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Snohomish County homelessness rose to 10-year high, count shows
EVERETT — Snohomish County’s homeless population is at a 10-year high, according to data released Monday.
The numbers come from this year’s point-in-time count, when officials and volunteers trekked across the county interviewing those living on the streets, in shelters or in transitional housing.
Monday’s data is the county’s first broad assessment of homelessness since the start of the pandemic, because COVID-19 hampered the count last year.
At the Feb. 22 event, Aaron King of Catholic Community Services was assigned to downtown Everett. Clipboard in hand, he scanned the streets for people to talk to. But it was difficult to find anyone.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/snohomish-county-homelessness-rose-to-10-year-high-count-shows/