Volunteers Needed to Help with Atlanta Homeless Registry Survey

The Atlanta Homeless Registry is seeking volunteer help this week conducting a survey of the homeless in the metro Atlanta area.

The Registry needs volunteers to help conduct surveys with homeless people living in unsheltered locations and emergency shelters around the city. All volunteers will be trained and placed on teams supported by professional outreach workers and the APD’s HOPE (Homeless Outreach, Prevention and Emergency) services team. There are two survey shifts: Thursday January 17, 6 PM – 12AM and Friday January 18, 12AM – 6AM.

The goal of the Atlanta Homeless Registry is to create a by-name registry of people living on our streets and in our shelters, enabling us to prioritize those most vulnerable and those most at risk of dying on the street so that they can be connected with housing and other services that meet their needs.

The Atlanta Homeless Registry is sponsored by the Office of Mayor Kasim Reed’s  Unsheltered No More initiative, United Way of Greater Atlanta, Hands On Atlanta, and Central Atlanta Progress, in coordination with the national 100,000 Homes campaign. Unsheltered No More is a partnership between Mayor Kasim Reed and community leaders to dramatically reduce street homelessness in Atlanta.

According to former VHCA safety committee chair John Wolfinger who plans to participate in the event, the first shift is full but volunteers are still needed for the second shift on Friday from 12AM – 6AM. Wolfinger says if you volunteer, list your affiliation as the Virginia-Highland Safety Team. If you’re interested in traveling together to the event, you can email Wolfinger at [email protected].

For more information on the event or to sign up, visit: www.unshelterednomore.com/registry.