Attending one, 2-hour training is MANDATORY in order to participate in a field team for the 2009 Point-In-Time. You must indicate a training date in order for your application to be accepted

Under the January tab is a list of training locations with dates and times. Volunteers and recruited homeless workers are expected to attend one of the trainings listed. Trainings are strongly encouraged for all volunteers and are mandatory for all homeless workers. Homeless workers must present their homeless worker referral card to be admitted to a training. Workers without referral cards will not be admitted.

The trainings will last approximately 90 minutes and will prepare homeless census participants for the census scheduled for January 24, 2009. Some of the topics covered include:

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Project Overview and Objectives

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Introduction to the Data Collection Tools

3

Definitions and “Rules of the Road”

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Expectations on Census Day

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Data Integrity

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Payment of Homeless Workers

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Deployment Center Reporting Assignments

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Award of “Certificate of Training” cards

Homeless workers who attend the training will be compensated $20 for their participation. This will be paid to them only after they participate in the census on January 24, 2009. NO TRAINING COMPENSATION will be made the day of a training. NO EXCEPTIONS. Homeless workers MUST participate in the census to be compensated for their attendance at the training.