The Community Social Planning Council (CSPC) is recruiting volunteers to take part in the Point-in-Time Count (PiT Count), a count of people experiencing homelessness in Greater Victoria on Thursday March 15th, 2018. The PiT Count will be held between Noon and 11:59 pm both inside housing facilities and out-of-doors on the streets.

By volunteering for the PiT Count you will help gather information that will assist planners, funders, and agencies develop appropriate responses to homelessness in our region as well as measure progress in ending homelessness.

We hope you will participate in the PiT Count by completing the application form. Please feel free to forward this invitation to people you think would be interested in taking part in the PiT Count.

We are looking for volunteers who are:
• Compassionate, accepting and enjoy one-on-one conversations with people
• Have a non-judgmental attitude and a good sense of humor
• Outgoing, curious and have a pleasant manner
• Experienced in front line service delivery (although not necessary to volunteer)

What is involved? The PiT Count involves conducting a brief, anonymous survey with people who are experiencing homelessness. The shelter survey is conducted inside shelters and the outside count is conducted out-of-doors, walking around a specific area or neighborhood. Each volunteer must attend a two-hour training session and must be 19 years of age or older.

Once you have completed this application form someone will be in touch to complete the application process, to confirm training dates, and to provide more information about volunteer schedules, locations, and tasks. 

The PiT Count is funded through the federal Homelessness Partnering Strategy and involves the collaboration of HPS funded communities across Canada. The Capital Regional District is the Community Entity for this HPS funding.

If you have any questions about the Point-in-Time Count, please feel free to get in touch with PiT Count Coordinator, Stefanie Hardman at Stefanie@communitycouncil.ca or 250-383-6166 ext. 111.

Thank you for your interest!

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* 1. The Homelessness Partnering Strategy, a division of Employment and Social Development Canada (the PiT Count funder) requires that all volunteers are 19 years of age or older. Please indicate your age category:

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* 2. Please provide the following contact information:

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* 3. The count will occur in the following municipalities and areas in the region. Please indicate where you wish to volunteer. Check all that apply. While we will do our best to assign you to an area of your choice, we cannot guarantee this.

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* 4. Do you have volunteer or work experiences with a social service agency working with people experiencing homelessness? If so, please tell us which agency and a little more about these experiences.

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* 5. Have you participated in a previous count of people experiencing homelessness?

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* 6. Have you had other experiences with people who are experiencing homelessness? If so, can you describe those experiences in a few words?

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* 7. We are looking for volunteers for the sheltered survey count (i.e. inside emergency shelters, transitional housing, agencies etc.) and unsheltered survey count (i.e. outdoors, streets, parks, etc) and other positions. Please indicate where you would prefer to volunteer and check all that apply:

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* 8. If you wish to volunteer for the unsheltered count, please confirm the following:

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* 9. Please let us know your availability to volunteer on March 15th, 2018. Please note that times are tentative and may change. Please click all that apply:

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* 10. Are you volunteering with someone that you wished to be partnered with? What is their first and last name?

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* 11. Do you have additional skills that may be helpful to the count?

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* 12. Volunteers are required to attend a 2-hour training session before the count. The training will be hosted on March 10th in the morning, March 6th in the evening, and March 8th in the afternoon . Do you prefer to attend:

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