Outreach workers praised after point‑in‑time count; volunteers found additional unsheltered people

Council members used the meeting’s closing minutes to highlight the point‑in‑time count and to thank outreach staff for fieldwork that identified unsheltered people and established follow‑up contacts.

One council member recounted an outreach visit in the Hermitage area that reunited an outreach worker, LaKisha Davenport, with a man whose partner had died the weekend before the count. The outreach worker’s efforts, the member said, included building rapport to ensure people could be followed up with for services and to give them referrals. The member also said group canvassing produced additional identifications — including eight people not previously known to the outreach worker — and that six of those individuals qualified for services.

Members noted that point‑in‑time counts are a data snapshot that undercounts people living in cars or otherwise hidden from street canvassing, but they praised outreach workers for their compassion and for creating follow‑up opportunities for service provision. The council adjourned after the acknowledgements.