Douglas County highlights HART outreach; official count at event reported '0' for panhandling and encampments

Speakers described county efforts to reach people who are unhoused and presented a recent official count that they said shows no panhandling or encampments.

Speaker 3 said, "We are looking for people who are unhoused." Speaker 4 cited the most recent official count in Douglas County and stated, "we have 0 panhandling, 0 encampments," adding that in the city of Lone Tree "there are 0 homeless." Speaker 4 also described the Homeless Engagement Assistance Resource Team—referred to in the remarks as HART—and said the team can now be contacted by text as well as by phone.

The statements reflect two points: (1) county outreach activity to find and assist people who are unhoused; and (2) a reported zero-count for panhandling, encampments and homelessness in a specified district. The transcript records these figures as assertions by speakers; the event did not present supporting count methodology or documentation in the recorded remarks.

What happens next: speakers emphasized continued outreach via HART and encouraged residents to use the team's contact options; no formal policy change or funding vote was recorded during the event.