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Hundreds of volunteers fanned out across Philadelphia streets looking for people experiencing homelessness during one of the coldest nights of the year.
The bundled-up volunteers gathered at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City Philadelphia before heading out to geographic areas throughout the city Wednesday night into Thursday morning for the federally mandated Point-in-Time Count of unsheltered individuals.
The PIT Count – which happens around the country – directly impacts how much funding Philadelphia gets to combat homelessness.
The volunteers were in groups counting individuals who are experiencing homelessness. Volunteers also went into warming centers, shelters and subway stations — any place an unsheltered person who might normally be on the street could be because of the frigid conditions.
