Editing Chehalis, Washington (section)

===Homelessness===
The [[Point-In-Time Count|Point In Time Count]] (PTC) is a county [[census]] that is required by law to count the number of the population experiencing [[homelessness]].<ref name="LCCHP">{{cite news |author1=The Chronicle staff |title=Lewis County Census of Homeless Population and Services Merge on Third Thursday in January |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/lewis-county-census-of-homeless-population-and-services-merge-on-third-thursday-in-january,308038? |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=[[The Chronicle (Centralia, Washington)]] |date=January 27, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Roland |first1=Mitchell |title=Seeking 'second chance,' Lewis County residents attend annual resource fair during PIT count |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/seeking-second-chance-lewis-county-residents-attend-annual-resource-fair-during-pit-count,333431? |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=January 29, 2024}}</ref> Mandated by the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]] (HUD) since 2003,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Block |first1=Brandon |title=Data Shows Thurston's Homeless Population Is Rising - And Still Not Everyone Is Counted |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/data-shows-thurstons-homeless-population-is-rising-and-still-not-everyone-is-counted,930? |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |publisher=The Olympian |date=October 4, 2020}}</ref> the annual PTC tracks the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness on a specified date and is usually held in January.<ref name="LCCHP"/> It is organized locally with data transmitted to state and federal agencies.<ref name="AHCLC">{{cite news |last1=Stanton |first1=Carrina |title=Amid Housing Crisis, Local Churches, Organizations Do Their Best |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/amid-housing-crisis-local-churches-organizations-do-their-best,12179? |access-date=February 8, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=December 21, 2018}}</ref> Students and children under the age of 18 who are described as, "in an overnight accommodation insecure situation", are not officially recorded as part of the PTC. However, the city of Chehalis had a count in 2017 reporting 130 students, and an incomplete count the following year of 136, who met the qualifications to be listed as homeless.<ref name="AHCLC"/>