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Point‑in‑Time count shows growing family and older‑adult homelessness in Casper area, presenters tell council
Summary
Community Action Partnership staff briefed Casper City Council on point‑in‑time (PIT) count data showing increases in family homelessness and older adults; organizers urged volunteer support for the Jan. PIT survey and outlined how local data feeds federal reports used for funding and planning.
Kelly Wessels of the Community Action Partnership told the Casper City Council at a work session that statewide and local point‑in‑time data show shifting patterns in homelessness, with family homelessness and older adults rising.
Wessels said the PIT count occurs in the last week of January and the results are rolled into the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) submitted to Congress; she told the council the 2024 statewide AHAR reports roughly 1,200 people counted in Wyoming and that about 350 of those were in Natrona County. "For the state of Wyoming right now, 68 percent of homeless individuals are single individuals. However, families with children are…
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