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<p class="MsoNormal">Message forwarded on behalf of UC Merced Health Sciences Research Institute’s
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Merced "Point-In-Time" count is looking for volunteers to collect data for people who are experiencing homelessness. This is a great opportunity to assist with
community data collection and help your community! (Please see Point-In-Time description below).</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;background:white">When</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;background:yellow">January 27, 2022: 6am – 8am</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">What</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">YOU WILL CONDUCT A SURVEY AND GIVE THEM A “CARE PACKAGE KIT”.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Who – We Need You!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO SIGN UP TO GO OUT IN GROUPS AND LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">How – Can You Help?</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Use this link and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQKMElSom-cDAUn0aUd0CoHI7dYLVYPs5QCrbSQXN6bNOaaQ/viewform" target="_blank" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQKMElSom-cDAUn0aUd0CoHI7dYLVYPs5QCrbSQXN6bNOaaQ/viewform"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">REGISTER
TO VOLUNTEER</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">!</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Phil Schmauss, Merced Street Count Project Manager, at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:mercedstreetcount@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">mercedstreetcount@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">About: Point-In-Time </span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">In the early 2000s, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) began requiring an annual Point in Time count as a means of collecting vital data in individual
communities.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">When it comes to working with people who are experiencing homelessness, data is a powerful tool. Without data, it’s near impossible to understand the challenges
a community faces or track the success of agency programs intended to address those challenges.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">HUD requires PIT counts annually, but only requires the unsheltered portion of the count every other year. However, many communities include unsheltered people in their
annual counts as a way to gather more accurate data and provide better services.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">When the overarching goal is to reduce and eventually eliminate homelessness, it’s absolutely necessary to understand exactly how many people need to be placed in housing.
A headcount provides a hard data point that allows communities to form an actionable plan. Without a headcount, agencies would have to rely on anecdotal data and assumptions to address the challenges in their community.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">In the end, it would be impossible to know if housing programs and other forms of support were actually working to reduce and eliminate homelessness.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">HUD requires PIT counts so that communities and agencies can review data year-over-year to assess their own success. And, HUD uses this data to distribute federal
funds accordingly.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">On a local level, these counts allow agencies to plan for real needs. People who are experiencing homelessness are naturally difficult to track because they move
frequently and do not always feel comfortable using community resources available to them. It can be easy for individuals to fly under the radar for months or even years.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Getting out on the street level and physically counting these people is the only way to fully understand the scope of work a community has ahead of them in order
to adequately house each individual.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Point-in-Time counts also demonstrate real needs to funding entities like HUD and other agencies so that they can make monetary decisions based on data.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Publishing data from a Point-in-Time count raises awareness among community members who can participate in the solution. City officials, businesses, and residents
need to be aware of how many people in their vicinity are facing this problem so that they can vote on policies and support agencies that are working to put an end to homelessness.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;background:yellow">Use this link and </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQKMElSom-cDAUn0aUd0CoHI7dYLVYPs5QCrbSQXN6bNOaaQ/viewform" target="_blank" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQKMElSom-cDAUn0aUd0CoHI7dYLVYPs5QCrbSQXN6bNOaaQ/viewform"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;background:yellow">REGISTER
TO VOLUNTEER</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;background:yellow">!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323130"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Micaela Sandoval </span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">(she/her/ella)</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Sitka Text";color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><a href="https://trc.ucmerced.edu/">https://trc.ucmerced.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Sitka Text";color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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