The point-in-time count measures both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness. It can also be a chance for people to access services for the first time. The count helps homeless service providers take stock of community needs and apply for funding.
Usually federal housing money can’t be used to rent non-traditional housing like boats, hotel rooms or rooms in a home. This program side-steps these requirements.
A synthetic opiate called fentanyl is behind a surge of drug overdoses in Alaska. As a result, overdoses in the state have become so deadly that one of the tools used to fight them has changed.