PIT Count Surveys

  • Contact information is listed at the bottom of each Survey Form​​

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Who is counted?

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Unsheltered Homelessness

​1st priority for the PIT Count - persons who were experiencing unsheltered homelessness on the night of January 29th. 

The following are examples of unsheltered homelessness

  • Sleeping in cars/vehicles​

  • Tents/camping/encampment​s

  • Abandoned buildings/structures​ without heat or water connections

  • Bus/train stations​

  • Parks/parking lots​

  • Warming Centers

  • Any other primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings

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Other Situations

2nd priority for the PIT Count - persons who were in one of the following situations the night of the count:​

  • Jail/Prison​/Incarcerated

  • Couch surfing (doubled up, not on the lease)​

  • Residential treatment program/Rehab/Detox center​

  • Motel/Hotel, paid out of pocket (not funded by an organization)​

  • Hospital/Medical Institution/skilled nursing facility​

  • At home, in danger, and unable to leave

While we cannot include these persons in the PIT Count Report, we do utilize this information in our community assessment locally.

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Sheltered Homelessness

Not typically surveyed for the PIT Count

 

Providers of Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, Safe Havens, and/or motel/hotel vouchers must report aggregate data to the CoC if the project is not entered into HMIS.

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PIT Count Surveys should not be completed for persons that report staying in one of the types of shelter listed above on the night of January 29th, unless it is by the shelter provider.

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See our section on Shelter reporting for more information.

January 2025 PIT Count

Thank you to our community partners that helped survey people for the Point in Time Count in January of 2025!

We want to recognize the following organizations that contributed to our unsheltered PIT Count:

  • A Positive Place (Cooley Dickinson)

  • Community Action Pioneer Valley

  • Construct Inc.

  • Craig's Doors

  • Division of Community Care (Northampton DCC)

  • DIAL/SELF

  • Department of Mental Health (DMH)

  • Eliot CHS

  • Franklin County Sheriff's Office

  • Hilltown Community Health Center

  • Louison House

  • Manna Soup Kitchen

  • Northampton Recovery Center

  • ServiceNet (Pittsfield)

  • Veterans Affairs (VA)

  • Wildflower Alliance

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We counted 107 unduplicated adults experiencing unsheltered homelessness across the Three Counties. Please check back soon for more details/data.​

Berkshire County

  • Adams - 1

  • Great Barrington - 3

  • Lee - 1

  • Lenox - 2

  • North Adams - 3

  • Pittsfield - 12

  • Unspecified - 4

  • Total for Berkshire County - 26

 

Franklin County

  • Greenfield - 24

  • Montague - 2

  • Sunderland - 2

  • Unspecified - 1

  • Total for Franklin County - 29

 

Hampshire County

  • Amherst - 11​

  • Easthampton - 2

  • Hadley - 1

  • Northampton - 36

  • Southampton - 1

  • Williamsburg - 1

  • Total for Hampshire County - 52

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