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2008 One Night Count
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The 28th annual One Night Count of people who are homeless in King County took place overnight on January 24-25, 2008. At least 8,439 men, women, and children were homeless during this one night. Hundreds of volunteers counted 2,631 people without shelter in parts of thirteen cities and unincorporated areas. The same night, staff at nearly 200 emergency shelters and transitional housing programs completed surveys about the 5,808 people staying in their programs.
The 2008 One Night Count documented an increase in how many people are on the streets and without shelter. Volunteers observed a 15% increase in people surviving outside in the same areas counted in 2007. The One Night Count is best used as a gauge of existing need, rather than as a measure of success or failure. This year's results remind us of the great need for both immediate and long-term responses to the crisis of homelessness and the lack of affordable housing. Our community has a wealth of resources to invest in meeting these needs, and our collective decisions about those investments will determine how successful our efforts will be.
SKCCH hopes that the 2008 One Night Count Report will be useful to members of the public, planners and policy makers, service providers, and advocates who want to understand and respond to homelessness in King County – and who work to end it.
Street Count Summary Results
Seattle PI article about the Street Count
To request a hardcopy of the One Night Count report,
please send your contact information via email.
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Watch the ONC video on YouTube
Video produced by Amy Benson and Scott Squire of Nonfiction Media
The annual One Night Count of people who are homeless has two main components - The Street Count and the Shelter &Transitional Housing Survey.
Street Count
The annual Seattle-King County Homeless Street Count was first conducted over
20 years ago and consists of a ‘moment in time’ unduplicated tally of
people living ‘on the street’ in Seattle, north King County, East King County, Kent, White Center and Federal Way. The purpose of the street count is to foster an understanding of the
patterns of survival for people who sleep in publicly accessible areas, rather
than to identify the exact number of people unsheltered in our city.
Shelter and Transitional Housing Survey
On the same night as the Street Count, a survey of Seattle-King County’s
sheltered homeless community is conducted by King County Housing and Community Development. The staff of homeless programs complete
a survey which offers a profile of homeless people staying in emergency shelters,
transitional housing, Safe Havens as well as those utilizing motel voucher programs
throughout King County on that particular night.
The survey produces unduplicated data that serves to identify trends in homelessness
service use and provision.
complete reports
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For more information please contact Email the count organizers.
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