2019 Count Us In- Student Volunteers needed! – posted 12/10

I am reaching out because I remember in many of my undergrad courses at UW I was able to get involved in volunteering opportunities that eventually lead to jobs and then my career. I am looking for volunteers for King County’s point-in-time count (locally known as Count Us In – formally known as One Night Count) on January 25, 2019 from 2am-6am (yup, AM)!

Count Us In, is an annual visual count of individuals experiencing homelessness. The purpose of the Count Us In  is to collect data that is used to inform our system response to the needs in our community in order to make homelessness rare, brief, and one-time.

I am reaching out to the Social Work department intentionally because I know that student volunteers with help carry out the visual count as compassionately, humanely, and respectfully as possible when walking/driving in the spaces people have sought shelter when shelters are often full.

I hope students will sign up and encourage friends and family to sign up too. King County needs over 1000 volunteers to commit to an accurate count. Deployment sites will be all over from Enumclaw, Sammamish, Bothell, Vashon, University District and downtown Seattle.

Please have student register to be a volunteer at: http://allhomekc.org/king-county-point-in-time-pit-count/

If you know people with lived homelessness experience we are also looking for paid guides. I am hopeful to see some familiar faces and UW students out volunteering. Also feel free to have students reach out to me melissa.espinoza@kingcounty.gov if they know areas well and would like to be team captains the night of the count.

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