Site Logo

Snohomish County homelessness survey needs volunteers

Published 1:30 am Friday, December 30, 2022

By Herald Staff

Everett Police officer Inci Yarkut, left, and COET social worker Kelli Roark, center, chat with Chris Portner, right, and his dog Gizzy at his encampment near I-5 and Marine View Drive during the annual Point in Time count on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
1/2

Everett Police officer Inci Yarkut, left, and COET social worker Kelli Roark, center, chat with Chris Portner, right, and his dog Gizzy at his encampment near I-5 and Marine View Drive during the annual Point in Time count on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Everett Police officer Inci Yarkut, left, and COET social worker Kelli Roark, center, chat with Chris Portner, right, and his dog Gizzy at his encampment near I-5 and Marine View Drive during the annual Point in Time count on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Community service counselor Mandy Jeffcott talks with Fred Prain while conducting a point-in-time count of people experiencing homelessness Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, in Everett, Washington. Prain, 61, has been living out of his RV. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

EVERETT — Volunteers are needed for the annual Point-in-Time Count in January.

The survey provides a snapshot of homelessness in Snohomish County on a single day. This year’s count will be held on Jan. 24.

Data from 2022 showed Snohomish County’s homeless population reaching a 10-year high. The survey counted 1,184 residing in shelter, transitional housing or living without shelter, up 52 from 2020’s count and about 43% higher than the county’s low point in 2015.

The survey “provides a means for gathering information directly from individuals and families experiencing homelessness about their needs and the causes of homelessness,” according to the post on the city of Everett’s website.

The count results help inform the city of Everett and Snohomish County Continuum of Care to assist individuals and families with attaining and sustaining permanent housing as quickly as possible.

How to volunteer in your area

Everett: Whitney Summers: whitneys@ccsww.org or 425-374-6331

Sultan: Lindsay Donovan: ldonovan@voaww.org.

Lynsey Gagnon, site contact: lgagnon@voaww.org

Monroe: Michael Lorio: mikel@ttns.org or 425-261-9864

Lynnwood/Edmonds: Kresha Green: kgreen@ywcaworks.org or 425-626-1899

Granite Falls: Jessica Barber: officemanager@granitefallscc.org or 360-691-4253

North County, Arlington, Marysville, Stanwood, Lake Stevens: Volunteer@housinghope.org

For additional questions, contact Liz Salazar at elizabeth.salazar@snoco.org or 425-293-8391.

You Might Like