Be Part of the Effort to ACCURATELY Count Homeless People on the Streets of New York City. SHADOW COUNT 2012 IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING PAID VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE AS DECOYS
Overnight on Monday, Jan 28^th into Tuesday, Jan 29^th 

SHADOW COUNT will take place the night of Monday, Jan 28^th – Tuesday, Jan 29^th between Midnight and 4:00 AM. (Volunteers are required to check-in at and assigned staging site by 10:00 PM Monday night).

Shadow Count utilizes paid volunteers (decoys) to help DHS determine the numbers of people left outside the shelter system and in need of additional outreach/programmatic services. Volunteers will be paid $75 and must attend a training session prior to the count.

On January 28^th, the NYC Department for Homeless Services (DHS) will send thousands of volunteers to neighborhoods throughout the city to count the homeless. On that same night, The Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, on behalf of DHS, conducts the Shadow Count -- an independent evaluation that assures accuracy of the City’s annual HOPE 2013 Street Survey (Homeless Outreach Population Estimate). The Shadow Count sends out decoy pairs to be “counted” by HOPE Enumerators.

Please visit our web link and register online at https://ww3.hunter.cuny.edu/ssw/view.php?id=18 . Please feel free to get the word out by posting the flyer and inviting family, friends and colleagues to join this effort. If you have additional questions or would like to request registration packets please email us ([log in to unmask]) call our Shadow Count Hotline (212-396.7613)

The Shadow Count team thanks you for your interest in this initiative and we hope to hear from you soon!


Shadow Count 2013 Team
Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
2180 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10035
P: 212-396.7613
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www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/shadow_count