City conducts annual homelessness census INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention on Monday night was conducting its yearly homelessness census. Volunteers took to the streets to count how many people in Indianapolis are experiencing homelessness. The count includes people living in shelters, transitional housing, and unsheltered locations.The count is federally mandated and has been required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development since 2005. Along with the count, volunteers carry clothing, hygiene items and other supplies. Volunteer Aaron Shaw said, “Out there on the streets, they run into a lot of issues and a lot of chaos and problems. We just like to be out there to give them somebody to talk to, a bridge between them and the services that are needed.” The data will be used for annual planning and to find which areas in the city need the most resources. This story was created from a script aired on WISH-TV. ...read more read less