Platform
Quick PIT
An app for conducting HUD Point-in-Time counts, from field surveys to reporting. Built for our local Continuum of Care, Quick PIT now supports adoption by other communities.
The need
Our local Continuum of Care was using paper surveys and separate digital tools to conduct its Point-in-Time count. That made it harder to coordinate volunteers, track locations, and turn completed surveys into reports.
The approach
We built a field app and a browser-based Control Center. Surveyors can record locations, conduct interviews and observations, collect signed waivers, and work offline after signing in. Administrators can build conditional surveys, schedule counts, manage volunteers and locations, follow submissions on live maps, and prepare HUD reports.
What the app does
- Offline-capable field collection with secure synchronization when connectivity returns
- Manual and GPS-assisted locations for organizing interviews and observations
- Dynamic Interview, Observation, Sheltered, and Household Member surveys with conditional logic
- Signed waivers, training resources, notifications, and count-specific volunteer workflows
- Real-time count KPIs, activity maps, demographics, and privacy-conscious recent activity
- Reusable HUD and custom question banks with a visual multi-page survey builder
- HDX-ready population tables plus line-level Excel and CSV reporting exports
Our role
We worked with our local Continuum of Care on the original design, then developed the field app and Control Center. Our work includes privacy and security controls, releases, documentation, and ongoing support.
Outcome
Quick PIT brings survey collection, offline work, consent, locations, and reporting into one system. It is available to other communities, with adoption underway beyond the community it was built for.
Inside the product
Quick PIT in use
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The current field app supports secure passwordless email sign-in and common identity providers. Practice mode gives new surveyors a safe place to learn location and survey workflows without recording real personal information. Field teams organize count activity around named locations, with resources and survey actions always close at hand. A prominent training banner keeps practice activity visually distinct from live count collection. The location screen in light mode, with the practice banner visible. The mobile menu keeps profiles, notifications, resources, help, and appearance settings within easy reach. Surveyors can choose light, dark, or system-matched appearance from the app menu. The browser-based Control Center combines setup, live count statistics, mapping, activity, and demographic summaries. CoC administrators build multi-page surveys from reusable HUD and custom questions with conditional logic. Reporting tools prepare HDX-ready population tables and raw Excel or CSV exports.
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