Denton County Homeless Coalition to host two data events

The Denton County Homeless Coalition will host two countywide events to release the annual Homelessness Data Report.

The event included presentations on Denton County’s locally collected homeless data and data from the 2022 Point In Time Count, which is an annual national census of people and families experiencing homelessness, according to a Denton County Homeless Coalition news report. The count is overseen by The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The first event will be 6-8 p.m. Sept. 8 at North Central Texas College’s Denton campus foyer. The second event will be 6-8 p.m. Sept. 15 at North Central College’s Flower Mound campus foyer. Both events are free to the public.

This is the first in-person data reveal event since the beginning of the pandemic and will offer insight into how COVID-19 has affected the face of homelessness in the county as well as the primary barriers facing those experiencing homelessness, according to the release.

“The average community member sees someone on the street and has a heart to help,” said Leia Atkinson, Homelessness Data specialist at United Way of Denton County, in the release. “In order to organize a community effort that expands and adapts to the impact of COVID-19, Denton County needs to understand the whole picture of what’s facing our homeless community.”

More information about homelessness in Denton County is available on the homelessness data dashboard at www.UnitedWayDenton.org/homelessness-data-denton-county. The 2020 Homelessness Data Report can be found at www.UnitedWayDenton.org/we-help-people-experiencing-homelessness.