Your help is needed to count local homeless

Volunteers are fanning out across the county this week to see how large the local homeless population is.

Through Friday The Big Bend Homeless Coalition is conducting a Point-In-Time Count of the homeless.

This is the first year since 2007 Franklin County has done a count and the information collected will help make sure that needed resources come to Franklin County to combat local homelessness.

There are two targeted groups for the survey which includes people living on the streets, or in trailer parks, motels, abandoned buildings or other places not ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodation for people.

The survey also includes people facing eviction or who have been evicted and people staying with a friend or relatives.

Veterans are a main target of the count because of “The Zero: 2016 program” which has a goal to end Veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, and to end chronic homelessness in 2016.

If you are considered homeless and would like to take the confidential survey, you can call 850-792-9426

If you are a homeless veteran or know a homeless veteran, call Charles Elliott at the Franklin County Veterans Services office at 653-8096.

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