Homeless Street Count

The 2009 Homeless Street Count results are in. To view the report, click here. Click here to view the two-page summary report from the 2008 Count. If you have questions regarding these numbers, please contact Tim Brown at tbrown@communitycouncil.org

Next Homeless Street Count will be in January of 2011.  

Why Do a Street Count?
The federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that jurisdictions conduct a Point-in-Time Homeless Count on their streets and in their shelters every other year. Sacramento has gone above and beyond this requirement by committing to conducting a count every year. Starting with the count in January 2007, Sacramento now utilizes a more sophisticated methodology based on models in New York City and Los Angeles. The resulting Point-in-Time Count numbers are reported to HUD in the annual Continuum of Care Grant Application, as well as used for local planning purposes.

After this count is conducted, a formula created by the Urban Institute and Corporation for Supportive Housing is applied to the Point-in-Time data to estimate the number of people in Sacramento County who experience homelessness over the course of a year.

January 2007 Street Count Reports

In 2007 over 200 community volunteers canvassed streets, parks, river banks, and other areas to count people and record basic demographic information.

By clicking on one of the links below you can view reports from the January 2007 Homeless Street Count. The one-page report highlights the primary statistics resulting from the Street Count. The full report is a 58 page document that describes the count methodology and findings in great detail.
Full Report (PDF)

***The full report is a large document. We suggest that you right click on the link, click “save as” and save to your desktop.