Shadow Count 2016 – Help New York City’s homeless count. Become a decoy!

On January 25-26 (overnight), the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) will send thousands of volunteers across the city to count NYC’s unsheltered homeless people. On that same night, Shadow Count decoys will be deployed to designated locations throughout the five boroughs to report how many of them are counted. This project helps assess the accuracy of the DHS street survey and helps our city’s homeless count. Read more…