The 2023 Point-In-Time Count Report shows that the number of sheltered persons increased by about 16% from 2022, while the number of unsheltered persons decreased by 15.6% from 2022. Close to Home San Antonio, formerly the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless, attributes these fluctuations to several different factors, including new community strategies implemented in 2022 and less strict social distancing protocols that allow providers to serve clients at full capacity. There was a 5.3% increase in the overall count of people experiencing homelessness from 2022 to 2023. Approximately 0.15% of Bexar County's total population is experiencing homelessness, which has remained relatively flat since 2020. Close to Home maintains a community dashboard to give more context for and information on Bexar County's homeless population. The PIT Count doesn't show disaggregated data by sheltered versus unsheltered persons, and due to its very nature — a one-night snapshot — the data is incomplete. As a snapshot, it provides information for those offering critical services to ensure everyone in San Antonio and Bexar County has a home. As such, the percent of our homeless population by race and age show what was able to be gathered with these limitations. People between the ages of 35 and 44 make up the largest homeless population and Black people are over-represented in the homeless population relative to the community at large. SA2020's data by race requires an understanding of historic and systemic racial inequity. The annual Point-In-Time Count happens in January each year, and Close to Home releases its report by May.