Volunteer Opportunity Details:

The NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is conducting the annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) on January 25, 2010, from 10:30 PM – 4:00 AM. It’s a unique volunteer opportunity that will take a few hours of your time. HOPE produces a point-in-time estimate of the unsheltered chronic street homeless population in New York City. The information gathered by volunteers during HOPE 2010 is critical to measuring the ongoing efforts to overcome street homelessness at DHS and their partner agencies. DHS needs approximately 3,000 volunteers to help survey the number of homeless individuals living on city streets, under bridges, in parks and in other public places.

HOPE 2009 found the number of individuals living on New York City streets down by 47 percent since 2005, and a 30 percent decline from the 2008 survey.

Registration for the event is online on the HOPE website, at www.nyc.gov/dhs. Volunteers are needed throughout the city, so there are multiple training sites. Everyone will start and end the night at the training site they choose. Please encourage friends, family and colleagues who may be interested in volunteering a few hours of their time on Monday, January 25, 2010, to help the homeless.

Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older and willing to participate in a late night event. Volunteers will be asked to travel and be outside during the duration of the survey.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Department of Homeless Services This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Group/Corporate Groups Welcome Senior Citizens Welcome We need volunteers who are free at these times Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Morning Afternoon Evening X One-Time Contact Person: HOPE Street Survey Team, (212) 607-5366, (email) View all organization contacts Address: 33 Beaver Street New York, NY 10004 (See a map) Details where opportunity can also be performed This opportunity can also be performed in these locations: Zip codes: 10011,   10016,   10021,   10023,   10029,   10032,   10302,   10304,   10451,   10462,   10468,   10470,   11101,   11201,   11206,   11209,   11210,   11213,   11224,   11225,   11355,   11374,   11417,   11433 Web Site: http://www.nyc.gov/dhs Miscellaneous Information Borough Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island Volunteer Shifts Volunteers are needed on Monday, January 25, 2010 from 10:30 PM - 4:00 AM.

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posted on March 7, 2006