Fresno, Madera begin annual assessment of unhoused individuals

Fresno and Madera Homelessness Rises Again in Annual Count

As hundreds of trained volunteers spread across Fresno and Madera counties this week, officials conducting the area’s annual Point-in-Time (PIT) count reported a familiar trend: Homelessness is up again.  “The shelters are considered emergency shelters, where people are still without permanent housing, so they’re counted as well.” — Laura Reynolds, HUD program manager Preliminary estimates from the Fresno Madera Continuum of Care indicate homele…

Fresno, Madera begin annual assessment of unhoused individuals

The count from last year's Street and Shelter Point-in-Time count came in at around 4,300 unhoused individuals across Fresno and Madera combined.

Addressing homelessness with data collection in Madera and Fresno counties

Volunteers across Fresno and Madera counties were out Tuesday night, counting the region’s unhoused population as part of the Fresno-Madera Continuum of Care (F

Fresno County prepares to count its unhoused residents

The Fresno-Madera region launches its Point In Time Count on Tuesday night — a routine federally required process that sees the country take stock of its local homeless population on a given night in January.  Tuesday night’s count will be the first managed by Fresno’s County Administrative Office. It will also be the first to transition away from a visual, hand-count method of previous years in favor of a survey-based approach. The county said …