Every coordinator knows the week after the count: boxes of paper surveys, illegible handwriting, duplicate forms, and a small army of staff typing responses into a spreadsheet at midnight. It's slow, it's error-prone, and it delays the data your community needs to plan services.
Quick PIT App Benefits
No transcription, ever. Responses are captured digitally in the field, so there’s no second round of manual data entry and no transcription errors creeping into your numbers.
Nothing gets lost. No more missing packets or coffee-stained surveys. Every submission is saved to the device and synced to your count — even if a volunteer’s phone dies, the data is already safe.
Built-in skip logic. Volunteers only see the questions that apply. No more flipping pages or “skip to question 14” instructions that get missed half the time.
Cleaner data, faster. Because answers are structured from the start, your export is analysis-ready — turning weeks of cleanup into a same-week deliverable.
Paper & spreadsheets
Quick PIT
Field capture
Clipboards, printed packets
Phone or tablet, guided survey
After the count
Manual data entry for weeks
Data already entered
Errors
Handwriting, transcription, duplicates
Structured, validated responses
Lost data
Misplaced packets
Saved on-device, synced automatically
Export
Hand-built spreadsheet
HUD-ready export
FAQ
- Do volunteers need to be tech-savvy?
No — the app is designed for first-time, one-night volunteers, with a simple guided flow. - What if we still want a paper backup?
Some CoCs keep a small stack of paper for edge cases; everything else runs digitally and the paper can be entered later. - Can we reuse last year’s survey?
Yes — duplicate a survey template and adjust it rather than rebuilding from scratch.