CCU students help HUD count Horry homeless population January 19, 2018

About 45 Coastal Carolina University students have volunteered to help count the local homeless population for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from Wednesday, Jan. 24, through Saturday, Jan. 27. The Point-In-Time (PIT) count helps identify community needs and allocate federal resources.

The students, mostly from CCU’s sociology classes about poverty and race, will visit 11 different food pantries, shelters and places in the county where the homeless gather, according to Stephanie Southworth, Ph.D., lecturer of sociology at CCU, who is also the county coordinator for Horry County for the second year.

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