Homeless Count

One night, every year New York City's Department of Homeless Services counts the homeless population in order to increase accountability and improve programming targeted towards homeless New Yorkers. On the night of January 26th, 2,500 volunteers, throughout every borough will count the homeless sleeping on the streets, subways and subway stations. Volunteers will work in teams of three and be accompanied by a police officer throughout the night of the count. Training will be provided before your teams is sent out at 10:30PM, and most teams finish surveying their assigned area by 2AM.
More information can be found at the HOPE webpage. If you sign up via the HOPE web page please indicate that they are volunteering through Met Council by selecting the our name under the question, “Are you associated with a member of the NYC Continuum of Care?”

If you are interested in participating in the count, please contact Stefanie Greenberg at 212.453.9619 or sgreenberg@metcouncil.org