3,238 people counted in Austin’s bi-annual tally of people experiencing homelessness
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Are you'}, {'start': '25.519', 'end': '28.800', 'text': 'living with a physical or other medical'}, {'start': '27.039', 'end': '31.519', 'text': 'disability? Are you out here just by'}, {'start': '28.800', 'end': '33.280', 'text': 'yourself? After more than 600 volunteers'}, {'start': '31.519', 'end': '35.280', 'text': 'combed Austin looking for people'}, {'start': '33.280', 'end': '37.920', 'text': 'experiencing homelessness, the result of'}, {'start': '35.280', 'end': '39.760', 'text': "that count is now out. It's all part of"}, {'start': '37.920', 'end': '41.120', 'text': 'the point in time count required'}, {'start': '39.760', 'end': '43.600', 'text': 'federally by Housing and Urban'}, {'start': '41.120', 'end': '45.840', 'text': 'Development or HUD where on one night'}, {'start': '43.600', 'end': '47.760', 'text': 'every other year volunteers handc count'}, {'start': '45.840', 'end': '49.600', 'text': 'the number of people sleeping outside'}, {'start': '47.760', 'end': '51.200', 'text': 'and in shelter. This data is going to'}, {'start': '49.600', 'end': '53.039', 'text': 'continue to be used. We report it out to'}, {'start': '51.200', 'end': '55.360', 'text': 'HUD but we also use it to inform our'}, {'start': '53.039', 'end': '57.120', 'text': 'services as we go to understand the'}, {'start': '55.360', 'end': '58.960', 'text': 'population as best as we can. This'}, {'start': '57.120', 'end': '61.920', 'text': "year's point in time count located more"}, {'start': '58.960', 'end': '64.400', 'text': 'than 3,200 people total. Of those,'}, {'start': '61.920', 'end': '66.960', 'text': 'roughly 1,600 were in homeless shelters'}, {'start': '64.400', 'end': '69.840', 'text': 'or transitional housing, and just under'}, {'start': '66.960', 'end': '71.840', 'text': "1,600 were found outside. It's the first"}, {'start': '69.840', 'end': '73.840', 'text': "time Austin's pit count has shown more"}, {'start': '71.840', 'end': '76.159', 'text': 'people staying in shelter than on the'}, {'start': '73.840', 'end': '78.640', 'text': 'street. There was just a significant'}, {'start': '76.159', 'end': '80.479', 'text': 'increase in the total number of persons'}, {'start': '78.640', 'end': '82.720', 'text': 'experiencing homelessness on the night'}, {'start': '80.479', 'end': '84.560', 'text': 'of the pit count. Um, but one thing that'}, {'start': '82.720', 'end': '86.560', 'text': 'I think is really important to note is'}, {'start': '84.560', 'end': '88.159', 'text': 'one that we had our cold weather shelter'}, {'start': '86.560', 'end': '90.479', 'text': 'open from the city. Um, and that'}, {'start': '88.159', 'end': '92.320', 'text': 'increased our overall shelter count for'}, {'start': '90.479', 'end': '95.040', 'text': "the whole night. The city's challenge"}, {'start': '92.320', 'end': '96.880', 'text': 'now getting those people from shelter to'}, {'start': '95.040', 'end': '98.880', 'text': 'the right resources and more permanent'}, {'start': '96.880', 'end': '100.960', 'text': 'housing. But as people living homeless'}, {'start': '98.880', 'end': '102.799', 'text': 'will tell you, it often takes a lot more'}, {'start': '100.960', 'end': '105.520', 'text': 'than just a unit. Even if you got them'}, {'start': '102.799', 'end': '108.880', 'text': 'in a house, even if you got them in a in'}, {'start': '105.520', 'end': '110.240', 'text': 'a in a cheap house or a free house, a'}, {'start': '108.880', 'end': '112.920', 'text': "lot of them don't have the mental"}, {'start': '110.240', 'end': '114.960', 'text': 'capacity to be able to live by'}, {'start': '112.920', 'end': '116.960', 'text': "themselves and they'll they'll be right"}, {'start': '114.960', 'end': '119.920', 'text': 'back out on the street. Grace Reader,'}, {'start': '116.960', 'end': '122.240', 'text': 'KXAN News. And because of federal rules'}, {'start': '119.920', 'end': '124.479', 'text': 'about how this count is conducted, more'}, {'start': '122.240', 'end': '127.119', 'text': 'than 900 people in the Travis County'}, {'start': '124.479', 'end': '129.920', 'text': 'Jail who were otherwise unhoused were'}, {'start': '127.119', 'end': '131.920', 'text': 'not included in the count total. And by'}, {'start': '129.920', 'end': '134.319', 'text': 'the way, the number represented roughly'}, {'start': '131.920', 'end': '135.920', 'text': '30% of the people in the jail that'}, {'start': '134.319', 'end': '137.680', 'text': "night. And going in depth on this, we've"}, {'start': '135.920', 'end': '139.760', 'text': 'told you the point in time count is a'}, {'start': '137.680', 'end': '142.000', 'text': "wellestablished undercount. That's why"}, {'start': '139.760', 'end': '144.000', 'text': 'Echko also produces homelessness data'}, {'start': '142.000', 'end': '145.280', 'text': 'through its dashboard on its website,'}, {'start': '144.000', 'end': '146.879', 'text': 'allowing the public to tap into'}, {'start': '145.280', 'end': '148.879', 'text': 'real-time information from service'}, {'start': '146.879', 'end': '150.879', 'text': 'providers, shelters, and outreach'}, {'start': '148.879', 'end': '152.800', 'text': 'groups. Now, that dashboard estimates'}, {'start': '150.879', 'end': '154.800', 'text': 'there are closer to 5,000 people'}, {'start': '152.800', 'end': '157.120', 'text': 'experiencing homelessness in Austin'}, {'start': '154.800', 'end': '157.120', 'text': 'right'}]